SMAM

SMAM stands for SuperMegaAwesomeM which still does not adequately describe what I think about her.  That picture is of when M and first met a few years ago at C's birthday.  You can see quite clearly that my attention has shifted dramatically from the attractive male on my left to the amazing girl on my more left.

Assessing the tall, strawberry blonde, and effortlessly cool Swede, I knew we had to be friends.  Well, maybe she didn't feel like she had to do anything...which is why I so nonchalantly made my way over to her chair.

Heyletstakeapicturewanttobemyfriend? 

I said something funny.  Really funny. 

BAM! 

Friends.

M is obviously going to serve as the Swedish ambassador of cool for this blog.  

Here are some gems she and I have spent time doing/cooking/eating/windowshopping/rolling around the floor laughing:

Söder

louie louie - a SUPER tasty cafe where I ate the best goat cheese and chicken salad in my life...my fork ran into a passionfruit!?  a stockholmer described it to me as a sort of new york diner 1950s diner, which i can see elements of, but it is very much its own thing.

beyond retro - a vintage store that seemed to be on the pulse with what is fashionable right now

acne - one of my favorite stores here.  steep, steep prices, but beautiful to look at and imitate nonetheless.

Internet

The Sleep Talking Man

While his sleep talking ramblings can be very decorated with unseemly words, these are a few that are not but are still quite funny.

Jesus wave hands

Get out of my puddle

On three

Don't shoot the goat

TV

Good Christian Bitches 

Game of Thrones

Lilyhammer (its about an ex-mafioso from nyc who goes into witness protection in Lilyhammer, Norway and his experiences there expose many traditional Scandinavian values and behaviors.  really funny regardless of your familiarity with Nordic culture)

Music

First Aid Kit

Food deserves its own post.