If you happen to be in New York sometime between March 10 - 31  don't miss my brother's photo exhibition Skattebetalarnas Liv - SWEDISH STORIES at the Curch of Sweden New York. He's over there now (had to fly yesterday, nerve-wrecking for him considering dad's condition) and there will be a vernissage on Sunday March 13, at 12:30 p.m.


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In Gothenburg for third day and running. I thought I was lucky when I came up here on Friday, just half an hour late with the train, and found the streets considerably less snowy than in Lund. Made it up to the parents without any problems, and even decided to head out in the evening and catch up with the usual crowd at Bazaar. It was lovely but we ( Read more... )

In a rather rainy and cold Gothenburg for the second night. We celebrated our brother  this afternoon, and incredibly enough we managed to drag dad over to their flat! He hasn't been well enough to visit them since they got their new flat earlier this year, so it was a major happening. It was a bit worrying since they do live on the fourth floor ( Read more... )

I'm heading up to Gothenburg tomorrow, or rather today since it's now  far too late at night. My sister and I are both taking the train up, since it's our brother's 30th birthday on Thursday, and we're celebrating en famille. Finally decided on aa very traditional Le Creuset pot as a gift, since he loves cooking and they are supposed to last a ( Read more... )

I'm on the train back home to Lund, got a ticket for 52 SEK this morning, which was pretty good. I'm heading back up to Gothenburg on Thursday morning though, since there's a course in first aid & emergency health stuff fo home care givers in the afternoon that I'm supposed to attend. And then it's mum's birthday on Saturday, and my sister is ( Read more... )

I'm sitting at my favourite window at Java, on Vasagatan in Gothenburg. Just had a coffee with my brother after taking the train up from Lund at noon. Gothenburg is rather grey and dirty, but most of the snow is gone and spring is almost here. It feels like the whole city is crying out  for the sun,  for warm weather and green leaves. Everybody is ( Read more... )

In Gothenburg since yesterday afternoon. Slightly colder but no snow yet.

The orthopedic insoles thing went really well. The doctor was excellent, polite and competent. He checked out my foot and didn't think it was Morton's after all, but a stress fracture. Really nothing to do but to keep the weight off the foot, use the new insoles and try to do ( Read more... )

Yesterday we went to the restaurant where my brother works as a chef. It's called Kalimera and the owners are two brothers from Crete, but the food isn't super Cretan, even if they serve a very tasty reduced red wine sauce with cloves and grapes which is supposedly VERY Cretan. Four of our friends had arrived for the early sitting at 18, and had ( Read more... )

Still up, listening to the traditional day-before Christmas radio show and preparing the food for tomorrow (today). Earlier tonight my brother and I did the ham. He was in charge of the boiling and prepping, and I did the mustard topping before roasting it. Some strange photos after the cut, the light was off. I've also done the dough for another ( Read more... )

Both my dear brother's anddechirure 's birthday today, Yay!!  and also Kurt Vonnegut's,  among others *g*.

I made it to the gym, even though my sister was too lazy to join me. Barbell class, and I will be in so much pain tomorrow since I haven't taken one for two weeks. Oh joy.