1/10/2011

Children's park

Yesterday we went to Children's park next to India gate.
Leya enjoyed it a lot!

1/08/2011

Fabric market

Leya just loved these soft satin fabrics.

Blankets

I've bought some soft blankets for the café.
I can imagine our guests sitting there with a large cup of tea wrapped in a warm blanket.

Swedish waffles

My mother-in-law have sent us a waffle iron and we will serve Swedish waffles in Leya's Café with jam and whipped cream.

Carl's 1931 Ford pickup

My father just bought this old car from California.

1/06/2011

Alex and Frida

Alex and Frida came from Sweden last Sunday.
They are here to meet with the taylor about their spring and autumn collection of sweet dresses and tunics.My mother-in-law had sent some Lohmander's original Bearnaise sauce with the girls.
This is the best sauce in the world!And we had also wished for some Swedish candy.

Rag rugs

Found some cute, soft rag rugs. It will make the café more homey.

1/05/2011

Wooden furniture to the café

Our wooden furniture are almost ready.
I've decided to have two rocking chairs to see if our guests like smooth rocking as much as I do.
Imagine the furniture with an antique finish in cobalt blue.

1/01/2011

Disaster!

The Indian government has sent a notice to more than 600 hotels that they are prohibited to do any renovations for 20 days.
This means we can't work on the café.
This is insane! Why?

New Years Eve

We ate dinner at Sam's restaurant, but there were so many drunk youngsters so we gave up after a while and ate our blueberry cake on the hotel roof top instead.

12/30/2010

Dogs

Three dogs sleeping close together to keep warm.

Shopping breaks

Resting a few minutes with some hot tea and good company.It's been raining here for a few days now and the air is headache heavy.
A fresh pressed orange juice gave us some extra energy.

Shopping for the café

Our patchwork guest book.Papier maché and mirror coasters.Beautiful and a bit different lanterns for the tables.

12/29/2010

Our bathroom and Cottage Ganga In

There is a leak in the house so they started to demolish our bathroom today.We are travelling light as always. Not!
We left all our blankets for laundry since we are staying at the hotel, we cooperate with, for a few days.Heaven! A soft bed, big enough for at least five persons.
At home we sleep on mattresses on the floor so this is luxury for us.

12/28/2010

The opening of the café

The opening is postponed. I'm not surprised, but very disappointed.
I want the grand opening to be well organized and a big event with lots of guests, so what to do.

12/27/2010

Vintage sari covers

Today I left the second hand sofa cushions to Master ji, so he can make new covers in beautiful vintage sari fabric.

Birthday party

Birthday party for a 1 year old.Sajeev, our nail mat supplier, baby Denzil and Sajeev's wife.Cute Denzil and I.

Sofas

Finally bought some vintage sofas for a bargain.The sofas were delivered today and they placed them in the café that is so dusty that you hardly can see them.
Why put them there? Of course we moved them as soon as we got there.

Christmas buffé

The Christmas Day we spent at this restaurant at Connaught Place.Fantastic food!The best of all was that we didn't have to pay for the buffé.
We were in chock, it was like in a movie, but we think Leya charmed the owner when she said he looked like a prince.