September 30, 2005-2010

2005: The day we moved from this apartment to the one we live in now. Photos taken by my friend Espen.

2006: Sølve and I hosted dinner for family and friends the night before our youngest niece's baptism. We started with these nibblies; tortillas with cream cheese, rocket and smoked salmon.

2007: I was in Moscow for work.

2008: Caption written on Flickr: After a good day at the office I walked home, made pasta salad (whole gain pasta, roast chicken, salami, red onion, sweet peas, cherry tomatoes and pesto) and hosted the film club's third meet up. We saw La Dolce Vita (chosen by me).

2009: I didn't take any photos on the 30th, so this photo of Sølve's stripes are from the 29th. We love Entourage btw. How about you?

2010: Supper with a view at Hanne's.

chocolate mousse

This is my go-to chocolate mousse recipe. It's quick, simple and really delicious. I got the recipe from my mom, who got it from... I don't know. I have adapted it a bit from my mom's original handwritten copy; I use very strong coffee instead of orange juice or some kind of other liquid, which could for example be cognac or whiskey or any other kind of liquor that goes well with chocolate.

100 grams chocolate (70 % cocoa)
2 tbs strong coffee
3 eggs
3 tbs sugar
2 dl cream

Melt the chocolate with the coffee and let it cool down. Whip egg yolks with sugar. Add the chocolate. Whip egg whites until stiff. Whip the cream. Carefully mix it all together. Put it in the fridge for a couple of hours.

Yield: 5 cocktail glasses

polaroid portraits

Katja


Discovery

Shot with my sister's polaroid camera in August.

polaroid | our garden

autumn walk

Friday September 24 was a beautiful sunny day, so I brought my camera on my walk to the office.



















autumn | Bergen

another rearrangement

Some of you might remember this; my livingroom library project.


I think this new arrangement is a little bit better than the last. We still haven't bought anything new. We just moved around all the old stuff; trying to make the livingroom a little less crowded with furniture. It feels more spacious now that the high book shelves have been moved out to the hallway and guestroom. I have also started to kind of like the white fake bricks. They add a bit of texture to the wall. But of course I wouldn't mind removing them either. I don't love them.

In case you wonder why there is a blanket on the sofa back; it's because it's already so worn (but I also think it looks nice and decorative). We have only had the sofa (IKEA Kramfors) for about 4,5 years, so I'm disappointed to see how quickly the leather wore down. Some kinds of leather looks better with age, but I don't think this one does. My sofa mission continues. So does the hi-fi storage mission.


Now that we have started to use Spotify (I'm hooked!) I think it might be time to clear the CDs out of the livingroom. I've also been thinking of getting a new much simpler frame for the Peter Lik photograph. And I need to get my Sandra Juto print framed, plus these two photographs.

Part of the hallway library. I tried to take overview photos plus photos of the shelves in the guestroom, but it looked to messy so I won't show you ;-)

By the way, there was no use for the orange sofa in the guestroom (as mentioned here). I like it much better next to the dining table, underneath the white cupboards - as seen here. When we have guests and need more seats by the fireplace, we easily move the orange sofa. PS: Before.

monday bliss

The weather has been surprisingly good over the weekend. Sun and blue skies all day long. Bergen is normally quite grey and wet this time of year, like it was most of last week. We actually wore just t-shirts and had dinner and dessert in the garden. Morning and evenings are colder though. I saw frost in the grass on my way to the office, and when I woke up this morning my nose and cheeks were cold from the fresh, chilly air coming from the open bedroom window. I love this feeling of transition from summer to autumn. Btw, I will talk about the apples later.

Mambo Italiano

My current favorite song; Mambo Italiano sung by Dean Martin. This video is cuter though.

work

Just like last year, I wrote texts and took some photos for the annual school diary published by Hærverkskampanjen (the anti vandalism campaign). Click here to view the whole book.

Timothy shoots film

Why do you shoot film, Timothy?

whenever i pick up the camera it takes me way back. memories of my childhood and my fathers agfa silette. i love film for its perfection in its imperfection, the sound of the shutter, its slow pace and the one magic shot in a roll of twelve.

You can see more of Timothy's photos on Flickr.

the dinner project, week 38

Monday September 20: a salad with rocket, nectarines, slices of beef and chopped almonds (photo here)

Tuesday September 21: stew made with random vegetables from the fridge (cauliflower, Jerusalem artichoke, carrots, leftover boiled potatoes), leftover mushroom Jerusalem artichoke sauce from Sunday and a frozen white fish I don't remember the name of

Wednesday September 22: fårikål (photo above)

Thursday September 23: Astrid's home alone dinner: leftover boiled potatoes that I fried with a little leftover canned ham + added a pesto-ish sauce made with a fistful of rocket, four cherry tomatoes, a little olive oil, a bit of chopped almonds, salt and pepper (pureed with a hand blender) (photo here)

Friday September 24: dinner out with friends at Red Sun

Saturday September 25: with Sølve's colleagues at our place: first course: salmon sashimi, main course: roasted lamb saddle with rosemary, boiled potatoes, fried mushrooms and mushroom sauce/puree, dessert: chocolate mousse

Sunday September 26: homemade pizza

Saturday

Scenes from a Saturday night dinner with Sølve's colleagues at our place.

I like this

I love built in shelves like this. I also like the black and white mix + the contrast with the blue lamp, which looks like a classic PH pendant by Danish designer Poul Henningsen (via Freunde von Freunden).

Ombo

These are film shots from that truly wonderful island weekend in August.

Film: Fuji Velvia 100F | Ombo

Skien

Skien is my mom's home town. We were there in late July for a family garden party (but because of the rain we stayed inside). I like that Ron Arad's Tom Vac chair is like a focal point in the city center. And I especially like that these chairs are situated outside the most excellent coffee shop, Stockfleths. Sølve and I stayed at (the pink) Høyers hotel which was quite ok.

Film: Fuji Velvia 100F