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The power of asking “Why not?”

by Lola AkinmadeLatest NewsPosted on January 26, 2020December 17, 2020Comments are Disabled

In a world that forces us to be one-dimensional, asking “why not” can help us reflect, understand each other better when doors are metaphorically closed to us…

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  • Excited to share the first dates of my BITTER HONEY book tour in the UK & Sweden 💙🧡 To come join us at one of these author talk stops, please book your spots here - https://linktr.ee/lolaakinmade (LINK IN PROFILE) MAY 19 - London - In conversation with @onyiwrites and @_shaniakilah at @morocco_bound_bookshop MAY 20 - London - In conversation with @abidare_author at @wearebardbooks JUNE 2 - Uppsala - In conversation with @degmodaar at @bookshop_se JUNE 3 - Gothenburg - In conversation at @bookshop_se JUNE 4 - Stockholm - In conversation with @ryanhaile.se at @bookshop_se Hope to see you there! #book #booktour #authorlife #authorsoflinkedin #sweden #london #bitterhoneybook #bitterhoney #lolaakinmade
  • Happy Mother’s Day to my gorgeous mommy @chiefofchief 💖 Thank you for always being there, your incredible words of wisdom, your inner beauty, your Ibadanisms (a constant source of metaphors and proverbs 😅), your support, your unconditional love, and for being my biggest champion. Celebrating you today and everyday ❤️ #motherdaughterbond #mothersday #motherhood #mother
  • A massive thank you to everyone who has reached out regarding @theafroswede being on the wall of the Gothenburg Museum of Art / @hasselbladfoundation and part of its inaugural Fotosalongen 2025 🙏🏾🩵💛 I explain why this is so deeply moving on many levels. Thank you Queen @rukiamazera1 of @swahilistreetfood for being a part of this project 🙏🏾🩵💛 #visualstorytelling #photography #Fotosalongen2025 #LolaAkinmade  #HasselbladFoundation #gothenburgmuseumofart #sweden #afroswede #africa #photography #integration #sweden #hasselblad #hasselbladheroine
  • Hope your week is going well. Hopping on live to: - Remind my dear readers in Sweden to pre-order from independent bookstore @bookshop_se! Support local businesses 💙🧡 - Chat briefly about the one “character” that’s unsettling early readers who also love the book! I love this duality 🥰 - Note that you pre-order in the UK and Europe, tag or DM me and @bitterhoneybook with proof so we can enter you into the extra contest which ends on May 25. Contest for the US/North America and Nigeria opening over the summer. Thank you again!! Thrilling times ahead 💙🧡
  • I almost miss my ride. The droning of the engine reaches me across lapping waters. I catch myself. Semaphore direction up. Skärgården. The archipelago. Destination. Grinda. Owner Jan greets me at the wraparound veranda of Grinda Wärdshus, a margarine-yellow art-deco villa once summer residence of Henrik Santesson, the Nobel Committee's first director, who bought Grinda in 1906. From our perch, a lush expanse of the island, a nature reserve now owned by the City of Stockholm, comes into view. Time stills. Monochromatic photos of the Santesson family grace dimly lit spaces and the walnut-brown interior facade of the inn, preserving history. “My Swiss parents fell in love with the archipelago,” he shares. “So I grew up on a boat.” Decades spent working in tourism before settling here in 1994, Jan saw Grinda’s potential as Stockholm’s retreat. Eight year-round residents swell to 60 during summer to cater to guests camping along its northern shore or renting cabins in Södra Grinda. Over skagenröra (shrimp salad toast), a summer staple with red onions, lemon, dill and bleak roe, Jan’s partner and co-owner Annika Hanson swings by to say hello. Their two sons Hugo and Axel are also in the family business on the food and beverage side. Locals make the 90-minute scenic ferry ride from town simply to dine at Grinda’s award-winning kitchen on charred tuna cabbage salad with yuzu- lime dressing, fiskgryta (fish stew), and sea buckthorn cheesecake washed down with its 1906 house lager. Afterwards, I stroll around Grinda’s pintsized harbour with Jan and his two shiny black labradors. He throws a twig into calm waters. They dart, splash, and winner Sante races back to Jan with twig in mouth, panting. It’s pure idyll. We soak it up now. The crowds are coming soon to relax. —————————— Behind the scenes. Check out my feature on Stockholm in the May/June 2025 issue of Conde Nast Traveller. #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
  • Only two weeks to publication! 💙🧡 We’ve got events in London (May) and Sweden (June) lined up. Link to pre-order in PROFILE
