Sweet potato toast, vitamin C boost

During these times many of us have a home office and a little extra time to prepare healthy meals.
My grandpa told me they used to eat potatoes and oats every day during the second world war.
The upcoming weeks will be spent mostly in our homes, to prevent spreading the virus. And not to seem dramatic, but it almost feels like some kind of war.
We don’t have our freedom the same way to just go out and be social, so we might as well enjoy the time spent at home and make good healthy food.

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Potatoes are full vitamin C, which helps you build up your immune system to prevent getting sick. They are also full of fiber, which make them great for your digestive system. On top of that, they are super filling and make you full for hours. Since I started eating more plant-based, sweet potato is one of my favorite vegetables. Potatoes can be prepared in so many different ways. Cooked, baked, fried, or even being used in bakeries. The sweet taste gets even sweeter after cooking them, and they taste delish with olive oil and sea salt. This recipe only includes 3 main ingredients. And are super easy to prepare for yourself, or just double up the portions for more people.

! large sweet potato
1/2 avocado
olive oil
sea salt
lemon
Baking paper



What you do



Start with turning your oven on 200 degrees Celcius.
Clean the potato in water. Slice the potato in 1 cm thick pieces with a sharp knife.
Have some olive oil over the potato slices and massage it into the slices on both sides.
Place the slices on a baking paper and pinch over some salt.



Bake the sweet potato slices in the oven until they are perfectly roasted. Depending on your oven from 20-30 min. They should be a little golden on top, but this depends on how crispy you like your food.



In the end, mix 1/2 of a large avocado with a fork, add some sea salt, a little squeeze of lemon and some olive oil. Have the mixture over the sweet potato toast slices.
Add your favorite spice, I used some oregano.
I hope you like it.



X, Eline S.

Zinque West Hollywood

Zinque is one of my favorite places in Weho. Probably not anytime soon with the virus going on, but defiantly worth checking out if you ever make it out to LA in the future. It’s a French style, back garden place reminds me of a lot of Europe and Italy or France. It’s decorated with plants, a cute fireplace, and outdoor seating. Their drinks and healthy bowls are great, as well as their oat milk latte.



I met up with my polish girlfriend that I haven’t seen in a while. This place is never overcrowded, and you usually need to make a reservation for a table, as it is really popular. We ordered a quinoa bowl and an oat milk latte.



I wish you a good week. Stay patient, positive and respectful during this time. Meditate, and get creative with cooking and home workouts. That’s what I do these days, as well as studying, catching up with friends over facetime and relaxing with candles, podcasts, and good music.
I will try to post another easy superfood recipe this week, stay tuned.



Sending positive vibes, and hopes to everyone out there.



Best, Eline S.

Reklame/Ad. Wearing Revolve.com. Jeans - Girlfriend - t-shirt - Grlfriend - watch - Apple Watch - earrings - ambersscreats - hair clips - free people - Necklace - vintage - glasses - Oliver Peoples

Plant-based protein oatmeal, made with a superfood twist

Hey everyone.


Its been a different week here in LA. People seem to really freak out from the coronavirus, and its starting to get a bit scary. Especially today after Trump announced that the US won’t let anyone from EU travel into the US in the next 30 days. I guess the next step is that everyone from the US won’t be able to travel to EU. Especially now when I’m by myself away from loved ones it feels a bit scarier.




The first thing I do in the morning now days is making myself a big cup of coffee, to get that extra kick and those good antioxidants. Staying healthy during these times can be a real lifesaver. I have been craving oatmeal a lot lately, it fills me up for at least 3, or sometimes 4 hours before I get hungry again. Especially when I make it with one of my favorite plant-based ingredients, which is full of good proteins. I’m talking about almond flour! You can buy almond flour in almost every supermarket nowadays, or order it on iherb, amazon, or in a health shop.




