It was about as fat a Tuesday as I could handle. I'm too old for Mardi Gras or Carnival, it seems, but not too old for Sweden's version of the holiday: one simply stuffs oneself with semlor, sweet buns filled with almond paste and rich cream. Which we did with A., the assistant director and C., the fashion photographer at their apartment last night. It's the one place that feels as much like home as home.
Now it's time for forty days of dourness and denial.
The Swedish word for the day is fastan. It means Lent.
- by Francis S.
Wednesday, March 05, 2003
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