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  • ”My city is an overtly sensory one. It can be defined in the steady drones of ferries cutting the dark waters of the Baltic Sea, and the plinking of bicycle bells warning it’s time to step aside. In summer there’s swimming in skin-tinglingly cool lakes and bays (swimsuit optional), tearing off sourdough and dipping it into saffron-fragrant seafood stews, slurping juices from blush-pink langoustines and singing folk songs off-key at backyard kräftskivor parties...” Excited to share my @condenasttraveller feature on Stockholm and summer around the archipelago in the May/June 2025 issue. Sharing contributor space with actress @jennifercoolidge wasn’t on my bingo card. She is the epitome of making a major comeback later in life and I fully receive this message. Special thanks to @ntobyskinner for the assignment, Richard Jordan for the fab edits, and @jennyzarins for the lovely photos. Be sure to pick up the May/June 2025 issue - https://www.cntraveller.com/subscribe #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
  • Happy Easter. He is risen 🙏🏾❤️ I remember taking this photo on a stormy evening in Latvia’s oldest town, Ludza. Every year, it serves as a reminder of the price that was paid for the grace I enjoy today 🙏🏾 #easter #jesus #heisrisenindeed #grace #christian
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I almost miss my ride. The droning of the engine reaches me across lapping waters. I catch myself. Semaphore direction up. Skärgården. The archipelago. Destination. Grinda. Owner Jan greets me at the wraparound veranda of Grinda Wärdshus, a margarine-yellow art-deco villa once summer residence of Henrik Santesson, the Nobel Committee's first director, who bought Grinda in 1906. From our perch, a lush expanse of the island, a nature reserve now owned by the City of Stockholm, comes into view. Time stills. Monochromatic photos of the Santesson family grace dimly lit spaces and the walnut-brown interior facade of the inn, preserving history. “My Swiss parents fell in love with the archipelago,” he shares. “So I grew up on a boat.” Decades spent working in tourism before settling here in 1994, Jan saw Grinda’s potential as Stockholm’s retreat. Eight year-round residents swell to 60 during summer to cater to guests camping along its northern shore or renting cabins in Södra Grinda. Over skagenröra (shrimp salad toast), a summer staple with red onions, lemon, dill and bleak roe, Jan’s partner and co-owner Annika Hanson swings by to say hello. Their two sons Hugo and Axel are also in the family business on the food and beverage side. Locals make the 90-minute scenic ferry ride from town simply to dine at Grinda’s award-winning kitchen on charred tuna cabbage salad with yuzu- lime dressing, fiskgryta (fish stew), and sea buckthorn cheesecake washed down with its 1906 house lager. Afterwards, I stroll around Grinda’s pintsized harbour with Jan and his two shiny black labradors. He throws a twig into calm waters. They dart, splash, and winner Sante races back to Jan with twig in mouth, panting. It’s pure idyll. We soak it up now. The crowds are coming soon to relax. —————————— Behind the scenes. Check out my feature on Stockholm in the May/June 2025 issue of Conde Nast Traveller. #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
I almost miss my ride. The droning of the engine reaches me across lapping waters. I catch myself. Semaphore direction up. Skärgården. The archipelago. Destination. Grinda. Owner Jan greets me at the wraparound veranda of Grinda Wärdshus, a margarine-yellow art-deco villa once summer residence of Henrik Santesson, the Nobel Committee's first director, who bought Grinda in 1906. From our perch, a lush expanse of the island, a nature reserve now owned by the City of Stockholm, comes into view. Time stills. Monochromatic photos of the Santesson family grace dimly lit spaces and the walnut-brown interior facade of the inn, preserving history. “My Swiss parents fell in love with the archipelago,” he shares. “So I grew up on a boat.” Decades spent working in tourism before settling here in 1994, Jan saw Grinda’s potential as Stockholm’s retreat. Eight year-round residents swell to 60 during summer to cater to guests camping along its northern shore or renting cabins in Södra Grinda. Over skagenröra (shrimp salad toast), a summer staple with red onions, lemon, dill and bleak roe, Jan’s partner and co-owner Annika Hanson swings by to say hello. Their two sons Hugo and Axel are also in the family business on the food and beverage side. Locals make the 90-minute scenic ferry ride from town simply to dine at Grinda’s award-winning kitchen on charred tuna cabbage salad with yuzu- lime dressing, fiskgryta (fish stew), and sea buckthorn cheesecake washed down with its 1906 house lager. Afterwards, I stroll around Grinda’s pintsized harbour with Jan and his two shiny black labradors. He throws a twig into calm waters. They dart, splash, and winner Sante races back to Jan with twig in mouth, panting. It’s pure idyll. We soak it up now. The crowds are coming soon to relax. —————————— Behind the scenes. Check out my feature on Stockholm in the May/June 2025 issue of Conde Nast Traveller. #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