What you need



1 dl almond flour
1 dl old fashioned oats
some cinnamon
some sweetener: honey, agave or stevia
a pinch of salt
4 dl almond milk, or other milk




What you do



Start with adding all the dry ingredients to the boiler. Then add the milk.
Use medium to low heat and mix together at all times so the oats dosen’t burn.
Mix until you get the texture you like, some people like more soggy and other people prefer more firm oatmeal. Personally I like my oats in between, but the topping is everything to make the oatmeal exciting and different from one day to another.




One day I can go with only berries, next day with nuts and fruit and another day with granola and peanut butter. I like to mix it up from one day to another.
Today I made it with granola. blueberries, raspberries and fresh strawberries.
Whoever said that eating plant-based is boring, is wrong in my opinion. Oats are also super cheap, and very quick and easy to prepare on a busy morning.

I hope you like it and that you got inspired to pimp your oatmeal next time.
Stay healthy everyone!




All the best, Eline S.

Exploring Beverly Hills

Hello from sunny, but cold LA.
Whether this week has been windy and cold, but not freezing. Defiantly cold for being Los Angeles. I have been working, studying and catching up with a girlfriend, as well as helping her with moving down to Venice beach. I can’t wait for the warm weather to return.
Tomorrow I have a really exciting meeting in the city, fingers crossed!



I hope you all have had a good week, and happy Friday guys! Enjoy your weekend.



X, Eline S.

Reklame. Wearing Revolve./ Jacket - Hours - belt - lovers and friends - shoes - Steve Madden - hat Wyeth USA - bag - Beck Sodergaard - shoes - steve madden - sunnies - zero UV - Jeans - Acne - Jewelry - Thune

hello March

Happy Sunday everyone. This weekend I have been helping my friend with some studies, as well as focusing on my own nutrition studies. Yesterday I went for a hike in the sunny weather with an old girlfriend from my agency here in LA and her sister. Excited for a new week and some exciting meetings coming up.


X, Eline S

Wearing. Revolve. Dress - Misa Los Angeles - Boots - Vintage - sunglasses - Oliver Peoples - bag - Dior 

West Hollywood's most fancy coffee spot

Gotta love spending time with my mom, here in LA. Feels fun doing tourist stuff with her. Seeing things threw her eyes feels super refreshing. She have been here once before, a few years ago. This time around we got to do all the things we didn’t manage to do last time she was here. Thats the thing about Los Angeles, even people who have been living here for 20 years, still haven’t been everywhere. There is always something new to check out in this city.
I took her to my favorite coffee spot in the heart of West Hollywood, Carrera Coffee. You can get your own picture from your phone printed on your latte!



Hope you all have a good week so far. Sending some sunshine over to Europe. LA is heating up these days.



X, Eline S.

Wearing. Reklame - Revolve. Blazer - Revolve / Camila Coelho - Boots - vintage from Nashville - denim skirt - Zara - Sunnies - Zero UV - Bag - Helmer bags - Hairclip - Free People - gold jewelry - vintage

Beverly Hills Hotel

I love old fashion hotels with personality. Beverly Hills hotell, is an old well-known hotel, with a modern twist.
The hotell’s interior is all pink, with cute flowers and plants decorated all around. There are three restaurants in the hotel, but the one by the pool area is my favorite. My mom has never been to this hotel, so I thought it would be fun to show her around. We met up with my girlfriend Kristen there for lunch and spent the rest of the day by the pool.



I hope you all had a great weekend, and happy Sunday



Best, Eline S.

Reklame. Wearing Revolve/ top - lovers and friends - hat Wyeth hats - jeans - acne - flats - Steve Madden - Sunglasses - Zero UV - Jewelry - Thune - Bag Helmer Bags - Belt - lovers and friends - Hair clips - Free People

Valentinesday in West Hollywood <3

Wearing - top - verge girl - jeans - acne - belt - lovers and friends la - jacket -  grlfriend/ revolve - hair clips - free people 

I hope you all had a great Valentine’s day this year. As my bf is in Minnesota, I spent V-day with friends this year. First at Nespresso house on Beverly Drive for an iced coffee with my homie Kenny, then later on dinner and drinks at the rooftop of Edition Hotel in West Hollywood. It was pretty magical sitting there under the stars, with the view over Los Angeles, with one of my best friends. Cheering for love and many more years to come of a great friendship. I’m truly thankful for having some great friends over here in LA, good friendships mean everything.



