Haven’t updated in so long now, ooops. Sometimes life just happens, right? I have lots of exciting news, but first I wanted to share an exciting new thing happening every Saturday in Williamsburg. Smorgasburg is a big food fair (a Brooklyn Flea for foodies!) featuring what seems like a hundred different food vendors.

We got lobster rolls from the Red Hook Lobster Pound. I’ll stray from my mostly vegan diet any day for one of these heavenly buttery rolls.

We brought them down to the park right there, on the Williamsburg Waterfront, which has a killer-view of Manhattan.

I wore this new romper by Society for Rational Dress that I bought (second hand) at Beacon’s Closet the other day. It’s going to be one of my total summer faves, I just know it. So comfy and easy to wear.

Yesterday was such a nice and sunny day, I felt it was the perfect time to wear my new rainbow earrings for the first time.

Walking across the Williamsburg Bridge, it became clear that someone else was (or had been) in the same rainbow bright mood.

Rainbows make me happy. Life makes me happy. Time to get out in the sun!

On top of that, we had had no time to cook a turkey or do any of that Thanksgiving stuff, so we went out for a very non-traditional meal at Aurora in Williamsburg. Very good, but we were all pooped, me from the stress of a four-hour traffic jam (three there + one hour on the way back, when I scared my Swedes by cutting through two lanes of traffic to get in the EZ Pass lane before the Holland Tunnel), they from good-old jet lag. After a refreshing stroll home, we slept very well. Turkey coma indeed — even though I didn’t eat any, I blame the bird!

Bad iPhone pics because I was so beat I forgot to put the memory card in the camera…

On a cold night, there’s nothing better than a cozy dinner in a dimly lit restaurant.

I think it’s nice to try and go out for a romantic dinner at least once a week.

This time, we chose cute French place Juliette. I love all the red accents in the interior. This girl in the bar fit in very well.

I was seriously craving moules frites and these were very satisfying but definitely not as good as the ones at my fave French place Bar Tabac.

I love when they stick cute little notes in with your bill. Kind of makes you feel better about paying.

All wined and dined, we walked home slowly in the cold night, stopping by a party for a friend who had finished the marathon earlier in the day. Perfect Sunday date night.

Min favorittid på dagen, solen på väg ned och jag på väg hem från jobbet. Och tack, mitt älskade New York, för att du sänkte temperaturen några grader.

TRANSLATION:
My favorite time of day, the sun on its way down and I on my way home from work. And thank you, my beloved New York, for lowering the temperature a few degrees.

TRANSLATION:
So it’s done, signed the lease yesterday. June 15th we will be moving into a brand new one bedroom on the 14th floor of a building in south Williamsburg, Brooklyn. We have a balcony with a view of Manhattan, the East River, all the bridges etc. and on the 21st floor there is a rooftop terrace with an insane view! Nice new kitchen, washer/dryer in the apartment (the best thing!), two sinks in the bathroom, good water pressure in the shower, and big windows everywhere (the photos are from the building’s model unit, but it looks just like ours, except we’re two floors higher). I think we’re going to like it here… you agree?

Idag så blev det, förutom ostron, jordgubb, ricotta och saffranscrostoni, murkeltoast (att dö för!) och softshell crab sandwich. Mmmm.

TRANSLATION:
My absolute favorite restaurant in New York is Marlow & Sons in Williamsburg. Everything they serve is organic, local and fresh, which means the menu changes daily. For you meat-eaters they also have their own butchery a block away. I love sitting outdoors late on a summer afternoon, eating oysters and drinking bubbly. It’s very cozy inside as well, and they even have a little store where you can buy all kinds of goodies. A must when you’re visiting NYC!

Today we had, besides oysters, strawberry, ricotta and saffron crostini, morel toast (to die for!) and a softshell crab sandwich. Mmmm.

TRANSLATION
Went to see more apartments yesterday and both fell in love with a new building in Williamsburg. Manhattan views, a small balcony in the apartment and a large common roofdeck (with a sick view!). Too expensive of course, but there is a washer and dryer in the apartment, they allow dogs, have a doorman, secure bike parking and private plots to grow veggies! What do you think? Go for it?

On Sunday a friend invited me to come along as an extra for an art video shoot. She knew the director, and the only other things we knew were that the video was for Sting and that we were to wear phosphorescent (glow-in-the-dark) paint. The shoot was in a studio in Williamsburg and there were about ten of us “actors” there. The director placed us into formations, painted our limbs with the phosphorescent paint and took shots for a stop-motion animation that will be used on Sting’s upcoming tour. An afternoon a bit out of the ordinary… I will share the finished video whenever I get to see it.