Saturday, August 31, 2019

Feel yourself Russian

Here's Barry feeling Russian through his vodka tasting. Verdict: Barry likes vodka.
Barry also liked his melty axe sauce dish.
We had some delicious food in Saint Petersburg, even though it was instaglamable.
But then we suffered consequences.
This poster, ahead of its time, imagines if trees had the capacity to punish! This could solve many of the world's problems, no?
Barry and I were, strangely, the only visitors at the Saint Petersburg Museum of Hygiene.
Weird, because who doesn't love a Hygiene museum? Here is a close-up of a leach.
There wasn't much English, but we understood tooth decay anyway. I like the front-most decay dude.
Of course, we saw the more traditional sites like the Hermitage museum, which is terrifyingly large and I'm not sure anyone could like art that much.
We were equally interested in the boat pillars. If you ram your donkey boat into the pole, does it come out the other side?

Turns out Fabergé and his eggs come from Saint Petersburg, and also that they added the accent to the name later to be cooler.
I'm thinking of doing that too, and changing my name to Tannée, which is sometimes descriptive.
Since the Easter egg business is seasonal, the Faberge did other items, such as ornate cigarette cases.
Including this decidedly rapey one. The captions did not elaborate.
Perhaps I could have learnt more in this book. I was mainly concerned about how chilly their pale décoletages must have been.

Churchy Churching

The Church of the Savior of Spilled Blood in Saint Petersburg is amazing even with its top temple currently under wraps.
Some of the sub-temples look like original Mario Bros monsters. I found that pictures from all angles were needed.
There was some bling on the inside. Hey, Vlad, do you think this door needs more carving?
And a whole lot of mosaics.
Mostly of haloed dudes. Not a lot of women. I would suggest more representative marketing.
But be careful, the scary face is watching you from far above!
Like haloed men, children in non-traditional activities seem over-represented in church and other medieval decor. (In contrast, in my house, I have no small boys with fig branches).
Here we found a woman, but creepy facelessness!
So I was interested to see these modern, multi-coloured stain glass folk in a Stockholm church.
Also in consideration for my home decor is this statue of Saint George and his under-heralded horse slaying an elk-antler-breathing dragon.
Elk is just the posh European way of saying moose. But a scary dragon nonetheless.
Then we get to the weirdest chuchly decor: The Riddarholm church houses Coats of arms of the Royal order of the Seraphim which is, you know, a Swedish category of angels.
I'm not sure I found all of these angels to be, um, unoffensive?
I had a lot of questions. What is in the headless chicken-man's hands? Would these feet be useful? (Barry wasn't so interested, so: fewer questions).
We did agree: This Thai Seraphim situation is what was happening to our bellies on vacation.

Friday, August 30, 2019

Kroppkakor!

An ABBA head broach can be a great gift, but it can be hard to find the right occasion to wear it, so the t-shirt is more versatile.
There's lots going on in Stockholm, so let's prioritize.
Here are just some of the fish salad dishes and spreads available.
 I had some lichen, which was not very filling.
But new favourite dumpling alert! The smoothly-named Kroppkakor. I'm not sure how to get more of these into my life.
Barry, on the other hand, assesses a location based on its hotdog.
He was concerned about the dog to bun fit. I was still distracted by my dumpling love.
He was also concerned about the frequent troll doors we saw, which are different than Singapore's little doors.

We were super mature about the language.
Oh my goodness, not Byggarbetsplats! Obehöriga!
You can get the best fishertoddler's gear. Great selection. Expensive prices.
Here are some statues bathing in pigeon poo who could use said gear.
The Spirits Museum presented the story in the life of your liver. It has a sad ending.
But since we're super mature, we could take it.

Saturday, August 3, 2019

Salmon Machines, Pork floss and more

Big news! Singapore now has frozen Salmon ATMs. (I would say vending machines since no human salmon tellers lost their jobs). We also have taxis dressed up to advertise this excitement. Now, we've struggled to understand this, so I got this quote from the news: "It's convenient for those working full time, because we won't have to rush to the market in the morning just to get fish." Ok, but see it's frozen. And we have 24-hour online grocery delivery...
I wonder if the salmon is as fast as the 18 second photos - which are harder to buy online.
In other food news, pork floss, one of the few tastes I haven't acquired, and not because of the name, is going global. Another challenging business model.
Barry and I are trying to keep up with the times.
But we realize that sometimes our fashion is not quite like that of those around us.
Considered asking my bus stop monk for advice.
So Barry and I went shopping. I bought the Since shirt for fashion and inspiration.
This shirt was less uplifting, but I bought it too, because I love will tear us apart.
When Barry goes away, I wear the "I miss you comma" shirt, and after the comma I put clauses starting with "but".
"This London is so Beautiful" goes well with "A smile is a curve that sets everything straight".
Here's the saddest Engrish: "take a Photo background me with". With her "Love me" shirt, I'm very worried about her self-esteem.
Here are Barry's choices.