Ale Stenar

Came back to my parents house and jumped in the pool. My cousin had left me two surfboards to bring back to Los Angeles, wohoo!

Amazing open faced prawn sandwich and a beer for lunch with my parents! Why don’t we get these kind of prawns in Los Angeles?

We picked up my sisters kids from school after lunch and drove down to the very south of Sweden and Ale Stenar in Kåseberga. Last time I was there was 27 or so years ago and all I remembered was the photo we had of me and my brother and sister sitting on one of the stones, so I was super excited to go back!

The little fishing village of Kåseberga of the southern coast of Sweden. The stones is just a short 10 minute hike up the hill.

Germany and Poland is there somewhere across the sea.

All these years, I thought this was gravesite and a Viking king was buried here. But it turns out they don’t really know what this thing is all about. It’s 59 large boulders that are raised in the shape of a ship and it’s laid out so that the sun sets over the two main stones during the summer and winter solstice, suggesting it is a form of a calendar. It apparently also has some connections to the Stonehenge in England. They think this thing was made about year 600 CE.

What do you do when you are 6 years old and you see a bunch of large stones? You climb them!

I think my niece is obsessed with butts. But why not, butts are cool!

Tenhult School

My niece and nephew called me a week ago and asked me if I could come to school with them and show pictures of Los Angeles while I was visiting. A lot of fun! The kids loved it and went on and on and on about snakes when I showed them a photo of a rattlesnake.

We made the best cupcakes ever when they came back from school!

Tenhult

We drove up to Husqvarna to see my nephew play in a cup, he pretty much dominated!

My brother was coaching, hilarious!

What’s for dinner? Oh, but of course!

Laholm

After a bumpy plane ride I finally made it to Laholm, Sweden. The weather wasn’t awesome but it is always good to be back where I used to run around as a little kid. 
The Laholm Bay with the City of Båstad in the background.

The water wasn’t as cold as it looks.

My brother in law had bought a bunch of new local beers, I tried the Premiär, a lager from Båstad Öl, it was really good!

The weather got worst and it started to pour after lunch – is it gonna be like this all week? Fun times!

My mothers siblings and a couple of my cousins showed up for a family reunion crayfish party. I can never get enough of these little bastards!

They come with a beer and a shot by default.

Off to Sweden!

Heading to the motherland! Usually these take off photos is a picture of a beer and some good airport food, but I’ve had a blasting headache for a while now so I stick with advil and water today.

FYF Fest Day 2

It’s pretty awesome that FYF Fest is downtown Los Angeles, because that means I could go home and sleep in my own bed and go for a burger brunch at City Tavern today!

We had a late start because we are old and tired from day one.

FYF Fest

I went to the FYF Fest a couple of years ago and thought it was pretty poorly organized, but they had a killer line up this year so I had to go back! It seemed like the organizers had gotten their stuff together as well since everything seemed to be running more smoothly.
Roky Erickson open the festival for me.

Horse Meat Disco were a lot of fun!

If you were over 21, you get a drunken wristband!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs! Good as always!

Crazy Sunday

I didn’t actually run around like a crazy person today, but it kind of felt like it. Got a late 10am start on the day, had to do laundry, clean up my place a little and tap up the glogg in bottles. All before 1pm when the rooftop party at the Winn started. Then on to late night drinks at Bodega Wine Bar in Santa Monica. 

Stories at GR2

The opening night for GR2’s “Stories” was tonight.

Yeah, you guessed right, Martin was there.

Chocking Hazard? Well, I don’t think they’re all wrong, I guess you can get chocked from choking.

This is what Sawtelle Blvd is gonna look like in a few years.