Awake Momo-chan

Pingu and Momo-chan visited the doctor this morning for normal check up. Momo-chan woke up and opened his eyes. It looks a bit like he has been scratched by me on his right cheek but I am innocent.

Hospital lunch

Pinga is staying at the hospital with Momo-chan. This is Pinga's lunch. She was surprised to see a piece of raw bell pepper on the tray.

Momo-chan brings spring

Pingu went to have lunch downtown while Pinga and Momo-chan are resting at the hospital. Today it is nice and warm outside with 15 degrees. Some flowers are blooming. It seems Momo-chan brought spring with him!

Happy birthday Momo-chan!

Pingu and Pinga left me all alone today when they went to the hospital Pingu just came back home and told me they got a son! This healthy baby boy was born at 10.46 AM today and weighed 3 kilo and 49 cm tall. Happy birthday Momo-chan!

Heart shaped waffles

Pingu and Pinga are at their friends' place having waffles. Pingu likes to eat them with cloudberry jam and cream.

A stop at Ravenswood winery

Ravenswood is even known in Sweden. Pingu thought their slogan "No wimpy wines allowed" was quite funny. Note the photos of the winery crew in wine barrels.

Nice weather for a ride in a convertible

Sonoma valley is warmer than downtown San Francisco so the convertible was a very good choice with temperatures reaching 20 degrees C.

Crossing the Golden Gate bridge

Pingu's colleague had rented a Mustang convertible so they drove in style and started by crossing the famous Golden Gate bridge.

Yet another tasty breakfast

Pingu and two colleagues decided to go to Sonoma and Napa valley for some wine tasting. To get started and ensure they had good energy they of course had a nice breakfast. Pingu had the excellent french toasts with strawberries on top.

Press club wine bar

Pingu's colleague knew a great wine bar called Press club. It was a cosy place and of course with nice wine.

Chinatown

Pingu's hotel in SF was just next to Chinatown. Pingu had dinner there twice. One time it was not so tasty and the other time it was very good. Pingu wished he knew about the good place earlier!

Origami

In Japantown there was this Origami shop which has a small exhibition. Pingu was quite impresed with this dragon. Note that it is only one piece of paper and no cutting allowed!

Lunch in Japantown

Pingu and a colleague went over to Japantown to have some lunch. It was tasty since Pinga gave Pingu a good recommendation. Afterwards they walked around a bit.

S:t Patrick's day

Pingu arrived in SF just in time to see S:t Patrick's day celebrations. Plenty of green everywhere. There was a block party next to the hotel so quite noisy though.

Palm trees and cable cars

Pingu was lucky with the weather. Sunny and nice. This is the obligatory cable car photo taken by Union square.

World famous Swedish pancakes

Pingu went to have breakfast at Sears Fine Food close to Union square. They had Swedish pancaked on the menu so Pingu could not resist. They even wrote that they were world famous. They were served with lingonberries. Looks tasty!

The Streets of San Francisco

Pingu just came home from a week long business trip to San Francisco. Unfortunately he did not have a SD card reader so he could not blog from over there. Instead today there will be many blogs from the past week. Enjoy!

Anpan & ringopan あんパンとりんごパン

"An" in Japanese is sweet red bean paste. "Ringo" is apple. Pinga has baked two kinds of buns. Pinga was happy as they turned out to be more fluffy than last time.

Pinga's dinner

Pinga made two kinds of asparagus rolls. As they are Pingu's favourite, Pinga was wondering how Pingu's doing in California. Pinga made too much and couldn't finish all of them.

Ikea

Pinga is at Ikea with her friend. She's checking rocking chairs but they just had two of them.

Kiwi cake

Pinga made a kiwi cake for the first time and it turned out to be tasty.

Pingu goes to San Francisco

Pingu is at Copenhagen airport soon to go to San Francisco via Frankfurt. He is missing Pinga already.

Craftsman visiting

I'm hiding underneath the kitchen table as the craftsman is here drilling a lot!

Baby things

Pingu and Pinga received a lot of baby stuff from their friends yesterday. Pinga sorted them while Pingu was helping the craftsman. Pinga thought baby clothes are cute and small!

Raspberry creamcheese buns

Pinga was very happy to see how these buns turned out. It tasted good too (according to Pinga)!

Sunshine!

Although the outside temperature is still low, 2C degrees, it's very nice and sunny today and I am sun bathing.

