Author: Puma Swede

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Another week…

It’s been a week of working, working out, and I finished off drinking enough alcohol to put my liver to serious work!

Anyone else doing the Crossfit Open workouts? I did it on Friday, the scaled version, and got to 4 burpees in the 10th round. Felt pretty satisfied with myself until I saw a Finnish girl racing through the workout. She got to something like 3 rounds. She lives in Mexico and competes for Mexico. So fun to get to talk some Finnish to her after. Didn’t get any pics from my open workout, but the last pic pretty much sums up how my Crossfit is going hahahaaaaa…

This week I also took a gong class for the first time. Very cool and it was great doing it on a rooftop while the sun was setting.

I try to get outdoors and have some nature around me on the weekends. There are great parks here, and I love feeding the squirrels! Last weekend handing out nuts šŸ™‚

Shoot, shoot, shoot…

Before Christmas I did a really cool shoot for a Swedish magazine. I was styled in cool outfits and got a black wig. The magazine is called Nuda and this edition is called Ego. The text below is from their website and a link where you can order your copy. You can choose between 8 different covers too. https://nudapaper.com/shop/

“NudaĀ is a theme based publication, investigating a field through visual culture and science. This issue is titledĀ Ego, an exploration ofĀ our psyche, brain, and mind.Ā EgoĀ is on a mission to untangle the mess of the I and find out what we really see when we look in the mirror.”

Some BTS pics from the shoot and a couple of samples from the magazine šŸ™‚ So cool if I may say so myself, and there is some text about my explorations with LSD.

Fixed up my hair too. Needed a bit of highlights and a trim.

Last week I finished the series ‘Banshee’ and ‘The Righteous Gemstones’. Two very different series, but so great!!! ‘Banshee’ is a lot of violence & killing, while ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ is hilarious comedy.

On Friday it was a friend’s 40th birthday celebration with a live band and all. When they throw a party here it seems like they do it properly šŸ™‚

Yesterday it was a dinner party, but I think I drank more than I ate šŸ™‚ But a very fun night, and now I’m chugging coffee and writing to you. Hangovers are for basic bitches šŸ˜‰

Here comes some dogs & cats for you and this guy painting a crosswalk šŸ™‚

Wish you a great new week to come. I booked a stay in a new town close by I want to explore. Tell you about it next week šŸ™‚

XXX Puma

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War

I don’t think anyone has missed that there is war in Europe between Ukraine and Russia. So horrible and I never thought there would be war in Europe during my lifetime. I know there are wars that have been fought far longer in other countries, but this feels so close.

My mom and dad grew up in Finland during WW2. I remember them telling me stories how the bomb alarms went off and they had to run for shelter in basements. They got coupons for food since it was rationed out. My grandma couldn’t afford to feed my mom and her two sisters, so the sisters were put on a train to Sweden. They got a note around their necks with their names, and people in Sweden took them in. My mom was the youngest and stayed in Finland.

I have a Russian friend and her parents live in Russia, but she has relatives in Ukraine. Some of them made it out to other cities where there’s no fighting by car. Someone wanted to take the train the next day, but then the city was surrounded by tanks and they couldn’t leave. So horrible and I can’t even imagine what people are going through at the moment! I don’t know how, but I hope this war comes to an end quickly!

I hope you all are safe!

Puma

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Olympic Gold & San Miguel de Allende

Wohooooo, first of all, big congrats to Finland for the Olympic Gold in hockey on Sunday!!! It’s the first time ever they got gold! I couldn’t watch the game despite VPN’s and all, so I was on WhatsApp with my sister in Sweden. She would comment, film the TV, and show me the action. In the last period when Finland was winning 2-1 against Russia, we were so nervous Russia would score. But no, Finland got the gold!!!! I played Finland’s National Anthem and my sister ran out on the balcony in Sweden waving the Finnish flag hahahaaaa… For those who don’t know, I’m born a Finn šŸ™‚

On Tuesday last week we took the bus from CDMX to San Miguel de Allende. Only like 3,5h away and a very nice and comfortable bus ride.

I found a very nice Airbnb house for a great price. Was greeted by homemade guacamole, chips, and a bottle of wine šŸ™‚ Oh, and not to forget the garden & beautiful views from the rooftop!

Starving we headed out and picked El Manantial for food & drinks. Supercool place and the food was so good! Of course there was Mezcal too and the cocktails were so tasty I had to have 2! We actually went back and ate there the next day too because it was just too amazing to pass up!

Strolled around the super cute town with all the alleys, boutiques, restaurants and churches. And there’s no shortage of rooftop bars/restaurants. Watched the sun go down and the moon appear on a rooftop with some tacos šŸ™‚

Our place had 2 fireplaces. One was in the bedroom and it was perfect to end the first day chilling in front of it.

And how about waking up to this view?

Headed out for breakfast and coffee. One of the more popular breakfast spots in town – Cafe Lavanda. Good spot and a lot of options for coffee!

Toured the city some more after.

Then refill on the coffee intake. Great coffee spot – Ki’bok coffee. Much needed after walking the cobblestoned streets.