My mom just got into town yesterday. I’m super excited to hang out with her this week! Today I’m taking her to one of the older, more traditional hotels in Beverly Hills with a girlfriend joining us for lunch.



Wish you all a good, positive week, wherever you are in the world.



X, Eline S.

Reklame. Wearing - top - Majorelle/ revolve - chocker - Zara - heals - lovers and friends/ revolve - jeans - grlfriend 

Back in LalaLand

Feels amazing to be back in LA. I appreciate the sun like never before, after spending so much time in cold Minnesota winter. I love to wake up on a sunny day and start off my day with a walk outside in the warm weather. It feels more like Norwegian spring then summer, the nights are still pretty cold.



The day after I arrived I was working and the following days I have been spent with friends, catching up and checking out the new Edition hotel in West Hollywood. This hotel is truly amazing. For those who are into a plant-based living, and like to be surrounded with greens and greens, this hotel got it all. In the heart of Weho, with its own spa, pool and rooftop area. My friend Molly and I spent an entire day there catching up. I’m defiantly going back soon. I would defiantly recommend this hotel to anyone who is planning a trip to Lala land! I will try to do a little travel guide to this hotel, for a full description. I’m truly obsessed with the hotel and all Editions values about a greener living.



Hope you all enjoy the weekend. Sending some sunshine from Los Angeles.



Best, Eline S.

Wearing - yellow dress - Zara - Sunnies - Urban outfitters - sneakers - Adidas - hair clips - Free People

Slik styler jeg mine favoritt gullsmykker fra Thune til Valentinesdagen.

I samarbeid med Thune har jeg plukket ut mine favoritt smykker til Valentines dagen. Lek deg med ulike lengder og stil på gullsmykkene dine. Ikke vær redd for å mikse litt ulike stiler sammen. Jeg liker best å bruke gull smykker om sommeren, eller når huden er litt gylden. Jeg syns gullsmykkene får frem en gylden hudtone bedre! Alle smykkene kan kjøpes på Thune.no, eller i deres butikker rundt om i Norge.



Jeg er tilbake I LA, for å tilbringe litt tid her de neste månedene med jobb og lesing på ernærings studiet. Ettersom arbeidstillatelsen min er klar igjen, ville byrået mitt i LA som søkte visumet mitt gjerne ha meg tilbake for å tilbringe litt tid her de neste månedene.

Ønsker alle en super Valentines day, eller galentinesday, som det kaller det i USA, (hvis du feirer med en venninne, eller to). Som jeg kommer til å gjøre ettersom typen er i Minnesota.



Beste hilsner, Eline S.

Reklame. Wearing - Jewelry - Thune - Dress - LPA (Revolve) - Sandals - Hermes - Hat - Wyeth USA - Bag - Dior

Golden hour

After a week with waking up on the beach, with the sound of the waves from the ocean, it’s easy to miss living in a warm place. Golden hour is probably my favorite time of the day, after sunrise ofc! Just sitting on the beach, waiting for the sunset and just being present.

I wish you a lovely rest of your week.

X, Eline S.

Reklame. Wearing Revolve. Dress - Tularosa - Bag - Beck Sødergaard - sandals - Hermes - Hat - Wyeth USA, Jewelry bra - Top Shop

Jungle-green date night

Finally, I got a bit of a tan and excited to wear some colorful clothes again. During winter months, I never find inspiration to wear any colors and always end up wearing black and grey. Summers make me so much more inspired and creative!

Hope you all enjoy your weekend and time off.

