Sipping on my second tumbler of Bushmill's (my favorite whiskey), something nice and warm begins to enclose me. Sure, it's the booze you say; well, maybe the drink does its part, but I think it's something else.. I'm beginning to realize how my parents (and mostly my mother in that case) felt, at 23:30, half an hour before the 24th of December (which is when most people celebrate Christmas in Sweden).
Filip has shown a talent for imitating people around him, to the point where I soon have enough material for a stand-up comedy show.
Seeing him, and listening to him, walking around the apartment with either his plastic Builder Bob telephone or my cellphone, pretending to "be on the phone" is hilarious.
We were walking around in "Gallerian" (something similar to a common mall) in Stockholm when Filip and I decided (well, I decided) to have a sit down for a cup of coffee.
On our way to the coffee break, we walked paste a queue of people outside a store. Turns out it was Daniel Lindström, winner of the TV production Idol 2004, sitting there, signing records and what not.
Aahh, I was just reacquainted with an old favorite in the white wine department; Casillero del Diablo, Chardonnay.
A nice white wine from Chile. For more information about their Chardonnay and other offerings, this link might be of use.
So it's Friday, and Alexander has his day off from daycare. So me, myself, I, Filip, and Alexander decide to go on a road trip to deposit the big pile of coins coming from Alexander's piggy bank.
It would seem only one out of every 30 branch offices of the SEB bank is equipped with an automated coin counting machine. Two of them happen to be close to or around the city core of Stockholm. So we go to the first one, because we've always used that one when we empty a piggy bank and end up with a lot of coins.
Having become familiar with the Canon 10D digital camera, I was more than a little bit excited when I read the specs and announcement for the 20D-model some months ago. I had been reading up on the 300D, but was and remain convinced that it is more of a "budget SLR", aimed at the masses. The 300D is "comparable" to the 10D, and I'm sure that Canon will soon release a companion "budget" variant of the 20D.
My turn to spend some time @ home ("down here on the farm") with Filip! It's weird.. not having to be stressed and run around like a headless chicken in the morning to get ready to go to work. Janet did good this morning though, I thought she'd be a bit more "hysterical" (she doesn't get hysterical really).
Currently, Filip has spread a box of diapers all around the hallway, his toy synthesizer is playing the same loop since 40 minutes, and I'm trying to get him to read "Network & Communications" (a Swedish wanna-be computer communications industry magazine). What do you mean he's not old enough?! You gotta start early!
We'll be checking back here with the Filip-story from time to time :-)
Janet and I are celebrating our first anniversary as a married couple tomorrow (going on 6.5 years together now). We figured it'd be easier to get away if we could actually find some baby sitting assistance, something that is usually easier on a weekend.
So Mona and Grandma came over to watch Filip and Alexander while Janet and I went to Claes på Hörnet, the same restaurant where we had our wedding reception on the 6th of December 2003.
If you're ever in Stockholm, and want to enjoy food in a nice (albeit a bit expensive), quiet, and traditional-feeling place, I can recommend Claes på Hörnet
The service is good, the atmosphere is excellent.
Wikipedia article (Swedish)