{"id":41324,"date":"2024-10-26T09:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T09:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=41324"},"modified":"2025-02-19T11:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T11:06:05","slug":"downtown-brunch-stina-concert-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/downtown-brunch-stina-concert-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Brunch \/ Stina Concert \/ Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 26 – 31 October 2024, posted online 19 February 2025. I’m still sick, spent most of yesterday horizontal, and there is very little braining going on.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had a gift-card for brunch for two from Christmas, and managed to get some friends to join us downtown. Afterwards we perused the Kolaportid market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I helped install yet another laundry system, tried to solve a drawer-ful design-riddle, did some nature-bathing by walking among trees, there was a lovely sewing club, and I attended the release party of my old classmate St\u00edna,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, all of a sudden, it was Halloween!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 26 October 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Squinting into the sun outside the brunch restaurant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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It’s essentially a hotel-attached restaurant, with a brunch-buffet open to the public.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A colorful start.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Moving on to more earthy tones.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Desserts, yum!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Departing quite full!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Across the street is the “restaurant” with the biggest profit to footprint ratio in town: The B\u00e6jarins Beztu hot-dog stand<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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To the right were more of the stately houses of downtown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A little further along, towards the sea, there’s a weird ramp down to nowhere.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Tuns out it was one of the old docks. The coastline has been expanded out over the years, as seen in the light gray of this schematic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Areal photo of what the coast used to look like.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We decided to enter the Kolaporti\u00f0 market for a bit. This was probably my first visit in some decades…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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It hadn’t changed much, still a bunch of stalls with people selling their production.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The cat-hats were cute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Home-knitted sweaters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A table of stickers!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I got a few to decorate my laptop, so it would be easier to recognize.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I bumped into one of Emma’s teachers from daycare back in the day! She’s also a woodworker!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Checking out the “antiques” part of the market.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Back home. This was attempt number 2 at taming the open closet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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For a little while I’d entertained the notion that it would be good to see what’s in which drawer. However, the drawers themselves turned out to be defective: The panel was crooked, came up out of the frame higher on one side, and the “easy-slide” mechanism was anything but easy and slide-y.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Just to test how three in a row would look (not great with random things inside). That black one was destined to go hide inside another closet. Thankfully Ikea accepted all the glass-drawers back as they were clearly defective (the packaging and the sliders were markedly different from those with the black drawer.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sunday 27 October 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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It was a gorgeous day, but chilly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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More laundry system installation work ahead.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Drillin’!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Another spot-the-birdy. They’d cleaned the white berries off of that shrub very fast!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Working on the second sleeve.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Monday 28 October 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Nature-bathing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tuesday 29 October 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Luxurious-habits are hard to break.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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More nature-bathing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The battle between tall trees and airport landing clearance was beginning to ramp up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Sewing-club time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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So fancy!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Yes, please!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Wednesday 30 October 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Geese working hard to find food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A knobby tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I picked up a colorful fruit box.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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At the car shop. The front wheel of one of the cars started squealing and the shop kindly told us to stop by. Turns out a nail from a studded car tire had lodged itself stuck in an unfortunate place, but they quickly got it out. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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After gymming, I made my way downtown to eat dinner, and attend the release concert of the record Yours Unfaithfully<\/a>, by my old classmate Stina<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We thoroughly enjoyed the concert and all the new material!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lots of hugs and kisses ensued afterwards!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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When I came home, it was to four pumpkins outside the house. They’d been busy carving in my absence!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Close-up of the first two.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Close-up of the second two.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Chairs are apparently overrated…?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thursday 31 October 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Emma’s Halloween-themed reading log.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Headed to CostCo to find Halloween candy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Hmmm… the weather wasn’t really cooperating.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Ugh, snow!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A building trying to hide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I’d given up on my mousy-colored hair, and went in for a lightening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Decorations being put out in spite of the wind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Blond again!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I’m not a big fan of continually having to open the door, so yet again I just put out a bowl and instructions to take one per guest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emma about to go hunt for candy. She returned a short while later to find a hat and thicker gloves. It was really quite cold outside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Getting busy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A steady stream of guests, while I kept the lights on in the pumpkins (the wind kept blowing them out), and restocked the bowl.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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They came in swarms!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emma was quite please with her haul.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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[Photos taken 26 – 31 October 2024, posted online 19 February 2025. I’m still sick, spent most of yesterday horizontal, and there is very little braining going on.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

We had a gift-card for brunch for two from Christmas, and managed to get some friends to join us downtown. Afterwards we perused the Kolaportid market.<\/p>\n

I helped install yet another laundry system, tried to solve a drawer-ful design-riddle, did some nature-bathing by walking among trees, there was a lovely sewing club, and I attended the release party of my old classmate St\u00edna,<\/p>\n

Then, all of a sudden, it was Halloween!<\/p>\n

Saturday 26 October 2024<\/h2>\n
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Squinting into the sun outside the brunch restaurant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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