My brother-in-law recently said that if one was to know me through my blog only, my life would seem idle and leisurely, with lots of sitting in cafés and days spent doing mostly nothing. I admit that might be true; I am not one of those people who can turn the most ordinary, everyday life into witty and funny stories, so I tend to skip most of the everyday life stuff, like sitting in classes and working.
Even though this post only reinforces the aforementioned false image of my life (although I'm sure most readers understand a blog rarely portrays the blogger's life realistically), allow me to show some photos from a visit to a café two weeks ago. This café is near my home in Helsinki, but somehow I had never visited it before, only peeked in the windows when the café was closed (it's not open in the evenings). Now that I know how cosy it is, I will visit it more often!
But I really wanted to tell you how I happened to visit the café. Sometime in July, a girl I used to work with some years back, Hanna (hei!), left a comment on my blog. She had found her way here by reading my comment about shoe shops in another blog, which led her to believe (correctly) that the person behind the alias had worked in the same store with her. Wow! Another good thing that's happened to me because of the blogosphere - actually I ran into her a couple of weeks after she left the comment, as we lived near each other in Helsinki, and we then agreed to meet for a cup of coffee (so I could fondle her Nikon). Hanna suggested this little café, and it was really lovely to catch up with her; I'm looking forward to our next meeting...
Um, after looking at the previous few posts in my blog, I understand what my brother-in-law meant! I don't even have time for cafés that often nowadays, I swear... I just seem to document every single visit here.
5 comments:
Hehehe, how funny, I think that your cafe photos are very nice, but I know that it can look misleading on a blog, naturally you work all the time, it is a blogger personality to optionaly create more work in the form of a blog!
Oi ihanan näköinen kahvila, missä se on? Haluaa tuonne...
-A
Ooh, herkullisen näköinen kahvila, mitkä värit. Minkäniminen ja missä?
Luulen, että tuo on vähän sama juttu kaikkien blogien kohdalla. Tuskin kovin monen elämä on tismalleen sellaista kuin blogi antaisi ymmärtää. Minusta on ihan hyvä että voi itse valita mitä kertoo.
Moikka! Oli tosiaan kiva jutella pidempään, otetaan ehdottomasti uusiksi, kun olet taas Helsingissä! :) Ja kyllä, blogimaailma on joskus ihmeellinen, muttei aina todellinen...
A ja Maikki, kahvila Taikalamppu Torkkelinmäen kupeessa (Torkkelinkatu 21). Suosittelen!
Hanna, kun vaan ehdin sinne töiltä vähän pidemmäksi aikaa, ilmoittelen!
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