Summer Pastry

The adverbs just kept coming when the Hunter S Thompson lookalike decided to try this new pastry at the cafe a couple of days ago. A cinnamon bun with cream and strawberries! Unheard-of.

Sötnos

Swedish word of the day. Sötnos. Cutie. I was chatting away with a bunch of the usual suspects at the cafe a few days ago when Roffe alerted me to the fact that a really cute girl was walking by so I grabbed the camera and took a quick shot. He wasn't wrong.

Murphy's law

Stefan, for some reason decided to try the "Sommarsemla" at my favorite cafe yesterday. There's no such thing of course, you can only eat the original semla, and only during the Winter, we all know that. But he didn't so he ordered it anyway, and as he came around the corner, heading for the table, he dropped the pastry on the ground. I asked him if he knew about another fun myth, the five second rule, but he hadn't heard about that one either so he just ate the pastry anyway.

Four snaps from the cafe chair

Four moments in time from my visit to the cafe yesterday afternoon. Not my cigarettes. I gave up that habit a quarter of a century ago. Belongs to the Hunter S. Thompson lookalike in the background. Two weeks from now it will be illegal to smoke at outdoor cafes and a few other public places in Sweden. Can't wait. The warning reads: Children whose parents smoked are likely to smoke themselves. Second photo shows a butterfly on my hand. The Finnish name is 22-pistepirkko. Not a bad band, not sure if they are still around. Flew in while I was chatting away with some of the usual suspects at the cafe yesterday afternoon. www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=mQ0Ueiqy45o The couple on the Honda sat at the next table for an hour or so. Nice nails. The plane comes from Täby Sjöflygklubb. Krister, a contact at flickr usually comes a bit closer with his camera.

Summer is here

Summer came early this year. Even before the real Spring arrived. That is very unusual for Stockholm. Summer means that all the classic cars will be out on the roads again. Spotted this one while sitting at the cafe with the usual suspects. The driver noticed me and gave me a wave. It was a close call as I shot with the 105mm lens, but I managed to get a couple of decent snaps before it was gone.

The Haunted Cafe

My favorite cafe, Malmens konditori on a dark November afternoon. As you can probably tell Natalia really likes Halloween and the,(scary?), decoration that comes with it. Dare you enter?

Cookies, Anyone?

I'm pretty sure that I ordered two normal cookies at Malmens konditori, my favorite cafe. But then as I reached for them, sitting at the table with the usual suspects, they suddenly looked like this, spooky...

Natalia

This is Natalia. I see her most every day. She owns my favorite cafe, Malmens konditori in Handen, and she can be seen casually talking to customers while taking care of business. I took this portrait of Natalia with my new zoom lens a while back. She is an interesting woman and I do find her very photogenic so a longish photo shoot with her is around the corner.

Boo!

There's a ghost floating around at my favorite cafe, Malmens Konditori in Handen. It is trying it's best to scare away potential customers looking to score some coffee&cake but no one seems scared of the poor thing.

Young At Heart

Local legend Tompa Eken getting his first skateboard lesson from young David. There's 57 years between teacher and student. The lesson continued for a few minutes, no real injuries to report. Theme Day. Young At Heart.

2 € of Cool

Micke Vinsa looking cool in his new shades. He bought them for 20SEK at a market in Kiruna (way up North). Michael is a real musician, a multi instrumentalist. Plays in the cult band that is Chesty Morgan. Music is more or less his life. Also heavily involved in Jordbro Världsorkester, a musical project where the idea is to get people from different cultures and ages to play together. He has lived in Haninge for the last forty years or so.

The cafe squirrel

If I don't move they won't see me. As seen at my favorite cafe.

Rookie Mistakes

It was Hasse's birthday today. I had no idea. That was rookie mistake no.1. I had just finished my lunch before arriving to the cafe. That was rookie mistake no.2. Never eat a big lunch if there's birthday cake waiting around the corner! Rookie mistake no.3 was that I didn't have the camera ready when Lillian came out with the strawberry cake, but thanks to always shooting in RAW I could fix that in PS. We had time to try the cake while sitting in the sunshine outside, and it was very tasty, but within minutes it started to rain really hard, so we had to take cover indoors. All in all a nice day at the cafe.

Going Nuts Here

The smell from freshly baked pastries were driving this guy crazy outside the cafe a few days ago. It ran back and forth, jumped up onto my bike and also tried one of the chairs at my table, but couldn't find anything edible there, only my friend Jujja's jacket. One window stood open at the bakery, but it was too high up for the squirrel although he measured the jump a few times and I'm sure he will make it one day soon.

Micke Klein

Micke Klein. a.k.a. Hunter S. Thompson. Musician. Plays in the band That Driving Beat. Organizer of the "Kulturparksfestival" at Folkparken in Handen next weekend. A member of Levande Zon since the start back in 1990. They arrange gigs at Gula Villan most every week, year round. Most bands in Sweden that play punk, indiepop, hardcore, electronica and hip hop have probably played there.

And then the phone rang

There I was enjoying a bit of Winter sunshine while relaxing on this bench that overlooks the Årsta Havsbad beach when the smart-phone rang. It was my flickr buddy Bengt who claims to be a traditionalist when it comes to eating "semlor". Which means that he can't have one before Shrove Tuesday! But after seeing a few of my photos of said pastry from my favorite cafe he phoned to let me know that he was on his way to Malmens konditori, and one hour later we were both enjoying a "minisemla".

Mini-semla

I have a confession to make. I am totally addicted to the mini semla they sell at my favorite cafe, Malmens konditori in Handen. This is already my fourth this year. A bargain at 16SEK.

Wiener-Semla

I am actually yet to try this type of Semla at my favorite cafe, Malmens konditori in Handen. Today is theme day at CityDailyPhoto, the theme for February is scenes from a coffee house. Over the years I have taken hundreds of photos at the cafe and if you have a few minutes check out a few in the slideshow.

Open-air cafe

Off-season. Malmens konditori in Handen. My favorite cafe, year round, although I sip my coffee indoors this time of the year.

1940s Harley Davidson

The second biker from the cafe the other day. Patrik. His bike is a green Harley Davidson from the 1940s. It had a lot of interesting details, one of which you can see here, a skull.