X, Eline S

Reklame. Wearing Revolve. Dress - Lacademie - Flats - Steve Madden - Hair clips - free people - Earrings - Verge girl - Jewelry bra - Top Shop - Bag - Dior - Make up - Froya Cosmetics vegan make up

Mayakoba/ Mexico -Welcome to the jungle

Reklame/ AD Wearing @Chioswimwear @revolve

This year All-star break we decided to go to Mexico. We looked at multiple different beach vacations but ended up with Mexico as it is one of the closest places by plane from Minneapolis. We usually go just the two of us, but figured out it would be fun to go as a group and do dinners and activities together.
It’s nice to lay down on a sunbed for the first few days, but after it gets a bit boring. At least for us. We love an active vacation, combined with the beach and sun.




Fairmount Mayakoba is a hotel 30 minutes from Cancun airport. The hotel property is spread out over a bigger area, surrounded by canals and jungle.
When we first got to the hotel, we felt like everything was too spread out and didn’t know how to get around. There are white bikes spread around over the area and the hotel guests can use them as they please to go from breakfast to the beach, or from the beach to lunch. The bikes can be placed anywhere. There was also golf cars driving back and forth at all times between the restaurants, the hotel rooms, and the beach area. After a few days, we started loving it! Once we got used to everything, it felt really peaceful to ride a bike to breakfast in the morning and go back to the room after the beach. The hotel is gated, so only the guests and the staff working there will be seen at the property. The hotel felt safe, and the staff was helpful at all times.

The first day we got told there are alligators in the canals, and monkeys in the jungle. Pretty cool to be in the middle of the jungle, but It kind of freaked us out, so we decided to change a room closer to the beach where the other couples were as well. The beach area included a bunch of different activities and water sports. Some of them were beach volley, catamaran sailing, paddle boarding, and windsurfing. We did one kind of activity every day. We didn’t leave the hotel the entire week and still didn’t get bored.




The beach restaurant served lunch at the beach, and the two other restaurants were serving breakfast, lunch and Asian fusion. The breakfast restaurant was by one of the canals and the food was bomb, I had guacamole and fresh fruits for breakfast and lunch almost every day. I’m usually not a big fruit person, but experienced fruits in a new way in Mexico. There was a little tent in the middle of the buffet where a Mexican woman with a huge fruit basket in front of her, where you could pick your own fruit and she would cut it fresh in front of you. When it comes to the guacamole and the tortillas, don’t even get me started. Mexicans know how to do good guacamole, that’s for sure!

We did couple dinners almost every night, and I guess our favorite was the Asian fusion restaurant. They had great sushi as well as different dumplings and curries. Before we left the US, everyone told us to be careful about food poisoning and not to drink the water. The bacterias in the food in Mexico are different then what we are used to. We tried to be careful and didn’t drink the tap water, and luckily also didn’t get sick.




I defiantly recommend this hotel to anyone who is planning a trip to Mexico. Especially if you like being active on holiday, and also if you have kids who need to be entertained. I would love to come back to the Fairmount Mayakoba in the future.

Amsterdam for a day.

I randomly ended up spending a day in Amsterdam after my flight got canceled on my way back to Minneapolis. I always wanted to go and see the canals in Amsterdam, so decided to get into the city center by myself and take advantage of the situation.




I took an uber and did some quick research on a few places I wanted to check out in the canal area.
As I started walking along the canal I spotted a Japanese girl all by her self struggling with taking a selfie in front of one of the canals. I asked her if she would like to help with the picture, and then we started talking. We had a lot of common interests. We talked about many different things, but mostly the work mentality in Japan, her thoughts about the high suicidal rate there, and our different cultures. I defiantly learned a lot would I never have known if I didn’t get to know this girl.




Since we were both hungry we decided to go for lunch. She was as happy as I was to share the experience of Amsterdam with someone. We ate lunch at Lotti’s, a cafe which is a part of The Hoxton hotel. The food was delish. I ordered oatmeal, that was literally the best oatmeal I ever had. It was added chia seeds, walnuts, raisins, and agave. As well as an almond latte.




