30/01/2012

Bruschetta nordica


Det som jag älskar med den italienska matkulturen är att nästan varenda ett recept kommit till av att människorna har varit fattiga men försökt det bästa med det de har.

Så har också riktiga bruschettan kommit till. Då man hade torkat, lite gammalt bröd kom man på att man kunde äta det ändå, om man bara satt lite olivolja på för att göra det mjukare. Bruschetta kan ju sedan ha vad som helst som fyllning- närmast det man hittar i skåpen. Den klassiska varianten har vitlök och tomat.

Själv gjorde jag en egen variant av nordiska bruschettor.

Skala en vitlöksklyfta och skär den på halvan så du får en rak, slät yta. Dra vitlöken över knäckebrödet så att den ger av smak. Bred på lite smör, en massa körsbärstomater och lite salt. Ser inte så speciellt ut med är supergott :)

27/01/2012

London, Baby.

I was in London yesterday. Unfortunately not to do some shopping and seeing the city. I was there to talk to my colleague and to learn from him; which was really nice that also :) We had actually a superefficient day.

So superefficient that when I got to the airport I just had to walk a bit in the shops before my flights. Just to not feel too work oriented :) And I am happy that I did it; because there is never ever a possibility anymore these days to buy woolen sweaters for a cheap price. a) all shops sell some acryl+mohair rags or b) the woolen ones cost A LOT. But Zara had sales and I found a nice scarf and a 100 % Cashmere sweater for almost nothing :)

Then, as I am weak for chic flicks I just had to buy a new book (I have about 20 unread ones waiting for calm Sunday afternoons...) and the book is really funny. Half of the book is the story about the guy in the relationship and the other half is the story about the girl. About the same weekend. At the middle you have to turn the book up side down and turn and read the other version :) The idea is cool (it gives it something extra) and the story has been good so far :)

26/01/2012

The Switch


I got ill in Milan and for this week I have had a hard time breathing as my respiratory tracts have been completely stuck. So on Tuesday evening I decided to take a calm walk to the closest grocery store to buy some throat pastils and nose spray. (A good thing in Sweden is that grocery stores are allowed to sell "normal" medicines). By the cashier they had a bunch of DVDs for a cheap price. Usually I don't take a look at them- because they always seem to be the kind of old movies that nobody wants to buy for a normal price. I anyway picked one, to have some entertainment and it turned out to be really cute.

It's called The Switch and the little kid in it is just an amazing actor.

25/01/2012

Postista Tuli Kevätmieli


Näin ihana paketti odotti mua tänään, kun palasin töistä :)

Milano


Jag hade det alldeles underbart i Milano. Förutom födelsedagsfesten på lördagkväll firade jag min födelsedag på söndagen med lunchfest hos Fras morföräldrar tillsammans med Fras familj och det var ju så roligt så, eftersom lilla 1,5-åriga Milo har nu en period där jag är hans idol. Så Milo och jag öppnade tillsammans gåvorna, blåste tillsammans ljusen på tårtan och och lekte både kök och biltävling :)

På söndag kväll åt Fra och jag middag på SOY (en japansk restaurang där man får också sitta utan skor på golvet) och hade en aperitivo före det på Mariposa.   

På måndagen var vi på fotografiutställning, eftersom Nadra hade fått andra pris i den tävlingen. Jag blev väldigt intresserad av Rawproject, som håller dessa tävlingar och tänkte själv vara med i fortsättningen. Väntar fortfarande på min Nikons laddare som är i mitt flyttlass....


Corso di Porta Ticinese på måndagmorgon under solsken.

22/01/2012

Birthday


Today is my birthday and I celebrated it yesterday in Milan. The thing is, Fra bought a house 3 years ago and it will soon be ready. He is still painting walls and buying a kitchen but the rest seems to be in order. There is no electricity still, but it did not turn out to be a problem. We had a few houndreds of candles in all the rooms (there are 4 of them so it took a while to fill them...!!) and a lot of blankets and cushions on the floor. It was such a cute and great evening with 25 people sitting here and there on the floor in the candlelight :)

I also got some cute gifts and my favorite one is from Sonia and Giovanni; the set to make own hair pins! They bought it in a Japanese shop in Milan and I cannot wait to visit it!

20/01/2012

Life Update

On Tuesday evening I flew to Zürich and from there by taxi to Dornbirn, my old hometown. In the evening Jenni, Ronnie and I had dinner together and the story became so good that Jenni got completely soaked by beer, that poor girl :)

On Wednesday I participated in a long meeting that ended up with some bowling in Lauterach and my team won ;) On Thursday after the meetings i got a ride from my Italian colleague to Milan and here I am now.

Yesterday evening I was at Beyond's training session and they had really really good songs, I enjoyed listening a lot!

17/01/2012

Dagens Outfit


Läderstövlar: Clark's
Jeans: H&M
Sommarklänning: Lindex
Tröja: Zara
Smycken: Accessorize

Veckoslutet var underbart, eftersom jag hade så bra sällskap. Nu är det då fullpackad arbetsvecka med resa till Österrike om några timmar. På veckoslutet är det min födelsedag och den firar jag i Milano :)

15/01/2012

The first sip of champagne


The first glass of bubbly has been drunk in my apartment! I still don't have any furniture, nor any glasses, pots nor pans. I am waiting to get all of my boxes with stuff from Austria- any day now and after that I will know what more I want to buy.

But I also enjoy these moments- with champagne out of espresso cups, sitting on the floor and eating, having candles here and there and absolutely no idea where to find my cellphone or lipbalm- as no stuff still has no "right place".

I really enjoy the city life. I never feel alone.

Riikka and Juuso


I spent my weekend with these two :)

We have been checking out the archipelago, eating good food, watching movies, visited furniture stores and shortly just having a great time :)