Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Monday, September 26, 2016
Subway eavesdropping - some day you may experience it
Teenage girl 1:So are people really nicer outside of New York?
Teenage girl 2:Yes! They really are.
Teenage girl 1: Really? I've never experienced that out-of-state-niceness.
Teenage girl 1: I mean, people are nice sometimes in New York too. Just not on the subway.
Teenage girl 2: Right. Then you just kind of have to fend for yourself.
Teenage girl 2:Yes! They really are.
Teenage girl 1: Really? I've never experienced that out-of-state-niceness.
Teenage girl 1: I mean, people are nice sometimes in New York too. Just not on the subway.
Teenage girl 2: Right. Then you just kind of have to fend for yourself.
Pics from yesterday - could I be announcing new TV-series?
Subway Swedes (above) - a comedy about two Swedish teens out and about in NYC, trying to navigate the MTA weekend schedule, constantly getting lost but not down.
Grand Street Playground (GSP) a dark tale about staying late at the playground, potentially there are zombies involved. Some kind of desperation de vivre is certainly featured.
Also, that is what a man looks like in the afternoon after a 35 km run in the morning.
Anders had taken a friend out for a run, a friend who wanted to break his 30k barrier. So Anders helped him across that magic mark and then some.
We discussed the idea of Anders selling that feat to rich NYC runners. What should the pricetag be for taking someone across the 30k?
We agreed on a 1000 for now.
Kerber does it again
https://www.kerber.se/collections/aw16
Ps. I thought I'd lost my Tux jacket and Fatal pants during all this moving and traveling. Would have purchased a new set. That's how much I love Kerber.
Friday, September 23, 2016
Monday, September 19, 2016
Key words
Was in Florence, saw this window where Pucci stated their 2016 FW keywords:
Ease. Velocity. Irreverence.
Got me thinking about my own keywords for the upcoming season.
I think they are
Persistence. Joy. Movement.
But they could also be:
Patience. Beer. Run.
these two sets of words might actually stand for the same thing.
what are yours?
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Most offensive 4-letter word
The other night met a newly engaged couple who'd arrived at the restaurant after having had drinks at a different bar.
I mistakenly used a 4-letter word to state I hadn't been there myself but I knew some **** who had been to that very bar and loved it.
I felt the energy drop, the mood killed. We never regained momentum after that.
Yes, the 4-letter word I had used was "moms".
What I should have said was "friends", "colleagues", "executives". Or any give 4-letter word, it would have been more welcome I think.
But I chose "moms".
Don't do this don't. People tend to find it offensive.
I mistakenly used a 4-letter word to state I hadn't been there myself but I knew some **** who had been to that very bar and loved it.
I felt the energy drop, the mood killed. We never regained momentum after that.
Yes, the 4-letter word I had used was "moms".
What I should have said was "friends", "colleagues", "executives". Or any give 4-letter word, it would have been more welcome I think.
But I chose "moms".
Don't do this don't. People tend to find it offensive.
Sunday, September 4, 2016
The trip up north - woodstock, long lake, montreal - my longest post to date
We took the train from Grand Central to Poughkeepsie, rented a car and went up to Woodstock to meet up with our friends Anker & Monica who had generously hosted Joel for close to a week. Went to dinner at Deer Mountain in, then slept a night here
The house Anker & Monica rented. That's a sauna and hot tub to the right.
When night fell, there were stars. So many stars.
Anders and Niki at Deer Mountain Inn
Joel & Jonas.
With two kids in the car, we ventured up north to get the third back from Long Lake camp in upstate New York
The child
The camp grounds
The daughters
One of the many small cabins where the kids at camp get individual lessons in singing, playing instruments etc.
That's my husband out there. At parents weekend. It was very relaxed. And relaxing.
Then slept a night at a hotel in where the staff seemed to have jumped out of a Cohen brothers movie - one employee was missing his right arm while the other was very very fit, like Brad Pitt in burn after reading.
Picked Vanja up and headed for Canada.
Here's Anders and Niki on the Montreal subway.
I liked the Canadian street crossing signs.
Met a native Montrealean
Enjoyed the color of Montreal
Passed a church festival
Went to the biodome - which was originally built for 1976 winter olympics
Marveled at biodome
Then went glamping
Before heading back home to NYC
The proper way to eat eggs
is apparently out of a martini glass. As served at Cafe Sabarsky. Beautiful salting hand belongs to my friend Jenny.
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Monday, August 22, 2016
My third book is just out!
My third book just came out. It's only available in Swedish and it's about Nina, a girl just starting school. It's also about Nina's family, about a small thief living in their kitchen, about trouble with friends and fun with friends and all kinds of stuff that people aged 4 and up can relate to.
If you read Swedish or see this book as your doorway into our fascinating language,
get your book here:
I love meeting my readers.
PS. Yes! This is indeed the Ferragamo dress bought thanks to a cancelled flight.
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Next week, we're going to CANADA!!!
You have any advice on what we must see and do in Montreal, hit me!!
My baby
Miss this young woman like CRAZY.
Vanja called from camp the other day, sounding all happy.
She's taken up running and is learning to read sheet music, dancing and making new friends.
She's also started teasing me, in a manner that's very to the point but kind and funny.
Weird how she's grown so fast, this was yesterday, I swear.
and yes, Joel has grown too.
Good thing the twins are still quite young:
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