Totoro baby goods

Pingu found these when he was in Tokyo. Pinga thinks I look like Totoro. That is fine as long as that means I am cute.

The other new carpet

Here I am enjoying the other new carpet which is in the hall way. Pingu picked it while the other one was Pinga's choice.

The Furminator

Pingu and Pinga got a nice gift from their friend. It is a cat comb called the furminator. As you can see it is quite efficient. Maybe time to make a carpet from my hair?

Snow plow

Pingu and Pinga had a lunch in town. This snow plow was parked at a normal parking lot and Pinga thought it's interesting. You can't find snow plow in a parking lot in Tokyo.

Semla at a café

Pinga walked down to Lund central today and did some window shopping. Tired from walking, she took a break at Ramklints. Had a semla and read a paper about winter Olympics. Swedes are doing well!

New carpets

Pingu and Pinga went out to do some shopping and returned with two new soft and thick carpets. This is the one for the office.

The grass is greener...

Pingu and Pinga brought home some new cat grass for me. I couldn't wait to start eating it, yummy!

Resting

Pinga is resting a lot with her huge stomach. I like to rest as well so I keep her company here on the couch. Don't I look relaxed?

In the bag

Pinga went to buy some baby clothes. They came in this bag and since I love bags I of course had to hide in it.

Bowling for beers

Pingu has been out with colleagues tonight on a team activity. They had dinner and then did some bowling. Pingu had fun and got a good score too.

Pingu passed JLPT3!

Pingu took the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) level 3 in December. There are four levels and level 4 is the easiest. Finally he got his result: he passed! A score of 78% is not too bad either. In order to pass you need 60% or more.

Lucky charms for the baby

Pingu and Pinga has a collection of lucky charms for a safe baby delivery. The one to the top left is a daruma doll and the top right plaque and the bottom left charm are both wishing for a safe delivery. The bottom left charm is bought a a special temple in Ueno park. At this temple Pingu dad went with a doll to ask for a baby to come. After that Pinga got pregnant. Therefore Pingu went back to this temple and thanked the temple deity and also bought the safe delivery charm.

Ikea visit

Pinga and Pingu went with friends to IKEA today. The meatballs were tasty as usual. Their friends' daughter is very cute. Note the fun bib she is wearing.

Dark sand for Brio Go

Pingu and Pinga went to but the part which the baby needs for the first 6 months or so for the baby car. They decided to go for the beige color called Dark Sand.

It's a boy!

Pinga and Pingu went to week 32 ultrasound. Since so many have asked about if it is a boy or a girl they decided to find out. It will give them more time for deciding on name and also easier to do shopping. The result: it is a boy! The picture below you can see the baby's face in profile.

Homemade semla

Pinga was visitng her friends the other day and they have baked this very tasty semla. "Semla" is a traditional pastry in Nordic countries. It's a cardamon spiced wheat bun with almond paste, topped with whipped cream. Homemade one tasted much better than the ones sold at stores or bakeries.

Corona beer walking

On the way back to the station Pingu saw these walking ads for Corona beer.

Ghibli shop

Pingu went to Ikebukuro for some shopping. Pingu visited a ghibli good shop and found some cute Totoro stuff. This photo is from a showcase in the store.

Deja Vu soaking in the sun

It is cold in Tokyo but the sun is out at least. Deja Vu is taking it easy indoors and lying in the sun.

Snow in Tokyo

Pingu has been quite busy at work this week so no blogging until now. This week it snowed in Tokyo which is rather rare, maybe just once or twice a year. This photo is from the day after where you can see some snow on the roof of Shinagawa station.

Peanut butter ball

Pinga's friend made a very American sweet, peanut butter chocolate ball. It was tasty and there were not many remaining.

Rescuing the bird

Pinga went for a walk with the dogs and one of the dogs found an injured bird. As it's very cold and the bird can be attacked by dogs and cats, Pinga's friend decided to take it home.

Another snowy day in Lund

It snowed on and off today. In the snow, Pinga went for a check-up of the baby at the hospital. everything seems to be well with the baby and I can't wait to see him or her.

Walking with Thatcher and Thelma

It snowed on and off today. Pinga went for a walk with her friend and her two dogs. They seemed to be very happy in the snow. Here they are with a gigantic snow man. Yes, snow man is big but they are big as well.