KIOSK HELLO

After the last post I thought of three more places in New York to eat:
Our favorite falafel, Marco swears by it, I like the pies and the sweets…
Rain­bow Falafel & Shawarma
26 E 17th St
New York 10003
tel: 1 212–691‑8641
–union square–
And for Thai food, the guy who lived in our apart­ment before us is Thai and he brought […]

so now Klaus from Helsinki (www.fiaskodesign.com) is going to New York and we promised him some sug­ges­tions to keep him busy…
Again, first things first, places to eat, none of these places are overly pricey:
We have already men­tioned B & H dairy here on the blog but since it is our FAVORITE and every­one should go there […]

And, if you don’t have much money on you or are not into shop­ping…
my favorite muse­ums in Stock­holm:
Thiel­ska Gal­leriet, on Djurgår­den
http://www.thielska-galleriet.se/
Bio­log­i­cal Museum, on Djurgår­den, amaz­ing diaro­mas
http://www.biologiskamuseet.com/
Mod­ern Museum on Skepp­shol­men, good cafe there too
http://www.modernamuseet.se/index.asp?bhcp=1
favorite park:
Haga Parken — located in the north of the city
you can rent a kayak here, from the Brunnsvikens Kanotklubb, one of the best things […]

Now that you have places to eat how about some inter­est­ing shops:
Sven­skt Tenn: for swedish design from the 30’s & on Josef Frank, etc, in Oster­malm
Strand­vagen 5
tel: 670 1600
Asplund: for con­tem­po­rary Swedish design, in Oster­malm
Sibyl­le­gatan. 31
tel:6625284
Nordiska Galleriet:for con­tem­po­rary Swedish design, in Oster­malm
Nybro­gatan. 11
tel: 442 8360
Bo: for vin­tage design, on Soder­malm
Ost­go­ta­gatan 2
643‑6914
Wiger­dahls Värld: vin­tage, on Soder­malm
Kruk­makar­gatan. 14
tel: 316404
Rosedahls […]

We have peo­ple trav­el­ing all over the place in the next few weeks so look for Stock­holm, Japan and New York sug­ges­tions here soon! To start, some Stock­holm resources, #1 on my list is ALWAYS places to eat:
(with the phone num­bers dial 08 1st if you are not on a stock­holm phone)
MORNING:
good cof­fee / morn­ing stuff […]

Ok, we did not know it existed but so far we have been intro­duced to two: the Finnish diner. One of the best things when trav­el­ing is being invited into some­ones home and try­ing home­made food…not the ready-made stuff you can buy in the mar­kets or at the gro­cery stores but the nor­mal things which […]

Finnish straw­ber­ries, Finnish blue­ber­ries, you name it berries, they are all good, bet­ter than any­where else…as is with most things in Fin­land, they are con­cen­trated! Full of fla­vor! Eat them fresh from the mar­ket or dried, YUM! In a pow­dered form or in soup, bet­ter yet, they are CHEAP a whole 2 pints of […]

Helsinki dis­patch 1.…people are won­der­ful, city is beau­ti­ful, so much to see and do, so much con­densed in a small area! we are really enjoy­ing it, walk­ing every­where which makes a big dif­fer­ence, so come here in the spring or sum­mer months, you want to walk around. GREAT food, again and again, […]

I have had so many types of licorice today that I really feel suuper-duuper-sikk. Been in Helsinki for two fab­u­lous days now going to great stores and watch­ing finns hav­ing a great late sum­mer days. Did you know that finnish is com­pletely uncom­pre­hen­si­ble, but really beu­ti­ful as a lan­guage? When­ever they speak to me, […]

Here is our route! Get­ting pretty excited leav­ing Tues­day morn­ing! Seems like it is going to be great, we have a list of all sorts of things to do, see, peo­ple to meet. Finn peo­ple have been really sup­port­ive, thanks to every­one who has posted info here!