I almost miss my ride. The droning of the engine reaches me across lapping waters. I catch myself. Semaphore direction up. Skärgården. The archipelago. Destination. Grinda. Owner Jan greets me at the wraparound veranda of Grinda Wärdshus, a margarine-yellow art-deco villa once summer residence of Henrik Santesson, the Nobel Committee's first director, who bought Grinda in 1906. From our perch, a lush expanse of the island, a nature reserve now owned by the City of Stockholm, comes into view. Time stills. Monochromatic photos of the Santesson family grace dimly lit spaces and the walnut-brown interior facade of the inn, preserving history. “My Swiss parents fell in love with the archipelago,” he shares. “So I grew up on a boat.” Decades spent working in tourism before settling here in 1994, Jan saw Grinda’s potential as Stockholm’s retreat. Eight year-round residents swell to 60 during summer to cater to guests camping along its northern shore or renting cabins in Södra Grinda. Over skagenröra (shrimp salad toast), a summer staple with red onions, lemon, dill and bleak roe, Jan’s partner and co-owner Annika Hanson swings by to say hello. Their two sons Hugo and Axel are also in the family business on the food and beverage side. Locals make the 90-minute scenic ferry ride from town simply to dine at Grinda’s award-winning kitchen on charred tuna cabbage salad with yuzu- lime dressing, fiskgryta (fish stew), and sea buckthorn cheesecake washed down with its 1906 house lager. Afterwards, I stroll around Grinda’s pintsized harbour with Jan and his two shiny black labradors. He throws a twig into calm waters. They dart, splash, and winner Sante races back to Jan with twig in mouth, panting. It’s pure idyll. We soak it up now. The crowds are coming soon to relax. —————————— Behind the scenes. Check out my feature on Stockholm in the May/June 2025 issue of Conde Nast Traveller. #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
I almost miss my ride. The droning of the engine reaches me across lapping waters. I catch myself. Semaphore direction up. Skärgården. The archipelago. Destination. Grinda. Owner Jan greets me at the wraparound veranda of Grinda Wärdshus, a margarine-yellow art-deco villa once summer residence of Henrik Santesson, the Nobel Committee's first director, who bought Grinda in 1906. From our perch, a lush expanse of the island, a nature reserve now owned by the City of Stockholm, comes into view. Time stills. Monochromatic photos of the Santesson family grace dimly lit spaces and the walnut-brown interior facade of the inn, preserving history. “My Swiss parents fell in love with the archipelago,” he shares. “So I grew up on a boat.” Decades spent working in tourism before settling here in 1994, Jan saw Grinda’s potential as Stockholm’s retreat. Eight year-round residents swell to 60 during summer to cater to guests camping along its northern shore or renting cabins in Södra Grinda. Over skagenröra (shrimp salad toast), a summer staple with red onions, lemon, dill and bleak roe, Jan’s partner and co-owner Annika Hanson swings by to say hello. Their two sons Hugo and Axel are also in the family business on the food and beverage side. Locals make the 90-minute scenic ferry ride from town simply to dine at Grinda’s award-winning kitchen on charred tuna cabbage salad with yuzu- lime dressing, fiskgryta (fish stew), and sea buckthorn cheesecake washed down with its 1906 house lager. Afterwards, I stroll around Grinda’s pintsized harbour with Jan and his two shiny black labradors. He throws a twig into calm waters. They dart, splash, and winner Sante races back to Jan with twig in mouth, panting. It’s pure idyll. We soak it up now. The crowds are coming soon to relax. —————————— Behind the scenes. Check out my feature on Stockholm in the May/June 2025 issue of Conde Nast Traveller. #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
