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Yoko and Sean light the Tower of Peace

October 9, 2010

As many of you will know, old Yoko Ono has become somewhat of an Icelandophile of late. She constructed her Imagine Peace Tower on Viðey island in 2007, and has been back regularly since then. Today, on the day that John Lennon would have turned 70, Yoko and her son Sean are both in Reykjavík. [...]

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I can just see the abstract for the MA thesis now

September 19, 2010

YT: So they’re having a fake orgasm competition as part of the Reykjavík Film Festival. EPI: A what? YT: A fake orgasm competition. Where people get up on stage and fake orgasms. The best fake orgasm wins. EPI: Where? YT: Næsti bar. Wanna go? EPI: Sure. YT: I bet it’ll be packed. EPI: Probably. I [...]

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Best of Reykjavík: Bakeries

August 27, 2010

Iceland does not have a long tradition of cake or bread-making … unsurprising, perhaps, since flour, sugar and other such commodities were a rarity in this country up until just a few decades ago. That said, there are a few “traditionally Icelandic” pastries, cakes, breads etc. such as pönnukökur [literally "pancakes" -- though not in [...]

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Ships ahoy

August 26, 2010

The other day when I got home from my trip, I was distressed to discover a guest post that Elisa had sent me while I was away, and I had failed to notice. [I curse that stupid gmail interface!] I would have loved to publish it then, but no matter — it’s still as good [...]

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Best of Reykjavík: Coffee!

August 17, 2010

OK, this is a really hard one, because Reykjavík has so many excellent cafés, and almost all of them serve great coffee. That said, and bearing in mind that these are totally subjective, here are my favorite places to get a good cup of coffee. Or at least those that pop into my mind first. [...]

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Restaurant review! – Tapas barinn’s fast food debacle

July 30, 2010

A couple of weeks ago, EPI and I decided to go out for dinner to celebrate our wedding anniversary. After brief deliberation we decided on Tapas barinn, since we’d heard good things about it lately. I mention that because, well, we tried it when it first opened around 2002 or thereabouts, and were decidedly underwhelmed. [...]

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Nighttime dips

July 22, 2010

AAH arrived home from work at around 1.15 in the morning last night and announced she was going swimming. Saywhat? Yup indeed, turns out that Laugardalslaug is offering nighttime swimming all this week. In other words, they’re open 24/7. Admission costs ISK 1,000 as opposed to the regular ISK 300 or so. This 24/7 trend [...]

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Best of Reykjavík: Casual dining

July 21, 2010

Time for another Best of Reykjavík post! OK, by “casual dining” I mean going out to a place where you can walk in off the street wearing whatever clothes you happen to have on BUT you actually sit down, look at a menu and get served by a proper waiter or waitress. In other words, [...]

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Keeping it real: Cellophane at the Iðnó theatre

July 19, 2010

If you’re in Reykjavík this summer and want to see some live theatre, here’s a show I can recommend: Cellophane, performed in English at the beautiful Iðnó theatre [located in an wooden house on the banks of Tjörnin pond]. Cellophane is a one-woman show — that is, it’s a monologue, performed by a single actress [...]

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Best of Reykjavík: Nature walks

July 1, 2010

One of the best things about Reykjavík is its close proximity to nature. It is surrounded by water and has amazing mountain views, and within the city there are also wonderful green spaces and places to stroll. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that we’re spoilt for choice on this one. No [...]

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