kai is 18!

somebody turned 18! 

i set up the table then waited for an approriate late morning hour to burst into his room with donuts, balloons and a happy birthday song.

breakfast pancakes - the same ones stefan has been making since kai was a babe - and prezzies next!

an apple watch

then the obligatory photo opt... he has so much patience for me :)

stefan makes a cake just as kai requested... coffee (cream) and almond (sponge) shared with our bestest of friends :)

lastly, dinner at svartengrens, so freaking delicious is all i can say. if you haven't been, please go. They like meat, and if you like meat, then please go. they choose locally raised beef, reared and butchered in a sustainable way direct from the stockholm archipelago. and, they source the veggies the same way, from people they know and trust. they do everything from scratch, dry age, smoke, pickle, and make stock. then there's wine and bubbles, cocktails and micro brewed beer too. it's one of kai's favourite places.

i love this guy so much! happy birthday kai (insert heart emoji here).

summer at home: july and august

stefan and i very much enjoyed restaurang garba. it's a newish restaurant that is run by two best friends, linn söderström and marion ringborg. everything was incredibly good, the fish, the meat, the veg, everything. i loved the interior too. i really recommend garba! next time, i want to go for breakfast and pasteries and then wander the streets of vasastan, a lovely neighoburhood full of great boutiques.

exciting news, we have been casually looking for a new apartment! visiting homes in sweden is like walking into an interior design magazine... herringbone floors, bruno mathsson chairs, high ceilings! it's been such fun spending sundays apartment hunting and lunching with my hubby.

strawberries and sunflowers all summer long :)

the three of us spent a rainy afternoon on pastoral långholmen island where, adam and albin, for a second year in a row, set up the pop-up restaurant ön. the artichoke fritters with curried sauce and the kale salad with burrata were divine.

at home, kai tries on my glasses (he suits them!), the cats are cozy, i wear my new blue track pants, gifted to me by maya, my neice, on repeat. stefan makes the best grilled eggplants, loki is gifted treats by our lovely neighbour kelly, and the summer light shines.

loki is extra affectionate when we return from our month away. i awake each morning with loki greeting me in bed meowing, rubbing his head against me, purring.

we dine at spirtmusuem with our friends despina and george, and end up having a crayfish party. despina teaches me how to expertly break apart the shell. oops, i was too busy stuffing myself with crayfish to take pictures.

we celebrate our friend, petter's birthday :)

kai goes to greece, without me! these pictures are from a fishing trip he, axel, and eric went on... 

 hearts appear in the sky.

soon, i hope, i will have our summer pictures, from lemnos and holland, to show you!