Sunset on 52nd floor!

What do you with endless possibilities and so little time? Heard in the office about a nice exhibition in the Mori Art Museum in Roppongi Hills. The fact that the museum is on 53rd floor and that you enter through the Tokyo City View, one of the best lookout points you can find in Tokyo only adds to the attraction. Not the first time to be there but the view from there is spectacular, this city never ends, new addition this time was that you could get up on the actual roof as well. Arrived just before sunset on this nice weather Saturday, pictures are always hard, but this shows some of it. The houses just sprawl away as far as one could see before they diffused in the haze. A quick trip on the roof in the dark and then it was time to see if "The Messangers" would tell me anything. Annette Messager had put together a cool and sometimes strange mix (yes Gabbe! konstigt) of high and low, men-women, some of the pieces had a really nice feminist punch. I can not say that I actually understood what her message is, but still it was very nice to be forced to think! What is she trying to tell me with all these stuffed birds where she had knitted new heads for them. Inspirational and a very nice way to spend a Saturday in Tokyo.

丸の内 Cow Parade ２００８

What are you to do when you have a day off from work, Autumnal Equinox holiday? Well if in Tokyo is kind of easy. Watch the Cow Parade! If you like have a name that rhymes with ko (swedish for cow) what better way to spend a day off from work than some cow-spotting. U can do it on your own, but it is much more fun if you can share it with friends. There are some 70 life size cows spread out around a few blocks in central Tokyo, only managed to see half of them yesterday. (expect cow parade part II) So far the winner is "Elmo the cow".

A drink in totsuka !

What do you do if you don't have any family to hang out with on the weekends? Borrow one! This is the second time this summer I have had a really nice time in totsuka, dinner + karaoke and then a lazy day with the furry ones. OK so the dogs are a little crazy but once they relax they are cozy to be around.

Friends makes life fair!

First day in school

Back to school! The traditional picture with two happy kids on their way to school went missing this year! The pressure of moving back to Sweden and stating a new school took it's toll! Not only smiles this rainy morning!

Coldplay

So it took a week, or so but the I got it! The latest album by Coldplay is really nice. OK better than nice, some soundbites are on the web! Check out their webpage! I took me a while since I don't read CD covers (it is like manuals) but I could not grasp why I felt all these influences! I have teenage kids! I have no time to read about music! But of course Brian Eno has done part of the production! The album "Viva la vida" is really cool tracks range from lovely to brilliant. If you haven't heard it, please check it out! My only concern right now, do I dare to get the older CD's?