I wish YOU ALL a FANTASTIC ENDING with a gentle beginning and I see you all nex year. Loads of Viveka This free digital invitation made with Smilebox How will I celebrate my New Year??? I will celebrate with somebody … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2012
personal event and tradition
Every year the last Saturday before Christmas does my friend Margurithe and I go on mad shopping tour to GeKås in Ullared. Margurite lives about 1,5hrs from me so I go down to her and her partner Bengt a couple … Continue reading
stay indoors …. avoid driving
That was the message more of less the whole Southern (south, east and west) part of Sweden got on the 23rd – the weather was frightfully– the wind was so strong and it was blistery cold. Arriving to mum after lunch … Continue reading
sepia monday … danny’s chicken and potato stew
Now Christmas is over and I must admit that I’m glad it’s over – that life is back to normal for a couple days. Over here most of us had a 5 days holiday over Christmas, because we celebrate Christmas … Continue reading
with joyful ring
In Sweden we celebrate Christmas today, 24th – Christmas Eve … when Santa knocks on all doors and personally hands out every gift himself to big and small if they have been good behaving during the year that has gone. The … Continue reading
merry christmas world
To All of You from me !! Before you play the card .. just a little boring information. Recommend you play it in full screen mode and every page has a zoom button up in the corner – plus you … Continue reading
shop for shopping’s sake
When it comes to shopping – Belfast is just the right size of city – the city center has everything and if looking for that more exclusive dress or shoes everything will be on “Lisburn Road”, the “Gold Mile” Lisburn … Continue reading
“Шампанское желания и мечты икры”
“Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams” I just love caviar – perferly the red gold from the northern part of the Baltic Sea – Kalixlöjrom. Have been treated on Russian, Iranian and Chinese (terrible) Caviar – a very special occasion when that happen and … Continue reading
“if you jump, i jump”
RMS Titanic (Royal Mail Steamer Titanic) Belfast is the birthplace of Titanic- that I think most of you know by now. Harland & Wolff was a big ship building yard for nearly 100 years, in the beginning of the 1900 one … Continue reading
to help you find your way home
… during the darkest time of the year. Now call the “Swedish Welcome Light” outside Sweden – and today Sweden export about 3 million per year to around the world. Of course IKEA has a big part in this. The … Continue reading
an evening with gina
“CoCo” 7-11 Linenhall Street Belfast BT2 8AA Phone; 028 9031 1150 Head Chef and co-owner; Jason More Contemporary – £££ My first evening I met up with my best friend in Belfast, Gina – and the choice of restaurant was mine, … Continue reading
sadly it will happen again
It happen in Scotland in 1996 and it happen in Norway 2011 – children and teens shot down – because of personal anger or believes. It has happen at too many schools over in US already. How can we change … Continue reading
to silent friends
I’m so bad on passing on awards, love being a nominee and getting awards, but so bad on the rest – promised myself that I will carry “Blog of The Year 2012” through. And I have got 3 more stars, … Continue reading
had it twice in a week … barbara’s lebanese couscous
About 8 weeks ago Barbara@ justasmidgen posted this fantastic recipe – on Remembrance Day, 11-11, “Vegan Lebanese Couscous with Roasted Tomatoes and Olives” Once again a recipe talked to me directly- “make me soon”. I didn’t have time to try it out until … Continue reading
snow, lights and travel ….
Arriving back from Dublin – and going in for landing at Copenhagen airport, Kastrup – I could see that the winter had arrived too. Also both heard on the news and read in the newspapers that Stockholm was hit with … Continue reading