It feels a bit strange being back here after almost three years! I started the Red Pants and a Mustache blog back in September 2011 in Stockholm. I blogged about cafés in Stockholm for about thr...
I am a big fan of the bakery Fabrique. While there are some 12 Fabrique bakeries around Stockholm, I have been buying bread at their shop on Götgatan for quite some time. The bakery on Götgatan...
https://redpantsandamustache.wordpress.com/2014/12/20/fabrique-a-welcome-addition-to-gamla-stan/
It had been a while since I last was here! I guess I have been lazy. There has been a worrying trend recently in Stockholm with the big coffee chains opening new shops every where in town. Even t...
https://redpantsandamustache.wordpress.com/2014/12/20/cafe-lazy-house-heaven-in-gamla-stan/
I met R in the Balkans in 2006. At first we were colleagues but we quickly became friends. And – until today I had not thought about this – since then our lives have followed a very similar p...
Nothing with my friend AP is simple! And that’s ok because she is Serbian (although also a Swedish citizen since a couple of months ago) and all the little complications with her remind me of m...
After my somewhat disappointing experience with the first café this Sunday morning, I headed towards Barista on Götgatan in Södermalm. Barista Fair Trade Coffee was created in 2006. Today, the...
Recently I realized that I had no reason really to rush home at night after work. As a result, I decided to walk the most pleasant routes back home, not necessarily the fastest one. This is how I...
https://redpantsandamustache.wordpress.com/2014/03/02/cosy-cafe-another-good-option-in-the-old-town/
Stockholm is an interesting city. Like most cities in the world, it has a number of different neighbourhoods, each with its own character. I had been told not long after I moved here that most pe...
Some people like to have a clear division between their private life and their professional life. I can easily imagine jobs for which I would have no interest in socializing with my co-workers. L...
https://redpantsandamustache.wordpress.com/2014/01/19/stories-cultural-coffee/
There are days when this blog does exactly what it was created for: get me out of my flat early on Saturday mornings. When there is no snow in Stockholm in December (like this year), days are usu...
https://redpantsandamustache.wordpress.com/2013/12/28/sturekatten-where-tourists-mix-with-locals/