The next stop was The cold-pressed juicery, just a few meters walk. I did a green juice, but they had all kinds of different options, as well as different kind of bowls and wraps. This is more a to-go place and not really much of a seated cafe. Most of the cafes we passed are right on the canals, you can feel the pulse of the city wherever you decide to sit down. I can only imagine how magical this city would be for spring or summer. We were lucky enough to get a little bit of sun, and the weather was actually not too bad for being January.




Last but not least, this place I found on Instagram, and it was on the top of my wish list to check out. Polaberry serves homemade chocolate in all different shapes. They are probably most famous for their chocolate-covered strawberries, the unicorn chocolates on a stick (the ones in my pic), and their classic Amsterdam chocolate. This is a really cute place I recommend to check out. My new Japanese friend loved it too!




This was all I had time for before I had to get my ass back to the airport, for my rescheduled flight to Minneapolis. I definitely would love to go back and explore much more. Probably with some girlfriends for a weekend trip that would be a lot of fun.




I hope you will check out these cute places if you are planning a trip to Amsterdam.
I have just got back to Minneapolis and already starting to pack again for the all-star break. This time to some warmer place. I’m really excited to feel the sand under my feet again and listen to the sound of the ocean.



Best, Eline S.

Happy new year

Happy new year everyone! I hope you all had a good start of the new year. Hard to believe 2020 has already started, it feels like 2019 went way to fast.
We celebrated New Year’s eve with the entire team at one of the players and his wife's house. It was a really fun night with different games, food, and drinks.
The guys had a day off the next day, so we got to sleep in the next day, wich was really nice. A really lazy start of 2020, but i’m planning on dragging my ass to the gym tomorrow and make up for it.



There are not many times a year it feels normal to dress up in a sparkling dress like the one I wore, but for new years I feel like its a great opportunity to go a little crazy.
I love everything that sparkles, so I decided to go for a fun sparkling dress from Revolve/LPA this year and styled it with a transparent belt from Lovers and friends, a sparkly hairband from Free people, sparkling clutch and flats from Steve Madden.

Have you made any new year goals yet?



My goal for 2020 is getting a better balance in life in general, that’s something I have been working on for a while. I’m a pretty extreme person in many ways. When people say balance is key, it really is. But for me at least, easier said than done. My second goal is to stop wasting energy in trying to please everyone, at the end of the day you can’t please everyone, and instead, you will end up start losing yourself.
This year I’m focusing on my goals. and surrounding myself with positive energy.
I’m starting nutrition studies too very soon, which I have been wanting to do for a while now, and excited to finally get started.


I wish you good health and the best of luck for this new year. Trust yourself and your dreams and be kind.



Best, Eline S.

Reklame/ Wearing Revolve. Dress - LPA - flats - Steve Madden - Belt - Lovers & friends - Clutch - Steve Madden - Boots - Stuart Weitzmann Necklace - Vintage - Hair band - Free People

Ugly sweater party and Norwegian style X.mas in USA

I hope you all have had a great Christmas holiday so far. We had the Wilds Ugly sweater party after the game on the 21st, which is one of my favorite traditions.
We had dinner at RH in Edina, Minnesota. I actually never had dinner there, only lunch. I have to say that WOW, the food is amazing. We had an early night since Mats had early practice the next day. The 22end Mats family arrived and we have been lazy since the day they arrived. Been watching Love actually probably tree times and sleeping in every morning.

Reklame / Wearing make up from Froya cosmetics - Hand chain - Nangi Jewelry - headband - Free People - Necklaces - Vintage - Dress - Lpa

On Christmas Eve, we slept in and watched movies. Mats mom made rice porridge for lunch. This is a tradition most Norwegian and Swedish people do during Christmas. We also leave one almond in the porridge, and the person getting the almond, gets a small present, like a chocolate bar. This always made us want to eat a lot more while we were young, just to get the almond and the present.
After eating Mats, his brother, Frank and I got dressed and went to a rink to play around on the ice. I love being active during X.mas, my family and I usually go to the mountains in Norway, so I’m used to a really active holiday season and a lot of outdoors activities. Since I don’t skate really often I have a lot of fun the few times I do. Of course, I got too excited to put the skates on quickly, so I accidentally cut myself on one of the skates, haha. Clumsy and typical me.

