All pictures are from my Great clothes map on Pinterest.
20.11.15
19.11.15
Breakfast in bed, essay writing and painting
The second part of the social media and digital marketing course that I'm taking is to write an essay. Since I've had so much to do lately I didn't start writing until yesterday (oh who am I kidding, I wouldn't have started earlier anyway) and the deadline is on Sunday. I would have consider that plenty of time if it wasn't for the fact that Peter's mum and brother are coming tomorrow, so I need to finish before that. That doesn't stop me from taking breaks to paint and to admire the pink lilies in the living room though.
18.11.15
Q&A #2: Winter coats, work outs and England vs Sweden
I think your blog is perfect! I like the short posts about beautiful things. Not too many pictures and always something interesting. I don’t dare to comment on every post, don’t want you to only have comments from me! But I would like to see a post about winter coats, what winter jacket should you buy? I would love more posts about food, ingredients/drinks/ready meals. Do you work out? What's the difference between England and Sweden? Should you comment in English or Swedish? /Kim
Wow, so many questions! You got your own Q&A post, Kim :) First, I'm really flattered that you think my blog is perfect. It's not perfect, but thank you so much! And please please please, continue to comment as much as you like in whatever language you prefer! As long as you can stand me translating them... I've split your comment in three, so here comes; winter coats, work outs and England vs Sweden. There will always be more food posts, since food is my favorite thing on earth, so don't worry about that.
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| All coats are from Beyondretro.com. |
Working out is sort of my least favorite subject to be honest. I've tried loads of different ways of exercising through out the years (tennis, floor ball, spinning, going to the gym, swimming, walking, yoga, pilates) but I struggle with consistency. There's always something I'd rather do. But sometimes, like last autumn when I found a pilates class that I really loved or when I live close to a really nice park, I do enjoy it. A part of me really wish I did work out more, another part couldn't care less. I do have some troubles with my knees that makes running difficult and maybe just because I can't I imagine running to be the ultimate form of exercise.
It's hard to compare England as a country to Sweden but I can compare London to Stockholm and Gothenburg, where I've also lived. First of all – London is so much (SO MUCH!) bigger and a so much more diverse city. I bet you can find people from all around the world living on the same street here, at least you can find food from all over the world on the same street. Since it is so much bigger it hosts everything and anything imaginable – weird things, beautiful things, scary things and all things in between.
I've always been a restless person, easily bored and always up for new things. When I first moved to Stockholm from Gothenburg I, for the first time, experienced a sense of calm that came with the fact that I couldn't do and go to everything I wanted every day and every night since there was simply too much going on. That feeling slowly disappeared with time, as Stockholm grew smaller and smaller the longer I lived there. But now I experience the same feeling here in London and it's wonderful!
I can imagine London to be awfully stressful though and some things here are terrible, like the traffic in the mornings and all the people shopping at Oxford circus, swarming around, buying, buying, buying. Another thing is the big gaps moneywise, the rich here are richer and the poor are poorer. London is the most expensive city in the world at the moment so even if you do have a job you do feel how easily this city swallows all your money. But it does give back in experience!
I enjoy living in London at the moment and I'll probably be here for another year or two but I wouldn't want to live here for the rest of my life. But then I don't know where I would like to live so I'll probably move around some more before I settle, if I ever do.
16.11.15
Sorry
Sorry about the lack of posts lately. First I had two friends visiting from Sweden and Berlin so I’ve been out and about, too busy to make updates. Then the bombing of Beirut, Baghdad and Paris happened and you start to question everything, including writing a blog like this one – A sort of superficial parallel reality where everything is polished and perfect and nothing like the real world. But maybe that’s what we need to go through the day? Or at least it’s not making things worse. What do you do to make a difference when it feels like the world is rolling down a steep slope?
13.11.15
12.11.15
Throwback pt 5: 2013-2014
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| Photo by Christian Gustavsson. |
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| Julia Spada at Köjafestivalen 2013. Photo by Christian Gustavsson. |
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| Photo by Christian Gustavsson. |
2013
In 2013 Life & Death split up and I started to dj on my own. I still did nights at Nada bar and occasionally dj:d at different venues in Stockholm. In the summer we did an amazing festival in Köja (I think I'm going to do a whole post on Köjafestivalen later on?), and I met Peter for the first time (as you already know). I was at the Gagnef festival and in Finland, and in fall I started my Masters studies. I still worked at Bonniers Konsthall but I started to work at Bukowskis during their auction showroom weeks as well.
2014
Me and Peter went to Istanbul in early 2014, apart from that the first half of the year looked pretty much the same as the second half of 2013. I lived in Kollektivet Orkanen, worked at Bonniers Konsthall and did my masters in Aesthetic sciences. In the summer we went to the Gagnef festival again and in September we moved to London. And here we are still!
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