On a train down south

Jacket and bag, Weekday.

After a week in Stockholm me and P are on our way down south to visit my grandma in Småland before we head on to Gothenburg. Since the last couple of days has been quite hectic I'm just going to relax and enjoy the last days of our vacation. It's harder than you think, but I'm really trying to do as little as possible which unfortunately means the blog gets zero attention. 

As you might have noticed I'm trying to get AdSense to work but I'm not quite sure I've managed it yet. Does it look weird or is it just annoying? How does it look on your phone? Pls do tell.

Ivy Nixon Studio

Pictures from Ivy Nixon.

I'm off work today to try and get everything sorted before we leave super early on Thursday morning for our two weeks holiday. There will be no time tomorrow cause I'm working 9 to 5 and after that my colleague Roberta has her goodbye party, since she's leaving London for San Francisco (jealous). 

One very exciting thing today though is that me and P are meeting up with Charlotte from Ivy Nixon Jewellery in her studio to try on and perhaps decide on engagement rings! 

10 things I'm going to do in Sweden

It's been almost a year since I last saw Stockholm and on Thursday me and P are flying there to celebrate midsummer and spend a week in our old home town. After that we're going to Gothenburg to visit my family for a couple of days. H-o-l-i-d-a-y! So excited. Even though there isn't much about Sweden that I miss in my everyday life, there's a couple of things that's on top of my to do list when we're there. Here's ten things I'm going to do in Sweden.

1. Visit Trädgården and dance in the sun, drink beer, hug and say "Hi!" to all the people I used to know but haven't met in ages.

2. Hang out on Stora Essingen with The Hurricane Collective.

3. Go shopping on Weekday! Here's some things I wouldn't mind from their current sale.

4. Have a freezing swim in the ocean (or maybe not...).

5. Eat licorice flavored ice-cream, crayfish salad, soft flatbread and Swedish cheese.

6. Visit the countryside and take a walk in a forest.

7. Visit the archipelago.

8. Go to an open air party.

9. Visit my old job and see their current exhibition that looks stunning judging by the picture.

10. Hang out with family and friends (duh).

Looks like summer

All pictures are from my Great clothes map on Pinterest.

Playlist • May 2016

I completely forgot to post this even though I've had it ready for weeks, sorry! Here's my favorite songs in May 2016.

Basics and upgrades

I had today off work and got so much done in the morning (dishes, tidying, toilet cleaning, bank meeting) that I was well worth a small shopping spree in the afternoon. I had a very specific shopping list that I followed with precision – I needed new slippers, basic t-shirts and a scrub and lotion for my so far very dry and sad summer skin. 

The t-shirts are in a linen blend from H&M, the skincare is from & Other stories and were on 50% sale (win) and the slippers are Birkenstock's vegan version of the classic model 'Arizona'. Now I feel ready for holiday next week, but more about that in another post.

Field day, fun day

 You might think all I do is run around at festivals but no (i wish though). However, this last Saturday me and Peter got up and took the bus down to Victoria park to visit Field day!

 The reason we were there so early was that I was dying to see Avalon Emerson play. Unfortunately it seamed I was the only one cause it was dead empty.

 Mandatory festival falafel for lunch. Yum.

Mandatory festival weather when we went to do some after lunch dancing at the DJ Koze gig.

But after rain there's sunshine – and Adam!

Hello.

My tattoos.

 Then we were hungry again, meaning burger dinner!

 More friends, more hugs <3

 This absolute star is my friend Sannah.

And these pastel babes are Sandra and Johanna. Together the five of us went to see Mura Masa which was the craziest, most crowded and most amazing gig of the day. I was two seconds from a panic attic because of the crowdedness but still, it was amazing.

The rain had made the previously green grass into a pile of mud. I was wearing white sneakers :(

 Last but not least we saw James Blake. Peter is perhaps his second biggest fan but his number one fan was a girl that stood just one step behind us and shouted "Go Jamie!" and "I love you Jamie!" in between every other song.

 The best part was a sort of improvised and very unexpected dance part.

Such a great end of a great festival day.

 Then the only thing left for these lil freaks was walking home, via McDonalds cheese bites.

Game over.

Saturday rave date

This Saturday I managed to get from work one hour early cause me and P had a west London rave date, since I got free tickets to techno festival Junction 2 in Boston Manor.

First stop was a beer stop.

All good.

Then we explored the surroundings.

I tried to capture it all with my phone.

Then it got dark, but the atmosphere was 10/10.

Nina Kraviz played a super weird set in a tent that looked like a brick house where someone in the audience tossed around an inflatable unicorn. Then we got chased through the park by an old Russian drunk. Only at techno festivals.

We escaped to the food court for a late night vegan hotdog before we took the tube home east since we were both working the morning after. How about this Saturday though? So much fun.