Volkscycle

I am so happy, I could fly!

I have been reunited with one of the most memorable feelings from Amsterdam; riding a bicycle! I bought a brand-old Volkscycle last weekend, and it just feels so right! Wind in my hair, cruising along the beautiful scenery of Bergen really brightens up my day!

Here it is:

Nostalgic as I am, I named it Amsterdam.

Inspiration

"... imperfections are the nuances of the world, and beauty is shallow without them."



My wonderful and brave friend Tiril, who is such an inspiration. Admire her photseries 52; it's one year with new self-portraits every week.

Hverdagskos

Jeg skriver hovedoppgave i psykologi om dagen. Det er mye jobb, og hverdagene har vist at de kan strekke seg så laaaange som bare det. Da blir det ekstra viktig å spise gode ting, og å gjøre det fint for seg i heimen ved å lage kyllingspyd med sataysaus;

og energibar til å ta med på lesesalen:

* Bildet er hentet fra www.vaffelhjerte.com

Oppskrift på energibar

4 ss nøytral olje

3-4 ss honning

1,5 ss mørk sirup

150 g havregryn

50 g solsikkefrø

25 g sesamfrø

35 g kokos

50 g tørkede, grovhakkede aprikoser

50 g tørkede tranebær/kirsebær eller rosiner

(eller andre tørkede frukter)

en neve pistasjenøtter

en neve peanøtter

(eller andre nøtter)

Varm forsiktig opp olje, honning og sirup til det er smeltet. Bland resten av ingridiensene i en stor bolle; tilsett det flytende og bland godt sammen. Hell det over i en liten langpanne, press alt godt ned, og stek i ca. 25 minutter på 180 grader.

Merk opp barene mens massen er varm, la det avkjøle seg, og skjær så opp etter oppmerkingen.

Oppbevares i en lufttett boks, holdbart i ca. en uke.

Balkanparty

Marta and me went to a balkanparty in Evanger, a small village one hour from Bergen. It was rural, exotic, beautiful and FUN!




We had lamb roasted whole on a pole, saw an authenic Balkan Orchestra and danced the night away!

http://www.balkanfest-evanger.com

Summerpostcard

I have finished travelling for the summer, and 'real life' is slowly picking up it's pace.

Holidays were good; I've been to Vienna (twice!), working, and visited my family in Germany. Always good to see them! My sister and me took my grandmother (76yrs) and her sister (88yrs) to see Vienna! The two ladies always wanted to go, but never had the opportunity. So we took a train, we came, we saw, we conquered! It was really nice, and they so much appreciated it.

As autumn is approaching, and a new semester is about to start, here is my plan for the following year; I will finish my degree in psychology (knock on wood), and hopefully we will release my first single in not to long. It's rather slow work, but it needs the time to mature and be proper, not hasty.

Hope you've had a good summer!

Cathrine

PS: Here are some pictures from Vienna

Boats for shoes

Wow! I've just had a friend and her boyfriend visiting, and when I saw his shoes I almost fell over! They were of the mark Crocs, and they were HUGE! I could survive on the ocean in these shoes! (Comment: acctually, I could survive on the ocean in one of them)! I could live in it, with a family! Wow. The biggest, boatiest shoes I ever saw...

Here they are, legendary!

Next to them are my shoes. I'm a size 7 - 7,5 (37/38), so they are not doll-shoes to make the contrast bigger.... I could fit both my shoes, and both my feet in one of his...

Slottsfjellfestivalen 2010

Back in Bergen after 3 beautiful days on the Slottsfjellfestival in Tønsberg, south of Oslo! Had so much fun, and I'm full of inspiration after so many wonderful concerts. Worth mentioning are Lissie (great performance by a young girl), Band of Skulls (ROCK!! Check out their album, Baby Darling Doll Face Honey), Karpe Diem (norwegian popish-hiphopers, accompanied by a great band, Something Sally; surprisingly good gig, they owned the crowd!), the supercharming Rox, crazy Juliette Lewis and Helt Off with special guest Timbuktu.

The greatest surprise, however, came from british Ou est le swimming pool. They played the last concert saturday night, parallell with the somewhat more familiar Mew. We'd never heard of them before, and were supposed to hear a song or two before to head over to the danish guys. But all of a sudden we were "dancing the way we felt" and the atmosphere was glowing, pumping and sweating! Wow, they were amazing, and we had so much fun! I really recommend catching a show if you get the oppurtunity (and if you like dancing)!!

Here are a few memoirs from the days on the mountain by the Oslofjord:

Bella Mari

Supercool MarteStrickert and HåkonKinn

My new favourites; Ou est le swimming pool


Marte and me in the sunset

Thank you beautiful people for these superfine days!