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I almost miss my ride. The droning of the engine reaches me across lapping waters. I catch myself. Semaphore direction up. Skärgården. The archipelago. Destination. Grinda. Owner Jan greets me at the wraparound veranda of Grinda Wärdshus, a margarine-yellow art-deco villa once summer residence of Henrik Santesson, the Nobel Committee's first director, who bought Grinda in 1906. From our perch, a lush expanse of the island, a nature reserve now owned by the City of Stockholm, comes into view. Time stills. Monochromatic photos of the Santesson family grace dimly lit spaces and the walnut-brown interior facade of the inn, preserving history. “My Swiss parents fell in love with the archipelago,” he shares. “So I grew up on a boat.” Decades spent working in tourism before settling here in 1994, Jan saw Grinda’s potential as Stockholm’s retreat. Eight year-round residents swell to 60 during summer to cater to guests camping along its northern shore or renting cabins in Södra Grinda. Over skagenröra (shrimp salad toast), a summer staple with red onions, lemon, dill and bleak roe, Jan’s partner and co-owner Annika Hanson swings by to say hello. Their two sons Hugo and Axel are also in the family business on the food and beverage side. Locals make the 90-minute scenic ferry ride from town simply to dine at Grinda’s award-winning kitchen on charred tuna cabbage salad with yuzu- lime dressing, fiskgryta (fish stew), and sea buckthorn cheesecake washed down with its 1906 house lager. Afterwards, I stroll around Grinda’s pintsized harbour with Jan and his two shiny black labradors. He throws a twig into calm waters. They dart, splash, and winner Sante races back to Jan with twig in mouth, panting. It’s pure idyll. We soak it up now. The crowds are coming soon to relax. —————————— Behind the scenes. Check out my feature on Stockholm in the May/June 2025 issue of Conde Nast Traveller. #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
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“I love being able to open up our windows, plan great evening parties, and extend our warmth into the street,” Peruvian-Swedish restaurateur Erika Goytizolo says of spending her summers in Stockholm. I’m sampling her Swedish Grebbestad oysters topped with a celadon-green Peruvian Chalaca whipped foam of cucumber, lime, and jalapeño. Maybe a touch of vanity keeps me frequenting Erika’s down-to-earth Östermalm fusion spot @canta_lola, a personal favourite and my namesake. Considering one-in-three Swedish residents have a foreign born parent, the city’s culinary scene reflects this. “I’m seeing more diversity and risk-taking,” Erika shares as I try cured rainbow trout and Chalaquita salsa made with orange Aji Amarillo pepper, fennel, miso, and coriander oil. Guests trickle in, in full view of her open plan kitchen. A patron stops by Erika for a peck on each cheek. “We need passionate independent entrepreneurs. Food definitely tastes better when it’s created in the hands of people with dreams, passion, and flavour,” she smiles. —————————— Behind the scenes. Check out my feature on Stockholm in the May/June 2025 issue of Conde Nast Traveller. #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
“I love being able to open up our windows, plan great evening parties, and extend our warmth into the street,” Peruvian-Swedish restaurateur Erika Goytizolo says of spending her summers in Stockholm. I’m sampling her Swedish Grebbestad oysters topped with a celadon-green Peruvian Chalaca whipped foam of cucumber, lime, and jalapeño. Maybe a touch of vanity keeps me frequenting Erika’s down-to-earth Östermalm fusion spot @canta_lola, a personal favourite and my namesake. Considering one-in-three Swedish residents have a foreign born parent, the city’s culinary scene reflects this. “I’m seeing more diversity and risk-taking,” Erika shares as I try cured rainbow trout and Chalaquita salsa made with orange Aji Amarillo pepper, fennel, miso, and coriander oil. Guests trickle in, in full view of her open plan kitchen. A patron stops by Erika for a peck on each cheek. “We need passionate independent entrepreneurs. Food definitely tastes better when it’s created in the hands of people with dreams, passion, and flavour,” she smiles. —————————— Behind the scenes. Check out my feature on Stockholm in the May/June 2025 issue of Conde Nast Traveller. #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
