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By Ernest Kim
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Beautiful street art in Rio

September 22, 2014 in Life

I had an opportunity to visit Rio de Janeiro earlier this month and was captivated by the beauty and expressiveness of the street art. Here’s just a small sampling of the work I encountered...

Along the Praça Nossa Senhora da Paz In the Rocinha neighborhood In the Rocinha neighborhood Along the Praça Nossa Senhora da Paz In Ipanema, a few blocks from the beach
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I’m really glad I had a chance to explore the Gothenburg Art Museum, located in the heart of the city—it’s absolutely worth a visit if you’re in or near Gothenburg. • For a relatively small museum, they have a remarkably rich collection that extends as far back as the medieval period & continues through to contemporary art. And I really liked the eclectic manner in which they displayed their works, with classical pieces featured alongside modern—the groupings are determined by themes rather than time periods. You can see a prime example of this in the 2nd photo. • The museum featured quite a few pieces by renowned Western European artists, but the emphasis was on Scandinavia, which was great because it exposed me to many works I’d never seen before. For example... • The 3rd photo, which shows an oil painting called Altarpiece (2015) by Patrik Andine. • The 4th photo, which shows a self-portrait (1908) by an artist named Ivar Arosenius. I could totally imagine this portrait showing up in a Harry Potter movie. • The 5th & 6th photos show a magnificent piece by Ole Kruse called The Tree of Life (1918). This one was particularly striking in person—it was huge, but featured a remarkable degree of detail when viewed up close. The 6th photo provides an up-close look at a small section of the larger work. • The work shown in the 7th photo isn’t by a Scandinavian artist, but I loved the jaunty pose captured in the sculpture. It’s called Harvest Girl (no date) and it’s by a French artist named Louis-Étienne Albert-Lefeuvre. • Finally, the museum itself was a joy & very much reflected a let’s-not-take-ourselves-too-seriously attitude. For example, the 8th photo shows a wonderful, tongue-in-cheek decorative element installed above an interior doorway. And the 9th photo shows the entrance facade to the museum, which has itself been turned into an art piece. The “PIZZERIA” above the entry is an installation by an artist named Jörgen Svensson & it’s meant to highlight the growing influence of private corporations on public cultural institutions. I love that the museum was willing to go along with this!🙌🏼 • #GothenburgArtMuseum @GoteborgsKonstmuseum Gothenburg #Sweden
According to our local hosts, @FiskekrogenGBG is one of the best loved seafood restaurants in Gothenburg—a city that knows a thing or two about seafood. And, after dinner there last night, I understand the affection. • We started with Fiskekrogen’s seafood platter, which featured all manner of locally sourced shellfish 🦞 prepared simply & beautifully with white wine & dill (their house-made cocktail sauce was fantastic as well). • This was followed by a dish of perfectly seared cod set atop a bed of cabbage & Jerusalem artichoke cream, all of which was dressed with a rich, yet not over-powering lobster & veal jus. It tasted as good as it looked.🤤 • In addition to the wonderful food, the restaurant itself was quite beautiful—set on the ground floor of a classic old building just a short walk from Gothenburg Harbor. If you’re a fan of seafood & find yourself in Gothenburg, absolutely give Fiskekrogen a try! • #Fiskekrogen #Seafood #SeafoodPlatter #SearedCod #FoodFinds #TravelersNotebook #Gothenburg #Sweden
For a car nut like me, today was a good day.🙌🏼 • The first photo shows the Volvo 360c concept that was unveiled last year. I didn’t quite get it when I saw it in photos, but it makes a ton of sense in person & I think the ideas behind it are genuinely compelling. • The second photo shows the gorgeous Polestar 1 concept, which will go on sale later this year. I can report that it looks even more stunning & desirable in person, which is pretty remarkable given that it looks dead sexy in photos.😍 • The Polestar wasn’t a working model, so I wasn’t able to test drive it, but I was able to drive several other Volvo models on the company’s test track. • 3 takeaways: The seats in the S90 sedan are phenomenal—they felt as though they’d been custom tailored to my backside. Second: The S60 T8 (aka hybrid) Polestar Engineered sedan is an absolute blast to drive. Finally: The new V60 wagon looks fantastic “in the metal”🤩—I thought it seemed over-long in photos, but the proportions are spot-on in-person. If we were to buy a new car today, I’m fairly certain the V60 would be it. • #CarDesign #ConceptCar #Volvo360c #Polestar1 #Volvo #VolvoTestTrack #Torslanda #Gothenburg #MadeInSweden #Sweden
