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A Photo Guide to a Swedish Christmas
6 Dec2011
If this is your first Christmas in Sweden or your quest to learn about Christmas around the world, you’ve come to the right spot.
I put together a comprehensive guide to having a Christmas in Sweden and abroad. Even if you don’t have access to thousands of tomtar, you can still incorporate Swedish traditions into your own traditions.
There’s so much food and decor to enjoy during the holidays, but it is all about family and giving back to the community.
Swedish Christmas Decorations
If you are in Stockholm, then I highly suggest shopping at Stockholms Stadsmission to get secondhand Christmas ornaments. [...] Continue Reading…
Lost and Found {Hittegods} in Stockholm
3 Dec2011
Left my purse on the bus, I think, after being so excited and hopped off. Called SL already and left a note with them. *Maybe* there’s a good Samaritan.
Will have to wait until Monday to call Stockholm’s Polis Hittegods. Why work on the weekends?!
I feel really really stupid and angry with myself. It didn’t have much in there but still I hate myself for losing it.
And I feel like a moron. Did I already mention that?
By the way, if you also had back luck and lost/left stuff around the city, here’s important [...] Continue Reading…
The Last Day of November 2011
30 Nov2011
It’s amazing that there are only 32 days left until 2012. For better and worse, the year flew by.
The end of November means the end of the seemingly darkest month of the year; the most depressing time (post summer, pre-holidays), and plain dullness. Last few years people complained it snowed and snowed and there was no sunlight.
This November was drab. It was depressing; no snow, no rain, no real sunshine. November 2011 became the purgatory of months: relegated to nothingness but required into order to pass into the next season.
It’s a cold winter [...] Continue Reading…
- In: winter
Top 5 Funny Sounding Swedish Words
26 Nov2011
Here is today’s top five: five swedish words that sounds funny. Give it a go at saying them.
1. Knullrufs
Post-sex hair. Tossed, tangled, and poofed. The swedes have a word for everything.
2. Knäppgök
A silly person.
3. Utfart/infart
Hehehe, fart. FART! Utfart means exit, while infart means entrance. Does one’s fart then utfart from the body??
4. Bajsa
Poop!
5. Yxa
Means an axe. Not an exciting word but so fun to say.
Bonus:
Slut – Stop, the end.
Also see 7 Swedish words that do not mean the same in [...] Continue Reading…
Major Server Problems – Please be Patient
25 Nov2011
Update: November 29, 2011 22.32 UTC+1
We seemed to solved all the server side and front end problems.
As you can see, there’s a facelift on the site and thus far I’m REALLY happy with this new theme.
Would love to hear your thoughts on the redesign!
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We are experiencing significant problems with timeouts and the loss of the CSS theme. The current theme overwrote itself and didn’t issue a warning. Note to self, never use Constructor theme again!
We hope to fix this by tonight.
Thank you.
Sapphire
- In: stupid
Thanksgiving Shopping in Stockholm
23 Nov2011
Fellow Americans out there, tomorrow is the most important food day of the year, Thanksgiving! For everyone else, you will think we are crazy folks who stuff ourselves silly with turkey, watch a parade, and yell at the Dallas Cowboys.
It is my favorite holiday of the year though! While Thanksgiving has dirty roots and is followed by the vain Black Friday, to me it’s about family. I will leave mushy family post until tomorrow.
Right now it is about buying all the supplies to make a proper turkey dinner. This will be my third Thanksgiving [...] Continue Reading…
Top 5 Hot Swedish Men
18 Nov2011
Today’s top five is to satisfy all the lovely ladies who read this blog and enjoy drooling at Swedish men and perhaps dating them.
Be sure to check out the series on dating Swedish men:
Dating Swedish Men Q&A
The A to Z Guide on Dating Swedish Men
The Dying Questions for the Swedish Men
Prince Carl-Philip of Sweden
He’s still single and hot ladies!
Alexander Skarsgård
Son of Stellan Skargård, Alex and his family are movie legends. Of course we all know him as Eric on the HBO series True Blood.
Björn Borg
He might be an old man selling underwear today, but he [...] Continue Reading…
Today I’m interviewing a very good friend of mine, Christopher Grant. He’s a photographer, hiking master, and overall amazing photographer and friend.
We meet a few years ago via Facebook when I was looking to meet other photographers in Sweden. And there he was! He’s a veritable road-warrior who has traveled the world for photographers. He’s met everyone from President Clinton and Carl Bildt to little tent mice to tribal leaders.
When I got married early this spring (sorry I’ll share photos one day), I asked him to be our photographer. While he was [...] Continue Reading…
- In: Photos|scandinavia
11-11-11 in Photos
14 Nov2011
Did you do anything special on November 11th, 2011? I didn’t. Hehe.
I did take a few twilight photos of Stockholm though. Tried to do a longer time lapse, but darn, without a remote control is tricky!
Anyway, enjoy!
Stockholm skyline
Stadshuset – the city hall
Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight
- In: Photos
Plockgodis – Loose Bin Swedish Candies {Part II}
10 Nov2011
This is part two in the Swedish candy series. Hope you read the introduction!
Plockgodis are also known as lösviktsgodis, or loose candies. These are the famous candies you see in the bins at the store.
And there’s something for everyone. Every type of flavor or hardness or sweetness or even saltiness is available in the bins.
If you buy candy at the bins, there are a few rules:
Freshness – Go to a store that has a constant turnover. The longer the candies are out, the drier and harder they become.
Saturdays – Don’t [...] Continue Reading…
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