“I love being able to open up our windows, plan great evening parties, and extend our warmth into the street,” Peruvian-Swedish restaurateur Erika Goytizolo says of spending her summers in Stockholm. I’m sampling her Swedish Grebbestad oysters topped with a celadon-green Peruvian Chalaca whipped foam of cucumber, lime, and jalapeño. Maybe a touch of vanity keeps me frequenting Erika’s down-to-earth Östermalm fusion spot @canta_lola, a personal favourite and my namesake. Considering one-in-three Swedish residents have a foreign born parent, the city’s culinary scene reflects this. “I’m seeing more diversity and risk-taking,” Erika shares as I try cured rainbow trout and Chalaquita salsa made with orange Aji Amarillo pepper, fennel, miso, and coriander oil. Guests trickle in, in full view of her open plan kitchen. A patron stops by Erika for a peck on each cheek. “We need passionate independent entrepreneurs. Food definitely tastes better when it’s created in the hands of people with dreams, passion, and flavour,” she smiles. —————————— Behind the scenes. Check out my feature on Stockholm in the May/June 2025 issue of Conde Nast Traveller. #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
“I love being able to open up our windows, plan great evening parties, and extend our warmth into the street,” Peruvian-Swedish restaurateur Erika Goytizolo says of spending her summers in Stockholm. I’m sampling her Swedish Grebbestad oysters topped with a celadon-green Peruvian Chalaca whipped foam of cucumber, lime, and jalapeño. Maybe a touch of vanity keeps me frequenting Erika’s down-to-earth Östermalm fusion spot @canta_lola, a personal favourite and my namesake. Considering one-in-three Swedish residents have a foreign born parent, the city’s culinary scene reflects this. “I’m seeing more diversity and risk-taking,” Erika shares as I try cured rainbow trout and Chalaquita salsa made with orange Aji Amarillo pepper, fennel, miso, and coriander oil. Guests trickle in, in full view of her open plan kitchen. A patron stops by Erika for a peck on each cheek. “We need passionate independent entrepreneurs. Food definitely tastes better when it’s created in the hands of people with dreams, passion, and flavour,” she smiles. —————————— Behind the scenes. Check out my feature on Stockholm in the May/June 2025 issue of Conde Nast Traveller. #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
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“I love being able to open up our windows, plan great evening parties, and extend our warmth into the street,” Peruvian-Swedish restaurateur Erika Goytizolo says of spending her summers in Stockholm. I’m sampling her Swedish Grebbestad oysters topped with a celadon-green Peruvian Chalaca whipped foam of cucumber, lime, and jalapeño. Maybe a touch of vanity keeps me frequenting Erika’s down-to-earth Östermalm fusion spot @canta_lola, a personal favourite and my namesake. Considering one-in-three Swedish residents have a foreign born parent, the city’s culinary scene reflects this. “I’m seeing more diversity and risk-taking,” Erika shares as I try cured rainbow trout and Chalaquita salsa made with orange Aji Amarillo pepper, fennel, miso, and coriander oil. Guests trickle in, in full view of her open plan kitchen. A patron stops by Erika for a peck on each cheek. “We need passionate independent entrepreneurs. Food definitely tastes better when it’s created in the hands of people with dreams, passion, and flavour,” she smiles. —————————— Behind the scenes. Check out my feature on Stockholm in the May/June 2025 issue of Conde Nast Traveller. #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
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”My city is an overtly sensory one. It can be defined in the steady drones of ferries cutting the dark waters of the Baltic Sea, and the plinking of bicycle bells warning it’s time to step aside. In summer there’s swimming in skin-tinglingly cool lakes and bays (swimsuit optional), tearing off sourdough and dipping it into saffron-fragrant seafood stews, slurping juices from blush-pink langoustines and singing folk songs off-key at backyard kräftskivor parties...” Excited to share my @condenasttraveller feature on Stockholm and summer around the archipelago in the May/June 2025 issue. Sharing contributor space with actress @jennifercoolidge wasn’t on my bingo card. She is the epitome of making a major comeback later in life and I fully receive this message. Special thanks to @ntobyskinner for the assignment, Richard Jordan for the fab edits, and @jennyzarins for the lovely photos. Be sure to pick up the May/June 2025 issue - https://www.cntraveller.com/subscribe #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
