Goodies at Sjarm, Oslo!

It's a sunny day and after a nice day in St. Hanshaugen park, I decided to do a little bit of shopping. 'Sjarm' is the store located in Waldemar Thranes gate 22, filled with goodies for ladies! They have a great selection of clothing, organizing boxes, kitchen stuff, leather purses, jewelry and much more.

I want to organize my stuff so I bought a jewelry box brass. This box is one of the stunning items of Lisbeth Dahl and her team (they're from Denmark). Visit her site Lisbeth Dahl website and collection

Here's the box I bought (329 kr). Isn't it stunning?

Kind of reminds me of old Moghul Indian time. It has this pink velvet bottom to give a 'royal' feeling. LOVE IT!

Here's other stuff from Lisbeth Dahl -- as you can see it's perfect for girls and women who love romance/antique goodies.

Here's another box I bought from Sjarm (139 kr). I'm going to collect all my spices in this green catty-baby.

Stop by SJARM! You're gonna love it there!

Amanda

I love it: Summer theme

I just stumbled upon weheartit.com. A great website with hundreds of beautiful pictures. The theme for now is: SUMMER!

AND FINALLY: this picture is so cute! :-)

Memories from India 2011, especially Kerala

Just thinking about India. What a great travel experience from Kerala and north India! Here are some pics: 

Picture: Still on Black Beach in Varkala

Picture: At Pumpkin restaurant in Kochi, Kerala

Picture: By Maria D.Z -- near Muhamma, Allapuzha district Kerala

Picture: At KITTS (Kerala Institute for Tourism and Travel Studies) with some of the students

Picture: Fried vegetables -- delicious!

Picture: At the Elephant festival in Jaipur -- pre-Holi!

Sixtyseven Sprinter ankle boots!

I finally bought a pair of shoes from Sixtyseven Sprinter. They look like the Acne boots, but they're cheaper. I can't afford 3000 kr for a pair of boots, so instead I bought them for 1198kr!

They're good for parties, dinners, office -- basically everywhere! I'm so happy right now! :-)

Shopping doesn't cure madness. It is the madness.

I bought them online from Lille Vinkel Sko. This shop has been around since I was a child, and this shop is not like other dull shoe shops in Oslo. They observe the trends, and have favorite brands like Keds, Kanna, Sixtyseven, Ed Hardy, Camper, Miss Sixty and much more!

Tullins Cafe in Oslo, Norway

Yesterday me and my bf were at Tullins Cafe and gorged on their fantastic ciabatta dishes.

Check out this cheese ciabatta, only kr 89! :-) Tullins has for years been a popular cafe. I remember sitting there with my former students from Faculty of Law -- the days when we were young and single. It's only five minutes away from National Theater and three minutes away from campus.

Great food! Recommended!

They also serve pizza and pasta dishes (below kr 100), burgers (kr 124) and cheap lunch meals.

Waiting for summer to reappear in Oslo

Hey folks,

it's June, but it feels like April. Typical Norwegian summer is sun and rain at the same time. We had a bit of a summer a couple of weeks ago, with temperature over 20 degrees, but now it's around 15. To remind myself of how great summer time in Oslo is, I pulled out these pictures from a sailing trip with my boyfriend's family.

We started at Aker Brygge where most people in Oslo spend the day if the sun is shining :-) Fresh breeze from the ocean, ice cream and cold beer!

Picture: Rådhuset (City Hall)

Picture: Operaen (The Opera)

Surprisingly, a couple of tourists started to take pictures of us while we were sailing. WE WERE THE ATTRACTION!

A very nice day where we sailed for 6 hours, around Oslofjorden to Nesodden bypassing Snarøya in Bærum.

Picture: Small boat houses at Nesodden


Typical summer lunch in Norway: fresh shrimps on fresh bread, mayo, dash some lemon on. And for dessert, strawberries! :-)

Here we are :-) Me and my boyfriend :-)

Pictures by E.W: Me taking a nap

Arctic Monkeys concert May 6th, 2011

Hey long time ago,

We've got a lot to catch up. First thing I'm going to tell you about was the Arctic Monkeys concert in Oslo. My cousin, Andros, bought the tickets for us! :-)

The concert at Sentrum Scene was awesome, they played mostly songs from their newest album "Suck it and see" and a couple of songs from "Whatever people say I am, that's what I'm not". Their music has become more darker and mature -- it was very catchy and good! :-)

Here are some pictures:

Then we went onto 'Jeger' -- one of the coolest bar clubs in Oslo. It replaced punk and rock place 'Garage'. I really liked 'Jeger'! :-) Great electronic music, mostly chill-out lounge music, older clientele, and cool furniture. Recommended.

Cover charge: 100kr after 23.00-23.30