After we went home to shower and get ready for Norwegian style Christmas dinner. Mats family brought some food from Norway, and the rest we got from a Norwegian store here in Minneapolis called ‘‘Ingebritsen’’, we also found Norwegian brown cheese and some other goodies there. If you are Norwegian or Scandinavian and living in Minneapolis, you better check it out!
With Norwegian food, music and even snow outside it truly felt like the same as a Norwegian Christmas eve.



I hope you all enjoy the rest of the holiday. And getting excited to start off the new year, 2020! I’m planning to journal a bit today.
I know this sounds a bit stupid, but I recommend everyone to write down 5 things that you were grateful for in 2019, and also 5 things that you are leaving behind in 2019.
Let go of things that dosen’t serve you, and fuel yourself with people and surroundings that only serve you happiness and good energy.




Best, Eline S.

Happy Holidays from Minneapolis <3

Christmas is just around the corner, I’m usually a last-minute person with everything. This year is a lot different since I’m celebrating my very first X.mas in the US away from my own family. Its the first time ever that I’m in charge of things to be ready and prepared.



I have to say that I start to realize why a lot of moms don’t like X.mas that much and think it’s stressful. I’m not sure how all moms manage to do everything from cooking, cleaning presents with 2-3 kids running around. All credit to my own mom and all moms around the world for keeping it up every Christmas.
We have decided not to do too many giftings this year, even tho I have bought some stuff, just to have something under the tree.



This week we had the Wilds girlfriends and wifes gift exchange dinner. I have been missing out on everything my girlfriends have been doing in Norway, so was great to get together and have a girl’s night. Mats got back yesterday and excited to have him home for a while, as well as getting family in town to celebrate X.mas. Hopefully, we can go somewhere and ice skate the next week and enjoy the cozy winter. Even tho it’s freezing out, its sunny every day and that helps for sure.

Today is a new game day, I decided to skip today’s game as I have been feeling a bit off since last night and want to charge up the batteries for our ugly sweater team dinner tonight. I love those American traditions, and defiantly planning on bringing them all back to Norway when moving back.



Tomorrow i’m starting my favorite X.mas movie marathon. My latest X.mas movie recommendation is ‘‘Bad Christmas moms’’, it’s hilarious! And ofc I’m watching The holiday, every Christmas, as well home alone and Love Actually!



Last thing: remember to reach out a hand, if you know anyone being alone this X.mas. It can mean the world to that person. I always get super emotional every X.mas and, but decided to not be this year.
I guess it helps to lower the expectations in general. Typically a lot of girls imagine things to be just like in ‘‘Love actually’’ or ‘‘The holiday’’, but truth is that no one’s life is like a Disney movie, even tho we all wish it was sometimes.

I wish you all a great Holiday season and a Merry Christmas. Take care of each other and be kind.

Best, Eline S.

Reklame. Wearing Revolve - Dress - LPA - Heals - Steve Madden - Hair band - Free people - Jewelry - Vintage

Vegan pasta with oven roasted superfood veggie

I have been having the biggest obsession with this plant-based dish lately. It’s easy to prepare and simple to make.
I make it the vegan way, but you can choose other products if you feel like it.


What you need

1 Large butternut sqash
1 glass of pasta sauce
Pasta or tortellini
Garlic or onion powder
Salt
All-purpose spice
Tumeric
Coconut oil spray, or olive oil
Pesto


What you do

Start with heating the oven to 400 degrees, or 175 degrees Celcius, I put the oven on the roast function.