”My city is an overtly sensory one. It can be defined in the steady drones of ferries cutting the dark waters of the Baltic Sea, and the plinking of bicycle bells warning it’s time to step aside. In summer there’s swimming in skin-tinglingly cool lakes and bays (swimsuit optional), tearing off sourdough and dipping it into saffron-fragrant seafood stews, slurping juices from blush-pink langoustines and singing folk songs off-key at backyard kräftskivor parties...” Excited to share my @condenasttraveller feature on Stockholm and summer around the archipelago in the May/June 2025 issue. Sharing contributor space with actress @jennifercoolidge wasn’t on my bingo card. She is the epitome of making a major comeback later in life and I fully receive this message. Special thanks to @ntobyskinner for the assignment, Richard Jordan for the fab edits, and @jennyzarins for the lovely photos. Be sure to pick up the May/June 2025 issue - https://www.cntraveller.com/subscribe #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
”My city is an overtly sensory one. It can be defined in the steady drones of ferries cutting the dark waters of the Baltic Sea, and the plinking of bicycle bells warning it’s time to step aside. In summer there’s swimming in skin-tinglingly cool lakes and bays (swimsuit optional), tearing off sourdough and dipping it into saffron-fragrant seafood stews, slurping juices from blush-pink langoustines and singing folk songs off-key at backyard kräftskivor parties...” Excited to share my @condenasttraveller feature on Stockholm and summer around the archipelago in the May/June 2025 issue. Sharing contributor space with actress @jennifercoolidge wasn’t on my bingo card. She is the epitome of making a major comeback later in life and I fully receive this message. Special thanks to @ntobyskinner for the assignment, Richard Jordan for the fab edits, and @jennyzarins for the lovely photos. Be sure to pick up the May/June 2025 issue - https://www.cntraveller.com/subscribe #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
”My city is an overtly sensory one. It can be defined in the steady drones of ferries cutting the dark waters of the Baltic Sea, and the plinking of bicycle bells warning it’s time to step aside. In summer there’s swimming in skin-tinglingly cool lakes and bays (swimsuit optional), tearing off sourdough and dipping it into saffron-fragrant seafood stews, slurping juices from blush-pink langoustines and singing folk songs off-key at backyard kräftskivor parties...” Excited to share my @condenasttraveller feature on Stockholm and summer around the archipelago in the May/June 2025 issue. Sharing contributor space with actress @jennifercoolidge wasn’t on my bingo card. She is the epitome of making a major comeback later in life and I fully receive this message. Special thanks to @ntobyskinner for the assignment, Richard Jordan for the fab edits, and @jennyzarins for the lovely photos. Be sure to pick up the May/June 2025 issue - https://www.cntraveller.com/subscribe #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
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”My city is an overtly sensory one. It can be defined in the steady drones of ferries cutting the dark waters of the Baltic Sea, and the plinking of bicycle bells warning it’s time to step aside. In summer there’s swimming in skin-tinglingly cool lakes and bays (swimsuit optional), tearing off sourdough and dipping it into saffron-fragrant seafood stews, slurping juices from blush-pink langoustines and singing folk songs off-key at backyard kräftskivor parties...” Excited to share my @condenasttraveller feature on Stockholm and summer around the archipelago in the May/June 2025 issue. Sharing contributor space with actress @jennifercoolidge wasn’t on my bingo card. She is the epitome of making a major comeback later in life and I fully receive this message. Special thanks to @ntobyskinner for the assignment, Richard Jordan for the fab edits, and @jennyzarins for the lovely photos. Be sure to pick up the May/June 2025 issue - https://www.cntraveller.com/subscribe #stockholm #visitstockholm #archipelago #travelwriting #sweden #womenintravel #travel
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Happy Easter. He is risen 🙏🏾❤️ I remember taking this photo on a stormy evening in Latvia’s oldest town, Ludza. Every year, it serves as a reminder of the price that was paid for the grace I enjoy today 🙏🏾 #easter #jesus #heisrisenindeed #grace #christian
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Happy Easter. He is risen 🙏🏾❤️ I remember taking this photo on a stormy evening in Latvia’s oldest town, Ludza. Every year, it serves as a reminder of the price that was paid for the grace I enjoy today 🙏🏾 #easter #jesus #heisrisenindeed #grace #christian
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