“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.” ― William W. Purkey
20 years ago
in February, the Lillehammer Olympics. I remember sitting with my best friend and our families and watching the opening ceremony. And eating fastelavnsboller. Watching the ceremony is a good warm-up for the Olympics opening ceremony next Friday…
January recipe – BBC GoodFood calendar
With the December issue of BBC GoodFood came their calendar for 2014 as well. It’s a nice enough basic calendar, with one thing that elevates it – it has amazing pictures, and one recipe per month. For January the recipe was Kale and Chorizo hash. With a fried egg on top. Personally, I don’t care for… Continue reading January recipe – BBC GoodFood calendar
Review: The Chocolate Kiss
The Chocolate Kiss by Laura Florand My rating: 4 of 5 stars I just reread this book, and completely had a chocolate craving. Especially since the hot chocolate played such an essential role in the book – almost like a character of its own. And then it snowed today. So I felt like I had… Continue reading Review: The Chocolate Kiss
Quotation Monday #48
“Though no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand-new ending.” ― Carl Bard
Review: Nasjonal klassereise : Mette-Marit og politikkens abdikasjon
Nasjonal klassereise : Mette-Marit og politikkens abdikasjon by Hedvig Skonhoft Johannesen The book, or leaflet (considering the amount of pages, was written for the centenary of the Norwegian female vote. It’s part of a series of 12 publications from various women on what happens in Norway today. This particular one covers the Norwegian Crown Princess,… Continue reading Review: Nasjonal klassereise : Mette-Marit og politikkens abdikasjon
Mette-Marit’s Jelsa bunad
Jelsa is a small town in South West Norway. It’s a minimum 3 hour drive (depending on ferries) from Norway’s 4th largest city. View Larger Map Jelsa is interesting in this context only because Crown Princess Mette-Marit has a national costume from there. Last week, I talked about how the wearer of the bunads tend… Continue reading Mette-Marit’s Jelsa bunad
Lemon & Poppyseed Muffin
Sometimes, baking means accepting failures. And then there is the option of what to do with said failures. I was going to make these muffins from Passion 4 Baking: Starbucks Skinny Lemon & Poppyseed Muffin. But something went wrong. I either filled them with too little dough, used the wrong sort of baking powder, or… Continue reading Lemon & Poppyseed Muffin
The Ski Museum
On Saturday, when the majority of people on the Frognerseteren metro-line were heading up to ski, I was heading up for the Ski Museum. If I had been a bit smarter about this – I would have realized that the Ski Museum is really a better place to visit if a) you have your own… Continue reading The Ski Museum