This is my first visit to Gothenburg, Sweden & I feel very fortunate to be here at the height of summer. It’s a lovely city & I hope to have time to do a bit more exploring while I’m here. Photo descriptions follow... • 1. I snapped this at 10:30pm, which was about 15 minutes past sunset here. It’s about 1am as I write this and, while it is now darker, you can still clearly see a line of orange along the horizon. Pretty cool! • 2. I had a chance to visit the Garden Society of Gothenburg, which is a gorgeous park located in the heart of the city. It’s a glorious place to spend a summer afternoon.☀️ • 3. The Garden was filled with big, beautiful, busy bumblebees.🌸🐝 • 4. A centerpiece of the Garden is the Palm House, which is a huge greenhouse that houses all manner of tropical plants. I imagine it must be particularly magical during the winter months. • 5. As its name suggests, the central room of the Palm House includes several giant palms.🌴 • 6. The main room also included this amazing monstera plant. I’m fairly certain that all of the leaves you see here are from the same plant that’s been “trained” to climb up along the wall. I’ve never seen anything like this. • 7. One of the side wings of the Palm House included this beautiful display of purple flowers. If anyone happens to know what they are, please let me know! • 8. The Garden ran along a quiet canal, adding to the overall loveliness of the place. • 9. One more shot of bumblebee action!😸 • #GardenSocietyOfGothenburg #trädgårdsföreningengöteborg #trädgårdsföreningengbg #trädgårdsföreningen #PalmHuset #PalmHouse #MonsteraDeliciosa #BumbleBee #Pollination #TravelersNotebook #Gothenburg #Sweden
Kebabs aren’t the first thing that come to mind when I think of Swedish food, but, after over 15 hours in airports & on planes, this was exactly what I needed!🤤 • And I don’t think it was just that I was dead tired & famished—this place called Kebaberia was really good and, as you can see in the photo, the serving size was very generous. I’m hoping I’ll have a chance to go back again while I’m in Gothenburg. • #Kebaberia #Kebab #DonerKebab #KoftaKebab #FoodFinds #TravelersNotebook #Gothenburg #Goteborg #Sweden
There aren’t many sushi restaurants, let alone sushi carts, from which I’d order uni (i.e. sea urchin roe), so it was a reflection of my deep faith in @YoshisPDX that I was willing to give their uni a go. Thankfully, my faith was amply rewarded!🙌🏼 • Their uni was downright luscious, with the sort of richness that the brain translates as sweet, even though there’s no sweetness on the palette. I think people may stop believing me because I keep heaping superlatives on Yoshi’s, but it was the best uni I’ve had to date—not just in the US, but anywhere. • I believe they only offer it as an occasional special, but if you’re a fan of uni or have always wanted to try it, get yourself over to Yoshi’s stat!🏃🏻‍♂️ • The crazy thing is, as decadent & delicious as the uni was, my favorite item was the small bowl of deep fried mackerel bones that the chef was kind enough to offer me (the bowl on the upper right with the fish tail sticking out). They were beautifully fried with a gossamer batter, but what blew me away was how perfectly seasoned they were. Eating them was like that scene in the movie Ratatouille, where the restaurant critic eats the titular dish. This is going to sound completely over the top, but those humble bones rank among the top 10 food experiences of my adult life—they were that good.🙇🏻‍♂️ • In addition to the experience of eating the bones, I also loved the *idea* of them. The chef prepared them for me because I had ordered the mackerel nigiri (I’m a sucker for saba)—the use of the bones reflects a commitment to using the whole animal, which I think is a crucial aspect of sustainable eating. • #YoshisPDX #FoodCartSushi #Uni #雲丹 #SabaNigiri #鯖 #HoneSenbei #骨煎餅 #SkunaSalmon #EpicFoodExperience #FoodFinds #Portland
Shot this a little while back, but I figured the #watchfam wouldn’t mind.😜 • @HaliosWatches #Halios #HaliosWatches #Seaforth #SeaforthGMT @ErikasOriginals #ErikasOriginals #MNStrap #SWICKstrap #SWCCstrap #PerfectPairing #AbyssBlue #Stubby #MicrobrandWatch #MicrobrandMonday #ToolWatch #SportWatch #PracticalWatch #GMTwatch #WatchLove #WIS #WUS #WOMW

 

 

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