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Swedish Christmas Fair

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Today was the yearly Swedish Chrstmas fair at the Shrine, Downtown Los Angeles. One of my favorite events in LA!


Lots of crafts, gnomes and Santas!







My first Semla in almost 4 years! I havn’t bought them at previous years fairs because the first year I was afraid the whipped cream would be fake whipped cream. Last year I had the same concerns and thought I could wait until I’d go to Sweden for Christmas. It turned out the cafe’s in my hometown had still not started making them when I was there for Christmas, so I was left without. This year, knowing I might run the risk of not getting one in Sweden, I could not resist getting one at the fair.

The whipped cream was real, yay! I got flashbacks to -06, eating a Semla and drinking hot chocolate while watching the winter Olympics before starting the 2 hour evening shift at the bakery.

We bumped into what I believe was one of our previous kings.

December 5

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Bitburger from Germany

Awesome after a day at the shopping mall! 3 out of 5.

Shopping Mall

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I was in the hunt for Christmas gifts today.

It is usually fairly easy for me to pick up gifts for the kids, bit this year their wish list contained “anything a kid might like”. Toy stores are fun though, I always find stuff that I want for myself!

Since I’m only taking one class next quarter, I will hopefully have some time to do slackers things again, so I picked up this video game for myself.

Mongolian BBQ for lunch.

I am one of those rare girls that don’t like shopping. I think this was the first time ever that I spent a whole day at the mall. It is so loud and so crowded!

I always check out the California Baby section whenever I am at a Target or Whole Foods, I don’t know if this is a good or a bad sight… totally sold out!

December 4

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Today’s beer; Steinlager from New Zealand.

I have a weak spot for New Zealand, BUT Steinlager just does not make it for me. It’s a lager and to me it tastes like any other lagers. It’s ok to drink, but not my preference. I still believe Speights is the best beer out of New Zealand!
Steinlager gets a 2 out of 5 from me.

December 3

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O.K Beer Okocim, from Poland

Mmmm, it is a Pale! That’s more like it! 4 out of 5.

December 2

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Today’s beer; Paulaner Premium Lager from Munich.

Very good for being a lager! On the verge of being a 4, but I decided on a 3 out of 5. I can definitely drink this again!

December 1

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Behind today’s door in my advent calendar was Cerveza Suprema from El Salvador.


Eeeeeeeeh, is what I felt about it. I dont drink a lot of lagers nowadays, I dont think they taste much. I give Cerveza Suprema a 2 out of 5.

Advent Calendar

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I made my own Advent Calendar, I wonder what’s behind the doors!

Roller Skate Disco

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We went to a roller skate disco last night. I had never roller skated before, but I used to be a decent ice skater.
My friends were inspired by the Godfather at dinner






I did good, I only fell once when I was trying to pull off a trick!

Thanksgiving

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On the 4th Thursday in November each year, America celebrate Thanksgiving, they eat turkey and are thankful. I don’t think a lot of Americans actually know what they are celebrating, I have asked around and never really gotten a clear answer. Wikipedia say they are thankful to God and thankful for a good harvest.
I am thankful for my family, I wish I got to see them more frequently. I am also thankful for my awesome friends!

We were not really feeling the turkey, thought a chicken would do!




Chicken had to spend some time in the oven… What to do? Watch The Godfather!

We took a break in the movie watching to eat the roasted chicken.

We were gonna watch all 3 of the Godfather movies, but it took us about 6 hours to finish the first one, and I fell asleep about 5 minutes into the second one.