Pfft.
At the moment, because I'm living on my own for a short while longer, and because a number of my development buddies at work also do it, I go to Nordstan for lunch. There's a few places to choose from, but one frequent place is Warehouse. They do a good "Red Hot Chilli Burger" there. This is actually false advertising because this is Sweden and most Swedes don't "do hot", but it's tasty and, besides which, I'm digressing.
Four of us went in there this lunchtime and sat at a table. The waitress came up and asked if we were eating from the buffet (all you can eat for a fixed price, blah blah). "No," we said, "we're ordering off the menu".
"Ah," she said, "we don't have a menu any more, just the buffet for a while longer, because we're closing down."
We sat there in collective gobsmackisation (for wont of a word that actually exists). One of our frequent haunts - which is pretty packed just about every lunchtime - is closing down! The waitress explained that the landlords - Nordstan I guess - have increased the rent by 140%, so I guess they wanted to get shut of them.
A sad moment in my gastronomic life. Now we're going to have to find another place to keep the number of options at a decent level. Or start making my own food.... nah.
What else has happened since I made an entry? Well, we get the keys to our new house on April 30th, but we might not actually move in straight away. Instead we'll get some of the decorating done, seeing as I have this flat for one month's crossover. Then it will be nice and new when we move in. It could mean that Linda lives here at the flat for that month too, if all goes well and she has sold her apartment by then, but that's no biggie.
Linda had her birthday party too - not too many people because space was short, but it was great fun and lovely to see friends and family - on both sides - again.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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