Today is what we call the “fat Tuesday” in Sweden (mardi gras) and on this day we eat a “semla“. I never got one last year, because some little cutie decided it was time to be born on the day when we, the Swedish girls, had decided to meet for a semla, so I was happy that I got one at Fika today. I’m not a huge fan of semla, but it’s nice to keep some Swedish traditions like eating a semla on “fettisdagen” or a kanelbulle on cinnamon bun day or watch Donald Duck at 3 pm on Dec 24th.
My sister has been here for almost a week now. It has been nice to just hang out and really spend time with her this first week. We have mostly just walked around different areas and taking it pretty easy. The weather has been nice most of the time, except one morning with snow that melted away within like two hours, so it has been nice to be outside.
On Wednesday we met Jeanette at Brookfield Place and saw a free modern dance performance with Stephen Petronio Company. The first piece was a Merce Cunningham piece with Andy Warhol art in the background and improvised live music and the second was a piece by the company that seemed kinda like the same type of movements. I liked it. It got a little dull at times but over all, it was interesting. And I have actually never seen a Cunningham piece on stage before so I enjoyed that.
I picked up my sister at JFK on Monday night. She is going to stay here for two months. Yes, you read it right, two months. We’re gonna have so much fun!
Jag hamtade min syster pa JFK i mandags kvall. Hon ska stanna har i tva manader. Ja, du laste ratt, tva manader. Vi kommer att ha sa roligt!
“Caffe Reggio is proud to be the first caffe
in the United States to serve Cappuccino”
I found out online that there is a cafe in Greenwich Village that has been there since 1927. Domenico Parisi brought the cappuccino to America and they still have the espresso machine, from 1902, at the cafe today (not in use of course, but still pretty cool). The cappuccino wasn’t the best I’ve ever had, but good enough and the lunch sandwich that I ordered was great. This is a small place with tables very close to each other, but still a cozy feel to it and it really does feel old with all the art work in the room. I tried to picture how it was to sit at this cafe and sip a cappuccino back in the old days.
A coffee lover like me loves to visit places like this. New York is relatively a new city but there is plenty of interesting history and a lot is kept. New York City is definitely one of the coolest cities to discover.
Jag hittade online att det finns ett cafe i Greenwich Village som har funnits dar sedan 1927. Domenico Parisi presenterade cappuccino for Amerika och de har fortfarande espresso maskinen, fran 1902, kvar pa cafet idag (inte i bruk saklart, men anda ratt coolt). Cappuccinon var inte den basta jag smakat, men tillrakligt god och lunchmackan som jag bestallde var god. Det har ar ett litet stalle med bord ratt nara varandra, men anda ratt mysig kansla och det kanns verkligen gammalt med all konst i rummet. Jag forsokte forestalla mig hur det var att sitta dar pa detta cafe och smutta pa en cappuccino pa den gamla tiden.
En kaffealskare som jag alskar att besoka stallen som detta. New York ar relativt en ny stad men det finns en hel del intressant historia och mycket ar bevarat. New York City ar definitivt en av de coolaste staderna att upptacka.
On Wednesday I finally got to see Bruce Springsteen live. Madison Square Garden was completely packed and everybody was singing along and were very active. This was one of the best concerts I’ve been to because of that. I don’t know many of the songs from this tour but being in a crowd that was so excited and knew every word was still a lot of fun, even if I couldn’t sing along myself. It’s fun to go to a concert when everybody is so engaged.
To see “The Boss” live has been on my mind since I was a little girl. Every time my parents have gone to a Springsteen concert, I have been a little jealous. I’m not a huge Springsteen fan, but it has always been on my list of concerts I want to go to. And now I have and it was in New York City and at one of the best places for concerts. I am very grateful for the things my husband and I get to do because of J’s job. Now I can take this of my list of things to do 🙂
I am also very impressed to see this 66 year old man, who’s btw in very good shape, still be so awesome on stage. The audience was a lot older, in fact, my husband and I was some of the youngest there, and I think that proves that he is one of the best artists who can keep his fans along the way.
I onsdags fick jag antligen se Bruce Springsteen live. Madison Square Garden var helt fullsatt och alla sjong med och var valdigt aktiva. Det har var en av de basta konserterna jag har varit pa pga det. Jag kan inte manga av latarna fran den har turnen men att vara dar mitt i publiken som var sa exalterade och kunde varje ord var anda ratt roligt, aven om jag inte sjalv kunde sjunga med. Det ar kul att ga pa konsert nar alla ar sa engagerade.
Att se “The Boss” live har varit i mina tankar sedan jag var liten. Varje gang mina foraldrar har varit pa en Springsteen konsert, har jag varit lite avis. Jag ar inget stort Springsteen fan, men det har alltid varit pa min lista av konserter jag vill ga pa. Och nu har jag det och det var i New York City och pa ett av de basta stallen for konserter. Jag ar valdigt tacksam for allt min man och jag far gora pa grund av J’s jobb. Nu kan jag ta bort det fran min lista av saker att gora 🙂
Jag ar ocksa imponerad av att se denna 66 ar gamla man, som for ovrigt ar i bra form, fortfarande vara sa awesome pa scen. Publiken var lite aldre, in fact, min man och jag var nagra av de yngsta dar, och jag tror att det bevisar att han ar en av de basta artisterna som kan behalla sina fans genom aren.
