Dinner at the Golden Hall

It was a lovely treat to get to dine at the Golden Hall in Stockholm like a Nobel Banquet, among 500 professors and new PhDs and their partners. The banquet was grand, golden, and exceptionally well serviced.

 

 

 

Wish we could have stayed until morning till we dropped...

 

 

 

F12 in Stockholm

A lovely birthday dinner in Stockholm. This restaurant named F12 was off of the old city Gamlastan and had a very fresh springy course with maybe 10 or more small dishes. It was perfect for the time of the year. I especially liked the oyster with caviar, the scallop that was sandwiched between some leaves, and the suckling lamb (anything suckling is always nice, why is that). Yum. The dessert was the most unique pot of plant looking thing, with shaven ice in brown liquorice sauce with again some green leaves. Very, very yum.

 

 

F12
Rödbodtorget 2, 111 52 Stockholm
+46 (0) 8505 244 00

Photo credit: F12

Elliott Erwitt at Fotografinska

At the Fotografinska or the photography museum in Stockholm, you can see tons of Elliott Erwitt until March 2, 2013. You must have seen the below somewhere, but he can be known for some of his political photos and lovers photos too.

I thought the below were particularly comical, simply titled Russia (all of his work there seemed only show the name of the location, leaving much imagination to the viewer). His style is very old-school, capturing a rare moment without cheating your camera.




He also has this other character André S. Solidor who appears in videos and photo shoots. Fun to watch this when you're in need of a nice relaxing laugh.

Joana Carneiro with the Stockholm Royal Philharmony

This program was one of the most fun concerts I've been to. Probably because I was sitting in the first row and totally feeling part of the orchestra, in particular the second violins, and also because of the program. It started with a very string-centric Mozart symphony, then a soprano with various pieces. After the intermission it was several movements from Bizet's Carmen, and finally Ravel. I think it was my first time to hear a Ravel symphony.

A very intriguing thing about this night was that it was a woman conductor Joana Carneiro. She was young and very Latin looking, and very suited for the pieces that were performed. I sensed a slight craziness in the crescendo moments of Bizet and Ravel, which was absolutely fantastic. The symphony had a very happy lead violinist too, like he was very thrilled to be there (no wonder, as there were lots of solo almost cadenza like parts especially in Bizet, which he played beautifully). Such a treat!

 

Photo credit: IMG Artists