I needed an afternoon nap and got some sun upstairs too. So peaceful!

Finished off the night at a rooftop bar. Great to be drinking and have the churches remind you you’re probably overdoing it to their standards hahahaaaa….

Worked a bit the next day. A pleasure when you can do it outdoors and catch some sun while doing it!

No time to waste and more restaurants to try. Ended up at Tostevere. Wow, wow, wow! Small menu, but my soft shell crab wrap and the dessert was some of the best I’ve ever tasted!!!

Then off to a Mezcal bar – San Mezcal. A funny part about SMA is that there are a lot of retired gringos there. I don’t blame them, it’s a perfect place to retire and half of the bar was people aged 70+. I’ve decided that’s how I want to spend my retirement, out eating and drinking cocktails and no fu*ks given if I’m hungover the next day or not hahhaaaa… Great Mezcal drinks!

The next morning we got up early and went for breakfast at the Rosewood Hotel. They’re supposed to have an amazing Sunday buffet, but regular breakfast was good too. And a then a coffee at Zenteno Cafe before heading to the busterminal and back to CDMX.

Almost forgot the picture of this cool cowboy that came riding in the middle of town. He said he lives close by and likes to ride in to town. Yeah, sounds perfect to me šŸ™‚

That sums up last week. My weekend was relaxing and now going to mentally get ready for my crossfit class in a couple of hours šŸ™‚

Adios amigos, Puma

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Work & Goals

I set some goals for 2022 with one of my best friends in Sweden. To make sure we stay on track, we have quarterly goals, and we have a meeting at the end of each month. We’ve been pretty good at sticking with our goals in January. It’s great to have someone to be accountable to. I’ll share a few of my goals. At least 5 min Spanish on Duolingo 5x a week, and practicing a handstand against a wall twice a week. I’m chicken shit scared to kick up against the wall and I know it’s all in my head! Annoying!

Did a mini hotel stay last week too. Tried out the hotel Condesa DF. I liked the hotel it a lot. A bit expensive, but super nice people working there. Pretty good sushi on the rooftop restaurant/bar and my Mezcal Margarita was excellent. Breakfast was included and they had a good variety. Very good location in Condesa if you need a place to stay in CDMX šŸ™‚

Also visited a factory for clothing manufacturing. Planning on some t-shirts and comfy wear šŸ™‚ Hopefully have some samples ready in 1-2 weeks. It is a family owned factory and everything there is produced in Mexico.

I also received samples on some embroidery work I’m having done here. It’s all done by hand by 40 women here in Mexico. Very cool and can’t wait for it to be ready. Just had to redesign them a bit, but their work is of excellent quality.

It was also Tamale Day here in Mexico last week. Yummy! There’s a small taco place around the corner from where we live and they invited us for some tamales. The pink one is a dessert tamale. Looks like a ________ hahahaaaa… Oh, and the pink drink was some specialty too. I just didn’t really understand what it was. Tasted like a warm bubblegum milkshake šŸ™‚

Met so many cute dogs and the cutest cat too. Look at his round face. The girl was walking him in a harness and he was so chill! The puppy is a guy’s from the gym, adorable!!! I waaaaaant…

A couple of ‘work’ pics and a couple from a walk in the park šŸ™‚ Areola and nipple edited off for IG hahaaa… Who ever got offended by a nipple?

Nothing special planned for this week other than work and working out šŸ™‚ And remember –

Kisses, Puma

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SF pics & back to CDMX

Here are some pics from the trip to San Francisco. First day it was so foggy you could barely see the top of the tall buildings.

Outside the Mexican Consulate. I think this was the 2nd day when the visa was approved because I look so happy šŸ™‚

One of my favorite things in SF is all the amazing coffee places! Before I left I marked all the shops I wanted to get coffee from on Google Maps. One of my favorites in flavor and location – Andytown Coffee Roasters. They have this rooftop park with a walkway outside that was awesome!

My absolute favorite is Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters. WOW! So good and brought a couple of bags of coffee beans back with me to Mexico.

Other great coffee spots I visited were Home Coffee Roasters, Radiator Coffee Salon, and Red Rock Coffee Company in Mountain View. I used to live in Mountain View and stayed with a friend there on this visit, so it was great to go back to Red Rock every morning šŸ™‚

There was this great specialty market that had pretty much all of my favorite coffee roasters. I love Verve, Chromatic, Ritual, Equator and Four Barrel. Had to buy a couple of more bags from there too šŸ™‚ I was pretty over-caffeinated by the end of my trip hahahaaaa…

It was so much fun walking around in San Francisco again. I love the colorful Haight – Ashbury area.

I love lobster rolls and ate that twice. One of my favorite foods!

Great to see Patricia again and catch up with her. Patricia is the human.

More random pics from SF. Oh, and I love my Russian style hat that I wore everywhere. SF was sunny but cold!

It felt good to return to Mexico. Needed to get my butt back into gym and it feels so good!

