May 23rd, 2012 § 0
Natural, fair and delicious – that is what my favourite tea is from the brand Clipper! I discovered this tea brand (from UK) at work, and ever since my first cup I totally fell in love. I haven’t found this tea brand in Sweden yet and the ones you can see in the photos I bought in a store in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Their fruit infusion teas are a pure delight, beautiful deep red color and intoxicating perfume…and not to talk about the taste…utterly delicious!
May 21st, 2012 § 2
Since I’m not surrounded with Michelin awarded restaurants or my Italian favourite restaurant Oenosteria in Paris and I’m tired of the store-bought pesto jars (that are more or less containing potatoes, cashew nuts and other substitutes…. ) I decided that it was time for a change. With other words, I would do my very own homemade pesto. What a delight! It turned out to be the most delicious pesto I’ve ever tasted! My pesto was four times more expensive than a store-bought, but it was worth every cent, I will never buy store-bought pesto ever again!
For a jar filled with pesto I used the following ingredients: 1 pot eco basil, 1 pot eco persil, 130 g grated parmesan cheese, 2 cloves of minced garlic, 70 g pine nuts, 2 dl extra virgin olive oil and a pinch of love! Mix altogether in a food processor et voilà! Pesto love it is!
Pasta loves pesto! But so do vegetables, bruschettas…even fish and chicken…only your imagination puts the limit ;-)
FR: Moi, je préfère le pesto fait maison que celui qu’on achète dans le commerce…voici, ma recette pour faire un bon pesto! Il vous faut: 1 bouquet de basilic, 1 bouquet de persil, 130 g de parmesan râpé, 2 gousses d’ail hachées, 70 g de pignons de pin, 2 dl d’huile d’olive extra vierge et d’une pincée d’amour et c’est fait! Mélanger le tout dans un bol d’un mixeur et voilà, le pesto fait maison!
May 19th, 2012 § 0
Me, just about going out for dinner, in Paris May 2011 when I was living at Avenue Carnot. I miss those days dressing up and going out for dinners. Here where I live now in Sweden I would never put on my heels from Prada..the cobblestones would destroy them immediately…and I really don’t do my hair anymore since the rain here seems to follow me wherever I go…and besides…where I live there are no restaurants at all. Changing Paris into living in the countryside is a challenge…
May 18th, 2012 § 4
Let me present my new partner…Nikon Coolpix S8200 or mr Slim as I call him. Mr Big (my Nikon D5100) is a heavy weighter and sometimes I need a slim and light weighted camera to bring along with me and after looking for a good one me and Nikon Coolpix S8200 found each other, love at first sight I would say!
I think this camera will be perfect to bring with me on a daily basis and it will be a great complement to my Nikon D5100 with the lens Nikkor 35 mmf/1.8 G that I bring with me on my travels. First I was thinking about buying a new lens to my Nikon D5100…but the weight of the lens I wanted is 600g = too heavy. So I think this lightweighted Nikon Coolpix S8200 will cover my needs….. My weekend in London next week will be the first challenge for mr Slim and I will bring along mr Big too for all the close-up photos.
Thanks for all the camera recommendations you gave me in my previous blogpost about cameras!
image source, click here
May 18th, 2012 § 1
Thought I might share the beautiful sunrise I get to see each morning when I’m about to take one of the early trains to Denmark. This is how it looks at the trainstation…very early in the morning…in south of Sweden.
May 17th, 2012 § 1
Thought I recognized this hunk when I was sitting in the subway in Stockholm two weeks ago. Could it be mr Law? Jude Law? Oh yes, it sure was. Mr Law was keeping me company during my short trip with the metro and it sure was a pleasure.
May 16th, 2012 § 2
Staring on the interior – the first thing I do rather than checking out the new collection…that’s me in a nutshell. This is one of my favourite stores in Paris, All Saints! Love the old Singer sewing machines they have in their shopping windows, the bricks on the walls and the industrial lamps. Besides their interior I love their boots (I have some pairs) and their printed shirts, leather jackets and outerwear…. I would describe the style of their clothes as vintage meets industrial with a warm and soft touch of bohemian.
All Saints – 49 Rue Étienne Marcel 75001 Paris
May 14th, 2012 § 8
Café Charlot in Paris is one of my favourite places for having an utterly delicious brunch at. It is a place I discovered when I moved to Paris in January 2010 and ever since I had my first brunch there I fell in love. Love affair deluxe I would call it…
As you can see in the photo above, me and my friends all went for their classic brunch menu: fresh squeezed orange juice, hot chocolate (to die for! Thick and creamy texture….), pain perdu, toast, cherry tomatos and shallots, fresh fruit salad, scrambled organic eggs with smoked salmon and soft chive cream cheese. Can you ask for more? This is THE place to bring your friends for some Sunday chillaxing and gossiping (ofcourse! we all want to know what happened last night at the party if your memory failed on you…) while endulging yourselves with a delicious brunch.
