Hoppsan! A new blogpost...

... or actually just a little note in order to inform you that my LIVE review about Viper Arms' performance at the Turku Band Festival 2015 is online now: http://sleazenation.be/concert-reviews/663-viper-arms-turku-band-festival-2015--klubi-abo-14012015 

There is nothing to add to the actual LIVE review, except for: "Look what I spotted at 'Klubi' after the gig!"

I used to have that poster of the Michael Monroe Band on my front door, back then when I lived in Helsinki-Vallila. Well, this concert evening was special in many ways...

To be continued...

 

2015, you blow me away!

It's just three weeks ago since the year 2015 has begun, but... 

 

2015, you blow me away!

As some things are still "in the making", I will share only a part of the things that happened during the past three weeks. More will be revealed later... ;o)

After rocking into the new year on Viking Line's cruiseferry "Viking Grace", the party continued at home, at least for our stomachs, since many of the Christmas presents we received this time were eatable / drinkable [A fact which I liked quite a lot, by the way...]...

A small part of the gift basket we received at Christmas 2014 

Danerolles croissants from the can, filled with Cloetta's "Royal" chocolate 

I also baked for real during the past three weeks, of course, but that topic is reserved for my food blog... 

We also went to IKEA from where I got myself amongst others more boxes from the IKEA series "Pingla", this time just in another colour than last time, for our walk-in closet whose re-organisation is more time-consuming than expected... 

Despite the constant lack of time, we went for a longer walk in our lovely hometown Turku / Finland the other day... 

  

Definitely the cutest letterboxes I have seen so far... 

A cute little bridge somewhere in Turku

Entering the forest... 

A few days later, walking outside wasn't that fun anymore as the road surfaces have become icy and slippery. In December 2012, people in Stockholm made a great hullabaloo about the gently falling snow in the capital of Sweden; everyone was talking about a meteorological phenomenon called "snökaos" [in English: "snow chaos"]. One would think that Sweden should be familiar with handling snow, even if it is a bit more. But one would also think that Finland would know how to handle icy, slippery road surfaces... 

 

Icy, slippery road surfaces, barely taken care of. Everywhere. Every year. 

That's definitely one thing that does NOT rock about Finland since many people get seriously injured and end up in hospital. However, my humble self had to walk outside, amongst others in order to review the gig of Viper Arms within the framework of the Turku Band Festival 2015 last Wednesday (14th January 2015)...

More about the gig to come soon, but here is already a video clip from that night when Viper Arms performed "You Will Not Possess Me" at "Klubi"... 

The days after, I fortunately could work from home, without risking any bone fractures - and with the possibility to admire our beautiful view... 

Since there are currently so many things "in the making", it can take a while until the next blogpost - but we'll read again... ;o) 

Until then: Enjoy the winter! ☥

Happy New Year 2015!

I know, I'm a few days late, but: Happy New Year 2015, everyone! ♥ ♥ ♥ 

Spending New Year's Eve 2014 / 2015 on Viking Line's cruiseferry "Viking Grace" somewhere on the Baltic Sea between Turku / Finland and Stockholm / Sweden turned out to be the perfect choice: Lots of food, stunning landscapes, live music... As expected, our New Year's Eve cruise was indeed wild and fancy! ;o) 

More about our New Year's Eve cruise to come soon, but here is at least an audiovisual impression of the live music played on "Viking Grace": Alice Cooper's "Poison", reinterpreted by the Swedish rock cover band BULLDOG...

Furthermore, I already put my first New Year's resolution into action: My food blog, simply entitled "Sound Kitchen - The Kitchen".

After developing a growing interest in food, nutrition, cooking and baking over the past few years, I had plans to also write about this interest of mine for about a year - but, unfortunately, nothing in that direction really worked out in 2014, so for 2015 I decided to take matters into my own hands... ;o)

And already during the year 2014, I got rid of some online and technical clutter / time wasters such as facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and my Apple iPod... It feels very liberating! 

I guess the re-organisation of our walk-in closet is the next thing on the to-do list... And maybe another trip to IKEA... ;o)

Until the next blogpost...