in the city.

i needed to finish this filmroll in my SLR camera, so this is what i did. since this place called Umeå is being rebuilt a lot these days i thought i should catch some of my favorite parts on photos before it all turns into the new Manhattan. if i have to choose favorite parts. this is my home town so i have mixed emotions about it..lol. but it still has it's early 1900's look and i love that. and realized just now that the neon letters in these photos are all red.

where we look for LP's.

sagateatern our oldest movie/theater from 1959.  i've seen some good plays here in recent years, like Richard III and Carl-Einar Häckner, i hope they keep it.

fruktboden. i sometimes bought candy here as a kid with my friends before we went to the movies. candy of the 90's. best candy ever.

filmstaden, our movie theater and the little cute tower with café station and the river behind. a favorite place.

Vasaplan where all the busses gather in town. stood here waiting for the bus in high school. not a fun spot but i've seen some of my favorite bands in Idun in the white building so, yeah.

bågenhusen, built in the 50's.

these pink curved houses (bågenhusen) are the prettiest. i was a little frightened when i was young of the sculpture (green fire, 1970) because, well it was green and weird, but now that i'm older i can appreciate it. and it looks good with the pale pink houses behind it.

scharinska it's pink. with black roof and gorgeous interior. yes to all.

main walking street.

spring.

While i'm in Italy over the weekend, there are spring festivities in my town. this is a framed photo copy i found in a secondhand shop in town and i love it. welcoming spring by singing songs, while being sooo well dressed! so great! blog readers can look at this over the weekend until i come back from italy next week. awesome, i know.

about books.

{W}hile being a student, i have no time to read books. well, i read them between semesters, because during semesters i cannot make myself read a novel or whatever, because there is always that other book or article i'm supposed to be reading instead. i can't wait until i've finished school and hopefully have a normal workday so that i can have the freedom of reading any book i want. I haven't even mentioned the endless horse stuff i read during semesters as well. last year though, i read 3 or 4 books during the summer, the hobbit (for the second time), and a few rockstar books. this was a victory!

nowadays though, i have a book on my nightstand called.. 101 gangster movies you have to see before you die that my sister gave me for christmas. and wow. it is really good! the actors in the 1930's and 1940's look so good! gangsters of that era are my favorite gangsters. i read about one movie each night, which is only a very small page short. so far it is working great for me. however, for the summer, i have my eyes on lord of the rings - in english. which i know will be better than the swedish translation i've read.

i have until the end of this month to finish this book about Pompeii, by Mary Beard. i've heard good reviews. and i like this bw photo above. I can't wait to go there later this month!

good photo.

i found this picture in a swedish magazine.

i love that womans outfit.

i want to make a similar trip.

like right now.