Café Charlot is located in the Marais district and is situated just across the Marché des Enfants Rouges (the oldest food market in Paris). It is a bistro with a retro interior and a very fashionable clientel…oh yes, this is the place were you can see the trendy Parisians almost fighting for a free table inside Café Charlot…..
It’s definately the place to be, either if you want to have a delicious brunch…or just be in the middle of a fashionshow ;-)
p.s. I’m not into burgers BUT Café Charlot‘s actual specialty is the cheese burger...which all my friends gives the thumb up for. So if you share the same passion, Café Charlot is the place!
Café Charlot – 38 rue de Bretagne, Paris
May 13th, 2012 § 2
Another Nué is one of my favourite boutiques in Copenhagen. Before I discovered the boutique and I passed it by for the very first time it was closed….but the beautiful Jieldé lamps and the rest of the interior that consists of old antiques from France where almost screaming to me throughout the shopping window to come by another time. And so I did :-) The staff was very friendly and I told them I had been working with antiques in Paris and they shared another secret with me…they told me the source of their interior. To be continued ;-)
But before I end this blogpost….besides that I totally fell in love with the interior of this boutique I also liked their collections that are from brands such as Etoile Isabel Marant, Charles Philip, Alexander Wang, Givenchy, Jérôme Dreyfuss, Acne etc.
Another nué – Krystalgade 3, Copenhagen, Denmark
May 12th, 2012 § 0
Lauritz is a web auction house but they have a showroom in the department-store MOOD in Stockholm. There you can see some of their different objects…for example these industrial chairs I saw last weekend when I was there.
That’s another thing I haven’t shared with you on my blog…my addiction to auctions…Lauritz is one of my favourites, they have a ntework with auction houses in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Belgium.
Lauritz – Auctions of art, design, antiques and home luxury
May 9th, 2012 § 0
Let me introduce you to Posh Living, an interior design boutique situated in the new department-store called MOOD in Stockholm. When I was there last weekend I totally fell in love with these cute cups with butterflies on, aren’t they adorable? Simple things with beautiful details ;-)
I liked Posh Livings assortment and different brands…even though everything was new produced (which I’m allergic too…I prefer OLD and USED…with history and plenty of charm!). They had my favourite chairs (that can be found in Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris)..simply called Luxembourg chair from the brand Fermob, chairs from Tolix, lamps from Jieldé….and books from Taschen :-)
May 9th, 2012 § 1
Ladurée in Stockholm was supposed to open in the middle of April but it seems they are running late on their time-schedule. When I was passing by the boutique (situated at Grev Turegatan) on May 5th it looked like this (see the photo above).
I can only say one thing, work harder, work faster!
Oh, by the way…did you know that there will be one Ladurée in Copenhagen (lucky me!!!), one in Oslo, Malmoe and a second one in Stockholm? Ladurée is expanding ;-)
FR: Ladurée, bientôt à Stockholm, en Suède.
May 7th, 2012 § 1
Café Egoïste is a café situated in the new shopping-mall in central Stockholm called MOOD. A friend of mine invited me for a traditional Swedish “fika” there when I was in Stockholm for the weekend. We shared a giant cardamom bun (they are famous for their giant cardamom buns and cinnamon buns!) and I had a cup of hot chocolate (served in my favourite cup) and some whipped cream aside. Was delicious as always!
Café Egoïste is owned by Erik Videgård and Café Saturnus (where all their pastries and breads are baked and they recieve them freshly baked from Café Saturnus twice a day). Café Saturnus was a café I visited frequently when I was living in Stockholm…I was truly addicted to their cardamom buns! And so was princess Madeleine of Sweden, that I saw there several times before she moved to New York. Here and here are some of my old blogposts about Café Saturnus ;-)
While Café Saturnus is more designed as a French boulangerie & patisserie Café Egoïste is more New York with its industrial details in the interior…still with French cakes and food. I recommend them both :-)
May 5th, 2012 § 3
Remember the visionboard I published on my blog in February? I wrote that I wanted to travel more and that is what I will do alot this year…thats for sure! I’ve already bought tickets to some great places in Europe that I will visit this year and the trip I will do very soon is to London! I’ve never been there before (only at the airport and that doesn’t counts). So I thought of giving myself a treat by going to London in the end of May for a weekend :-)
I will live in Notting Hill (still haven’t seen the movie but I guess it would be great if I did before I leave) which means I will be close to the charming Portobello Market that I’m planning to visit. I’ve also bought a ticket to the musical “The Phantom of the Opera” at Her Majesty’s Theatre. I was lucky to find myself one of the best seats in the theatre and I really can’t wait to see one of my favourite musicals in London! I will also have a Very Brittish Afternoon Tea and I have found a great place (Bumpkins in Notting Hill) where they serve homebaked scones, homemade marmelade and organic teas……
A visit to Tate Modern to see Damien Hirsts exhibition and a visit to the Design Museum to see the Christian Louboutin exhibition are other things I’ve put on my list.
I will also do lots of sightseeing around in the city…if you have any recommandations and tips for me to do or see in London, please leave a comment :-)
May 4th, 2012 § 0