Slice the butternut squash in smaller pieces, and get rid of the seeds. Spray then with oil, and add your spices. Add your own favorite spice, it tastes perfectly with salt and some oil only. Since I make this dish quite often I like to mix it up, this time I tried with some turmeric, as I have been a bit sick this week I’m spicing it up. Tumeric has a really strong taste, so only pinching a little over with the other spices.
As the oven is heated up, place the butternut squash in the middle.


Waiting time- To make the butternut squash perfectly roasted, they need from 30-4o min depending on your oven. Feel free to watch a serie, or have a shower while waiting. I like to give the butternut squash a shake in between, to make sure they get roasted on both sides.


Depending on your kinds of pasta boiling time, start heating up some water, I used the Kite Hill vegan tortellini with spinach that only needed 4-6 min. When the butternut squash was close to ready, I started boiling the tortellini, as well started heating up the tomato pasta sauce on low temp.


The butternut squash should be golden and crispy on the outside when ready to serve. My friends thought it looked and tasted more like sweet potato, as the butternut get quite sweet when roasted. Drain the water off the pasta, and add the pasta to the bowl of tomato sauce and heat together for 1 minute or so.
Have the butternut squash on a plate and add the pasta. I used some vegan parmesan as topping as well as some vegan pesto.

Gotta love all the great green options in the US. Even tho America is known for its hamburgers and fries. they have tons of great plant-based options too.
Kite Hill is defiantly becoming one of my favorite vegan brands, plant-based brands.

I hope you got inspired to try out another green meal. Butternut squash is high in fiber and full of nutrition. Perfect this time of year with a healthy boost, that honestly feels more like a cheat meal, especially with the pasta and cheese.

Best, Eline S

That feeling when you find your dream sweater in a second hand store

Back in Minnesota and started decorating for Christmas, as well as buying Christmas gifts. As we recently moved in we had no Christmas stuff at all, I’m excited to show Mats everything I bought when he gets back from the road trip! Been trying to buy some classic statement pieces, instead of small unnecessary things. Also been focusing on buying glass, and wood pieces for decorations, instead of plastic decoration.




In the last few years I have been trying to spend less money on stores like Zara and H&M, even tho it’s tempting sometimes with the cheap prices.
Here in Minnesota, they have a really good second-hand store named Fashion Avenue. I love buying second hand. You can find unique pieces that no one else has, and also much better prices. In a good second-hand store, everything is cleaned and organized. Buying second hand is cheaper for us, and better for the environment.



I have been looking at this sweater for quite a long time from 36o cashmere. Super soft and cozy, and good quality. Cashmere is always really expensive, but when I found it in the second-hand store. It looked almost new and on half of the price, so I coulde’t resist. I’m obsessed with skulls, even tho and love wearing it alone, or with a black, beige, or animal printed turtleneck under. Layers on layers are perfect for Scandinavian, or Minneapolis winters.



I hope you got inspired to go second-hand shopping or explore if you have any second hand close to where you live. My X-mas wish this year is actually something from a second-hand store.


Have a great weekend you all.


I’m having some girls and some of their kids over for gingerbread baking, sleepover and watching the Wild game tonight. Excited!



Best, Eline S.

Reklame. Wearing Revolve. Sweater - 360 Cashmere - Jeans -Revolve/ Grlfriend - turtleneck - forever21 - boots - Stuart Weitzmann - Sunnies - Zero UV - Hair Clips - Free People

Last week in NYC summed up.

Reklame. Wearing Revolve Jacket - Grlfriend - Pants - Grlfriend - Turtleneck - Revolve - Sunnies - Urban Outfitters - Hairtie - Free people - Hat - Gerard Darel - Bag Balenciaga - Boots - Stuart Weitzmann - Necklaces - Vintage

Day 1.

