Sunday, January 23, 2011

Few of my favorite things



Picture 1: A coffee mill bought at Mauer Markt in Prenzlauerberg in Berlin from a lady specializing in buying, separating, sharpening, and putting coffee mills back together again. Isn't it pretty?

Picture 2: Rasmus and I travelled in Japan last summer and bought all kinds of strange, stupid, and useless things back home: a book with 101 vegetable faces (it's surprising how many actually look like me); a cheap sake bought from a kiosk (we were drawn to it because we saw a japanese chef drink it with his back toward us, facing the wall, before he rushed inside the restaurant again); a helping hand for those of us, who hate getting our fingers greasy when we eat chips (the box had three sales points: 1: no greasy fingers 2: no greasy table due to the holder underneath 3: no crushed chips, since it doesn't close tight around the chip, but just holds on to it).

Picture 3: A salt bowl with a very tiny spoon. My mother gave it to me, I think it used to belong to my great grandmother. I'm a bit clumsy, so there is often more salt on the table before I reach the plate, but it's good practise.

Ps. Sundays are perfect for watching Sound of Music or, alternatively, listen to one of my favourite recordings of My Favorite Things from the album After Hours.

3 comments:

CopenhagenMuffin said...

aj, jeg genkender Rasmus fra DAC - var det dig, der var med til en fredagsabar, hvor der var Sing Star og I skulle i biografen og de en meget socialrealistisk film og vi forsøgte Meget ihærdigt at overtale jer til at blive? Det håber jeg - jeg var fuld, men jeg kan huske at jeg tænkte at I var top cool'e. Og either way - hvis det ikke var dig - er du garanteret lige så cool. Glæder mig til at læse med :)
(har lige postet sammen kommentar længere nede, men blev i tvivl om, om du ville finde den i fortiden).

POP TART said...

Ja ja, det er mig! Er siden blevet fuldstændig bidt af Sing Star - så vidt jeg husker var der nærmest kun kvinder tilstede, så jeg er ikke helt sikker på hvem af dem du er, men fin blog :) Jeg har sammen med Ungtblod en amagerblog, der hedder Amageramsee.sk - hvis I har lyst til at bidrage, er I mere end velkomne!

CopenhagenMuffin said...

Tak :)
Jeg var jo simpelthen(som du kan læse), så fej at flytte fra amager(det er vi faktisk begge to, flyttet altså) - men jeg har tit tænkt på at jeg gerne vil bidrage på amager am see - bare for at pay my tribute til amager. Jeg er bare ikke kommet op med et emne endnu - jeg er sikker på at det kommer en dag, garanteret til sommer. Amager så lækker om sommeren!!