I stumbled across the best food holiday ever: World Nutella day. And with the terrible things that happened this week, i really needed something happy.
The founders of Bleeding Espresso, Ms. Adventures in Italy, and At Home in Rome have set up feb 5th to be international nutella day. What does mean for those in Sweden? Skip the sugary Swedish Nötcreme, it has nothing on our delicious goodness from Italy.
Why is Nutella better than Nötcreme?
Nutella is made from hazelnuts and chocolate, nötcrème is made from hazelnuts and vegetable fat and sugar.
Nutella comes in a delicious jar, nötcreme [...] Continue Reading…
I just can’t take it anymore. Swedish television ads tend to repeat themselves 4-5 times over the course of a tv show. Then you add gambling ads into the mix and it becomes really annoying. Like so fucking annoying I want to through a shoe at the television (though I won’t since the TV does not belong to me).
In a country where the government controls how you drink because of a dictatorial alcohol monopoly system, it’s fun to see that all bets are off when it comes to advertising online poker, bingo, lotto, and other [...] Continue Reading…
Whenever people think of Sweden, they think of Switzerland, the land of the Alps, chocolate, and serenity. Sweden fulfills the serenity and peace; and for most people, a safe country. Considered a boring country to many because nothing happens except an occasional mob of girls beating each other silly at the H&M stores.
This week I was reminded that just because the world perceives Sweden as a safe country, crazy people still exist. Bat shit violent crazy.
A week ago, I was planning a business trip abroad and so the night before was working late, putting my papers together, cleaning the [...] Continue Reading…
When Jeremy Soul first invited me to attend his day game pick up artist boot camp for Love Systems, I was really excited. And then I felt really weird going to stalk a group a guys on learning how to pick up girls and then head out in the “field” to try out their newly learned skills.
Last week for eight hours I learned what men learned about women. Before you give me the smack down that dating systems are stupid and full of douche bags, the aim is what we girls always wanted: a nice guy that [...] Continue Reading…
18 Jan, 2010
Posted by: Sapphire In: news
It happened! The little Swedish boy proposed. O M G! OMG OMG OMG
The back story…
Today is our two year anniversary of first meeting. Since we started dating right after we met, well we are using the 18th as our anniversary. And as a friend pointed out, today is Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year. Take that Blue Monday!
We decided on Sunday to take a nice walk around Södermalm in the afternoon. We went home shortly after sunset, drank Pol Roger champagne, did home pedicures. I had this really cool scraper to clean [...] Continue Reading…
14 Jan, 2010
Posted by: Sapphire In: news
Last week I asked what you would like to see on the blog for 2010. You can still take the poll for another week but here are the current results:
A whooping 21% want to see more stuff about dating. If people choose it because it was the first on list, this could result in a slight bias. Never fear, I will cover lots more about dating and sambo life in Sweden.
Next up 16% chose answers about living in Sweden and 10% chose anything about Sweden. Basically, I will do more to write about successfully moving, [...] Continue Reading…
It’s been a long time since I wrote anything about dating in Sweden. Frankly it’s a bit difficult when you are tied in a monogamous relationship that is quite happy. I mean, no one, not even myself, wants to hear about how happy and mushy gushy a relationship is.
But now it is winter and -25C outside and time to start writing, serious writing, Henry David Thoreau style.
In a week I will be joining in, as a special visitor to a day game seminar and field training on how to pick up beautiful women. And these [...] Continue Reading…
Today is Epiphany. Not the epiphany you have when you realize something (although the meaning is derived from the holiday) but the holiday. Basically January 6th ends the Twelve Days of Christmas and is celebrated when the Magi visits Christ. In Eastern Christian traditions, Epiphany is celebrated as Jesus Christ being baptized in the Jordan River by St. John the Baptist.
In Sweden, Epiphany is called Trettondagen in swedish. It is also an official red day in the country so all companies are off.
As for me, I’ll celebrate this holiday that we have a day off [...] Continue Reading…
On the 23rd morning, Porbjorn and I, and the rest of Sweden began our journey for Christmas break. This year, we went to Sälen, a ski town in central Sweden, close to the Norwegian border.
To get there, we had to take a bus. Luckily a direct bus. Because coming back to Stockholm we would be blessed by taking the car, bus, train, another train, and the tunnelbanan.
At 8.20 in the morning we arrived, bright, happy and stressed at Stockholms CityTerminaln, the city bus station. Being Swedish, and therefore being super organized, there is a lovely Arrivals and [...] Continue Reading…
happy happy joy joy 2010!!!
Okay, Christmas has passed but happy belated wishes to everyone. It’s been a crazy 2009 and I hope all of you had the opportunity to spend it with someone(s) special.
I went up to Sälen, a ski town, in central Sweden for four days. Here are some photos below. We did have some very traditional Swedish decorations and watched Kalle Anka at 3PM on the 24th. Of course, what else would you be doing?
And now for a happy happy new year and to have a wonderful 2010. Woo!
