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| red curry with chicken |
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| ramen noodles |
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Red Ant Noodle Bar - Barcelona
February 24, 2014 - Wonderful dinner Monday night!
Barcelona - Monday
February 24, 2014 - Before heading to Park Guell for the day we had to find a coffee shop and some fresh fruit. One really positive thing about living in Sweden that has rubbed off on the girls is eating a lot of fresh fruit. I was never so happy to hear Gabby say 'yes, I really want some fruit, all the food here is fried!'
We also made a trip to the super market. Walking in felt like we were entering an empty building. Big, wide aisle ending at cashier lanes, went through a few doors, down a few sets of steps to finally find a full size grocery store. We bought ingredients to make the Spanish omelet. I'm most excited about the bottle of Brava... the spicy sauce served on fried potatoes everywhere here.
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| Sofia's arrangement of sea glass and stones found on the beach Sunday |
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| wonderful cafe a block from our apartment for my cafe americano every morning |
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| love the the quote and thought it was funny to find this poster from the Stockholm Modern Museum in the coffee shop |
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| yeah, fruit market |
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Monday, February 24, 2014
Hats off!
Lars Nilsson, a fashion designer for Christian Lacroix and previous head of design for Nina Ricci and Bill Blass, has amassed a collection of hats from many top design houses. Many of these hats are on special exhibition at the Hallwylska Museet running from February 7 to June 8, 2014.
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| The star of the show - feather hat created by Philip Treacy for Chanel Haute Couture, 1992 - styled after fencing hats |
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| photographed for Vogue by iconic fashion photographer Irving Penn |
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| Philip Treacy for Chanel Haute Couture, 1992 |
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| reminds me of the 'Bagel' hat Tim Hagan designed for Easter Brunch years ago, sigh!! |
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| black hat bandeau of starched wool felt, feather shaped - Philip Treacy for Chanel Haute Couture, 1992 |
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| black velvet hat with antennae - created for Pierre Balmain Haute Couture 1995/96. |
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| black, wide-brimmed straw hat with silk ribbon - Christian LaCroix Collection Luxe, Spring 1990, inspired by camping and turn of the century summertime |
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| The Marge Simpson? |
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| thinking Bruno Mars |
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| perfect for Easter Brunch |
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| this hat is tiny... maybe three inches wide |
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| definitely a Kentucky Derby Day runner-up! |
Hallwylska Museet
The Hallwyl House is an amazing private collection of artwork and artifacts collected over the life time of Wilhelmina von Hallwyl. The house is open to the public, rented out for private events and holds special exhibitions. Admission is 80sek for a self guided tour or 100sek for a guided tour (includes admission). The guided tour includes the basement (wine cellar, kitchen) and the guest rooms which are not available on the guided tour. The museum is open year round with varying hours - http://hallwylskamuseet.se/en
Located in the heart of Stockholm City, The Hallwyl House at Hamngatan 4, was built between 1893-98 by the top Swedish architect at the time, Isak Gustaf Clason. The style of the house is described as Venetian Late Gothic and Early Spanish Renaissance. As money was no object regarding design, building materials and modern conveniences, it was the first house in Stockholm to have central heating and electric lighting in every room and running water in the bath. In 1898 the house cost 1.5 million SEK to build.
The homeowners were Walther and Wilhelmina von Hallwyl. Wilhelmina von Hallwyl was the only child of a very successful timber merchant (Wilhelm Kempe), who was independent enough to not worry about finding a husband at a debutante ball but waited for the real thing to come along. Walther von Hallwyl belonged to a prominent Swiss family. They met on holiday at a spa, married a year later and had four daughters.
Wilhelmina von Hallwyl collected a wide variety of items from her journeys always with the intention of the house becoming a museum one day. By today's standards she would have probably been diagnosed as ADHD and OCD because she collected such a wide variety of items (couldn't make up her mind?!)... china, guns, knives, swords, artwork, oriental mirrors, etc. and cataloged these items in incredibly neat and thorough, red leather bound volumes of books.
When the house was finished in 1898, Wilhelmina von Hallwyl was around 50 years old when they moved into the house so by that time they were empty-nesters, making this was their retirement home. In 1920 the von Hallwyls donated their home and its contents to the Swedish State which took effect (in 1930) only after both von Hallwyls had passed away.
The house remained closed to the public until 1938, until cataloging of the entire contents of the house (initiated by Countess von Hallwyl) was completed. The von Hallwyl Collection encompasses some 50,000 objects. Due to WWII the museum was closed for some time and reopened in 1945.
Located in the heart of Stockholm City, The Hallwyl House at Hamngatan 4, was built between 1893-98 by the top Swedish architect at the time, Isak Gustaf Clason. The style of the house is described as Venetian Late Gothic and Early Spanish Renaissance. As money was no object regarding design, building materials and modern conveniences, it was the first house in Stockholm to have central heating and electric lighting in every room and running water in the bath. In 1898 the house cost 1.5 million SEK to build.
The homeowners were Walther and Wilhelmina von Hallwyl. Wilhelmina von Hallwyl was the only child of a very successful timber merchant (Wilhelm Kempe), who was independent enough to not worry about finding a husband at a debutante ball but waited for the real thing to come along. Walther von Hallwyl belonged to a prominent Swiss family. They met on holiday at a spa, married a year later and had four daughters.
Wilhelmina von Hallwyl collected a wide variety of items from her journeys always with the intention of the house becoming a museum one day. By today's standards she would have probably been diagnosed as ADHD and OCD because she collected such a wide variety of items (couldn't make up her mind?!)... china, guns, knives, swords, artwork, oriental mirrors, etc. and cataloged these items in incredibly neat and thorough, red leather bound volumes of books.
When the house was finished in 1898, Wilhelmina von Hallwyl was around 50 years old when they moved into the house so by that time they were empty-nesters, making this was their retirement home. In 1920 the von Hallwyls donated their home and its contents to the Swedish State which took effect (in 1930) only after both von Hallwyls had passed away.
The house remained closed to the public until 1938, until cataloging of the entire contents of the house (initiated by Countess von Hallwyl) was completed. The von Hallwyl Collection encompasses some 50,000 objects. Due to WWII the museum was closed for some time and reopened in 1945.
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| portico light fixture |
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| portico |
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| entry |
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| courtyard - rented for a fashion show during Stockholm's Fashion Week September 2013 |
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| wine cellar |
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| kitchen - in the basement, the lady of the house never used this room |
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| plate warmer built into the ceramic fireplace |
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| dining room |
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| dining room ceiling |
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| main staircase |
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| ladies' drawing room |
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| drawing room ceiling |
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| grand salon |
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| grand salon ceiling |
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| custom Steinway piano for the family |
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| men's drawing room |
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| portrait of Wilhelmina von Hallwyl - hanging in the men's drawing room |
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| billiard room |
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| armory |
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| master bedroom |
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| his and hers toilets |
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| guest rooms |
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| call buttons outside of the maid's bedroom |
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| maid's bedroom |
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| bow collection |
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| antique Asian mirrors |
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| stairs to the attic - special exhibition space |
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| detail over the doorway to the ladies' cloakroom - a feather duster and broom! |
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