The last week has been super busy. I decided to fly in a few days before Mats game to get settled in. I stayed with one of the Swedish wife’s from Rangers as we become really close when Mats and I lived in NYC. It felt good to be able to spend some quality time with her while visiting NYC.
The first thing I do when landing in the city is to walk against Hudson River, all the way downtown to the battery park. Just to feel the pulse of the city.
The first night we hang out with some of the other girlfriends and wife’s on rangers, really good seeing the girls again and catch up on all. 

Day 2.

I had some shoots set up, as I’m waiting for my visa to get confirmed I can’t work legally yet, but figured out it’s great with some new material for the book. Not sure how nice the pics will turn out tho, since I couldn’t sleep at all my first night, probably too excited to be back and see everyone. The third day I met up with some Swedish model friends who live in NYC, we did some vintage shopping at the Real Real, strolled around Soho and enjoyed the city. I had a late dinner with Mats family who also got into town to watch the game the next day.

Day 3.

I woke up and decided to go Rumble boxing. This was one of my favorite workouts in NYC and I have missed it. The gym feels more like a club, with neon lighting, loud music and even some pro athletes enjoy this workout. The workout goes on a bag, so you don’t box against anyone. After I had a lunch appointment with some of my American girlfriends at Soho House in the Meatpacking district. They serve the best food and also have a fireplace. So cozy and grateful for my friends to show up on a Monday on such short notice, we were in all 7 girls, and we all ordered the same. The kale salad with salmon.. so good! 
After lunch I had to rush home and get ready for game night. I rushed over to my Swedish girlfriend’s place. We always used to go together to games, so she asked me if I wanted to sit with her during the game. It was pretty emotional when they played the video of Mats and all his highlights from his carrier in Rangers, ending with “thank you Zucc”. I love how hockey brings people together, it truly is an amazing sport. So much love in Madison square garden that night even tho it ended with a loss for Wild. So happy I could be there and support him on a special day.

Day 4

I woke up and the sun was shining super bright. I remember last year in NYC was super cold, so I put on layers of layers with jackets and sweaters. Then I head out to meet with Mat’s family. We walked around in Soho and ended up at MarieBelle, which is my favorite cafe in NYC. They are most known for their amazing hot chocolate. I always stock up in chocolate when visit this shop. Yep, I got overweight just from chocolate .. we sat down on the cute little cocoa bar and enjoyed a cup of hot chocolate. When everything else is so busy in this area, MarieBelle is the perfect escape to get some rest in between sightseeing.
At night I was so dead, was supposed to go to the New Jersey game that night, but had a meeting at 5 went to bed already at 8 and passed out. NYC can be pretty overwhelming when you're not grown up there, at least for me. even tho I lived there for almost 2 years I never really got use to it.

Day 5. 

My last day in the city I had lunch with Mats family at one of Mat’s favorite restaurants, Serafina. Since his mom is part Italiens he loves Italiens food, so we used to go there a lot when we lived in NYC. Its a super casual likable restaurant with classic Italien food. After I did some errands and ofc picked up candy from Mats’ favorite Bon Bon, Swedish candy shop. 1 kg candy, no biggie!. I literally got 2 kg overweight because of the chocolate I bought at Mariebelle and that candy. 

Since Thanksgiving was coming up the next day some of my friends there had organized a Friendsgiving at Edition hotel Times Square my last night. The restaurant in the hotel is named “Terrace” and is a Michelin star restaurant. And I have to say, the food was bomb. I ordered the roasted cauliflower as well as the vegan Bolognese. I am actually celebrating my 3 meat-free weeks and I have to say it’s going pretty well. The meat-free bolognese honestly tasted really good. I asked some of my meat-eating friends to try it out, and they said it tasted bomb too. I really want that recipe.

Day 6.

I woke up, packed my stuff and headed to the airport. Excited to see Mats and celebrate Thanksgiving with one of the families from the Wild and their kiddos. Being meat-free on Thanksgiving can be interesting tho, I hate being that difficult picky person. Let’s see how that goes. Wish me luck!

I hope u all had a great weekend so far and happy late Thanksgiving everyone!

Best, Eline S.

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