Monday, April 19, 2010
New York Times features two Stockholm Restaurants
This Sunday the New York Times ran a piece on dining in Europe. They offered high end and low end. Both restaurants mentioned had opened this past September and I haven't been to either. The high end restaurant, Djuret (Animal) is apparently a carnivore's delight, albeit an expensive one with an average meal (no beverage or tip) costing $106. Given that I am cheap AND a fish eating vegetarian I won't make it to this one. The other restaurant, the low end, is called Nytorget Urban Deli...although even at that one a single meal, without beverage or tip, is about $42. This restaurant has themes each week and is located in Sodermalm...the always hip area of Stockholm. My son, in listening to us discuss the article, said "I like Agaton." I'd have to agree. This is located on the most touristy of streets in the old town but is always crowded with locals. They feature pizza and wonderful entrees. (A favorite not on the menu but you can request is a Caesar salad with crayfish--simply fabulous) This restaurant always offers specials and you can find entrees for about $20. Bon Apetit!
Labels: Dining Sweden, gustavian furniture, Old Town Stockholm, Sodermalm, Stockholm, Swedish Antiques
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Estonian Cats
More "Tails of Two Cities" specifically, Tallinn Estonia. The cat on the left lives at the home of the founder of the Estonian Ukranian Catholic Church. The building, dating back centuries, houses not just the church but workshops for papermaking, carpentry and calligraphy. The cat is shown standing on one of the writing tables surrounded by an assortment of bird feathers used as pens.The silver tabby to the right lives a much harder life in the garage area of our cousins apartment house. She is fed by one of the tenants and is often found in the window well waiting for her next meal. If I could she'd have been packed in my bags and heading home to Bethesda! Labels: cat, cats, Swedish Antiques, Tallinn, Tallinn Estonia, Ukranian Church
Friday, April 2, 2010
Easter Ideas
The eggs on the left look like those expensive hand painted Russian boxes but are actually plastic sleeves that slip over the eggs and, when boiled, give the effect of hand painting. Our cousin did these and they're fabulous. I'm headed to the Russian Market in Tallin today to buy some for myself (and perhaps for the shop for next year) The adorable boxes of grass are on sale in the grocery stores here. I've grown grass for Easter in the past...these are just on a regular plastic plate. I wish they sold things like this at home...at these prices (under $4) but...I'll have to continue to grow my own Easter grass display. (Now I know I can skip the basket I usually use and go right for a plastic plate. Glad Pask! (Happy Easter in Swedish)Labels: easter eggs, Estonia, glad pask, Swedish Antiques, Swedish Flower Shop, Tallinn Estonia
Thursday, April 1, 2010
This is the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral as viewed from the top floor of Kiek in the Kok tower in Tallinn, Estonia. The tower is recently opened for tours including a special one of the tunnels that run beneath Tallinn and date back to the 17th century. The "onion top" church is quite spectacular to view and visit. We took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather to have coffee and pastry outdoors at a nearby cafe.
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