Advantage of living in city built on many islands - you can commute by boat.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Taking a break from medieval times to listen to Terror Squad
I love this song.
Advantage of having kids who don't understand English - no awkward discussions because of lyrics.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
More wonders of the past
Babylonian whore on seven-headed beast. Not looking very depraved or scary, either one. The only one who makes me feel bad are the saint and angel, pointing their fingers.
ps. Click on image to see better. You must.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Wonderful things of the past
Here is a page from the Isabella Breviary. It's a party, all the saints are living it up in heaven. But don't you just love the rest of the page? The gold, the details from nature, the charming busty creature looking in a mirror?
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Wedding reception
Going to a wedding reception today. Which outfit?
Green 50's?
Adam & Eve dress, celebrating early love and sin?
My own wedding dress? Perhaps a faux pas to wear your wedding dress to a wedding?
Thursday, October 6, 2011
jobs
I can't even imagine my life without apple stuff. I remember my first mac, a performa. Back then, weren't the names of the designers/creators etched onto the hard drives or something? Like when you lifted the plastic hood of the computer, there were the names of your faraway unknown friends in California.
But the names that move me the most are the endless names listed in the credits of any Pixar movie. You didn't sit through them? Next time, do.
The way I see it, the Pixar people are the pyramid builders of our times. You can quote me on that.
And somehow, jobs was our pharaoh.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
dagens länktips
Ja du måste klicka för att kunna läsa.
Gå sedan till Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches för mer underhållning.
Så himla fint
Hur fint kan man egentligen ha det? På arkitekturmuseets otroligt vackra bibliotek, omgiven av träd.
Sedan när man vill ta en läspaus, kan man sitta här:
Det är för mig ofattbart att den stolen någonsin är ledig.
Ps. okej provade stolen, numer väldigt fattbart. Den var så obekväm. Jättehård och inte proportionerad för en svensk kvinna av medellängd utan mer för en jättelång gänglig manlig arkitekt i slitna mossgröna manchesterbyxor med drömmar om öde hedar och tystnad. En man som motvilligt intar föda och då endast om den tillagas och serveras av en närstående som fått lägga om hela sitt liv för att just hålla den gänglige vid liv. Är arkitekter den smalaste yrkesgruppen? Jag tror det.
Scotland, I want to revisit you.
Also am developing my first old-man crush since Cary Grant and Clooney, that old geezer.
Things that will NEVER be said about me
When the magazine writes me up it will be more like this:
She owns not a single bag, unless you count the plastic kind you get in grocery stores - and only accessorises with an elastic hairband around her wrist (for easy access, especially when riding her 80's bike).
Shoes, though, are her weakness, in the form of comfy worn out running shoes, always with a hole on the right shoe where her independently minded hallux valgus has carved out a little peeping hole for itself. For years, hoards of young women have begun to cut little holes on the insides of their right running shoes as a style tribute to Guner, while eagerly waiting for their own hallux valguses (hallux valgii?) to come in, as the rite of passage into real womanhood this signifies.
ps. Also how can you get away with writing an article where "just two bags - both birkins" is stated as a testament to the owners humble approach to style?
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Word of the day
anadromous.
individuals who ascend rivers to breed. not a bad life. challenging, yet rewarding.
OBSESSED
It's gotten to the point where I look at pictures like this and think to myself "man, that coat Chopin's got on is not bad. I wonder where I could find that, in my size."
ps. and how about his haircut?
ps 2. and a baroness lover sometimes named george.
ps 3. Perhaps even George loved that coat? "Sand's reputation came into question when she began sporting men's clothing in public — which she justified by the clothes being far sturdier and less expensive than the typical dress of a noblewoman at the time."
Av alla företagsnamn
Tycker jag personligen att Knorr tar hem segern. Ja även över Knulp och Enköpings BARF.
If you hate jeans
I hate jeans. HATE THEM. Hate wearing jeans so much that when I'd recently forgotten to get an important thing for Vanja (wrapping paper for her school books), we agreed that the best punishment if I kept forgetting would be to wear jeans for 1 week.
But jeans, you know, they go with everything and I remember when I was little, I used to love them.
So I went to the Levi's store and said "I hate jeans, help me". And they did. And I'm sitting here now in comfortable CurveId jeans.
They didn't pay me to write this. In fact I lost one pair of jeans on the bus, and went back and bought another pair. So my jeans are twice as expensive as they'll be to you. My advice though - have them take your measurements in store and then bring out jeans that will fit you.
Cause the only thing worse than wearing jeans is finding a great pair. Despair in fitting room.
Not dignified. Not even necessary.
BUT THESE JEANS!!! THEY ARE COMFORTABLE! NON-RESTRICTING.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Not really looking for international success
But you know if they were?
They're the best place I've ever seen to look for an affordable halloween costume.
They're specializing in organic dog food, which is sympathetic.
But I see these (priced at a measly 3 SEK each!) and think: wow, those and a black dress with long sleeves and I'm THE KING OF HALLOWEEN!!! a king in a dress with really weird hands, but still, 3 SEK a piece - that's less than a buck for a pair!
Bonus: If you're a dog (interpret that as you wish) these are also marketed as Great for recreational purposes and for cleaning your teeth!
Back to the non-future
Newsflash! Time travel now available at Skansen, where playing "back in the days" is included in the entrance fee. At Skansen they're not charging AN EXTRA FEE FOR EACH KID FOR PLAYING AS AT THE NORDIC MUSEUM WHICH WE HAVE STOPPED VISITING BECAUSE OF THIS:
Sunday, October 2, 2011
SLUTKONSUMENTEN RAPPORTERAR
En av Sveriges största cykelkedjor (kolla, det blir roligt även när man inte försöker skämta!) Cykelringen har öppet köp i 8 dagar. MEN INTE PÅ CYKLAR!!!!!
the ladylike 3-month old baby
As for the rest of the Beckham brood, "We've got three amazing boys, but there is a lot of energy with them. With Harper, she's so calm, she's so ladylike," David Beckham said. "The way she holds herself, the way she breathes, the way she smiles – it's amazing."
Working late
Am working working working.
The two greatest challenges to working after 10 pm, after a long day, when all the kids are sleeping:
1. Resisting the deafening roar from the fridge. Can you hear it? It's like thunder. It's the almond paste screaming, no/nay demanding: EAT ME.
2. Resisting drinking the glass of red wine in front of me. Have to remind myself it's mixed with detergent and only put there to lure fruit flies into an intoxicated early death.
Etsy daydreaming
Imagine how someone once actually tried this on/had this sewn for her. Then she was invited to a party and decided that TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT. And wore this.
I'm invited to a wedding and wedding reception on Saturday. I'm told to wear "my finest". If I had ever been brave enough to go the lengths of a dress and cape like this, it'd be easy. As of now - my finest? What is that?
Stay tuned.
can't stop thinking of the owner of the dress. Who was/is she? What else did she wear in her life?
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