Content has been produced and hopefully made people happy šŸ™‚

Worked on Pussitive…

I have a busy and fun week ahead. A little overnight getaway on Wednesday, crossfitting, shooting and got some clothing samples to hopefully approve for production šŸ™‚ Oh, and a visit to an orthopedic too because one foot has been hurting for a while and not getting better.

Let’s rock, Puma

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LA & SF

Right now I’m sitting at the airport in Guadalajara waiting to connect to Mexico City. The tickets were very expensive when booking them last minute, so had to get one flight with a layover now. One thing that’s always a great experience here in Mexico are the airport lounges. This one is huge and super nice. I love to have a coffee whatever time of day, and at this lounge they even have a Rancilio bean grinder (coffee lovers will know). In Mexico City, before flying to SF, the lounge had a nail salon, cooked meals you could order for free, and even offered shoe polishes.

Very happy I’m almost done with the residency Visa. Took 2 visits to the consulate in San Francisco and on Friday it was finally halfway done. Just have to exchange it to a permanent Visa now in Mexico.

Pics from SF coming soon. Will share a couple though with my favorite Mexican. So great to see Patricia again. We met at a Crossfit gym and it’s been about 4 years since I last saw her. Or since she saw my cleavage hahahaaa…

OK, it’s Monday now. I didn’t manage to finish the blog last night before taking off. I was too busy picking up and eating Oreo cookies and then I got super tired. So happy to be back in Mexico. Just feels like home now šŸ™‚ Got straight into work this morning. Painted my tired face and then shot a bunch of stuff. Ate anything but healthy in SF so it felt good to hit the gym today! My bloated belly bounced pretty good on the floor doing burpees hahaaaa…

And finally some pics from LA. Sandy’s kids are always very creative and surprised me with this tent on my arrival. -“This is your bed” they said proudly! Awesome!

Everyone was having Covid or was having a fear of it and didn’t want to shoot. Instead me and my favorite (I’m writing that in case he reads this lol) photographer Nick hit our secret outdoor location and got creative. Great content and a great day!

Also shot at a location.

Then we took the kids and drove to Big Bear. Can’t believe I lived in LA for years and never went! I loved it and I’m pretty sure I’ll go back there for some hiking some day.

One of my biggest fears is bears! Imagine hiking and all of a sudden a bear would appear. I read and watch so many videos on how to act if you encounter one. I would most likely do just the opposite of what they all say – take off running with a squirt of ‘Nutella’ in my pants! So I saw this building covered in bear paintings and this is the only way I want to experience bears!

That was about it from LA. As always it was great to hang with Sandy and her family. A couple of more random pics before I flew back to Mexico. I always look for new coffee places and found a great one – Ideology Coffee. So good!

Love Snoopy! Relaxes 90% of the time šŸ™‚

2 different selfies, 2 different styles šŸ˜‰

Oh, almost forgot these 2 videos. One of the reasons Nick is my favorite photographer. He got the same humor as me šŸ™‚

https://videopress.com/v/pY4fgzwQ?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
https://videopress.com/v/afY9bHDL?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata

That’s all for now folk and have an amazing week!

XXX Puma

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Happy New Year :)

I’m only 2 weeks late wishing you that. Better late than never as they say right? How were your Holiday’s? Already broken some New Year’s Resolutions? Or did you bust into 2022 guns blazing?

Things here got busy during the Holidays. First of all I cooked my a*s off on Xmas-Eve. Rolled and cooked about 150 meatballs. But everyone loved the meatball sandwiches with the beet salad! And the Colombian empanadas were super tasty, so it was all a success šŸ™‚ I haven’t had a meatball sandwich since Xmas, and I’d lick a toilet seat to get one right now!

The rest of Xmas flew by, and I have to say the Swedish traditions are a bit better. People were ordering pizza to eat on Xmas Day, and I felt I was mostly cleaning up after others. I love having people over and around me, but when they don’t clean up after themselves, I lose it a bit. Well, you live and learn šŸ™‚

I did like visiting the Historic District during the Holidays. They know the meaning of bigger is better over here!

Need inspiration for your next nail design? They have a tent with like 80-100 people doing manicures in there!!! Take your pick…

On New Years we were supposed to go to a party. Everyone going had to get a Covid test. Well, turns out the host himself got his test back on NYE and was positive. Ooops, change of plans. Instead we had some people over at our place. Some food and drinks before 2022 wohoooo! It went so fast and I didn’t even snap one pic. But I shot these that I was supposed to post before NYE hahahaaaa….

Then I took off to LA and was hoping to get an interview date at any consulate in the US for a residency visa here in Mexico. Things are not always as easy I think they are. A lot of consulates have a huge backlog or don’t even have available dates for interviews. Finally I got lucky and now have a date next week in San Francisco. Flew back to Mexico because pretty much everyone in LA was getting Covid or locking themselves inside. Hard to get any shoots done. At least I got to hang with my bestie Sandy and her family. We did a day trip to Big Bear and that was awesome! Pics coming šŸ™‚

Working hard before taking off to SF next week. Lived there for a year before Puerto Rico, so it’s going to be great to go back šŸ™‚ Already planned a dinner with my friend Patricia there, and she just sent me a message that she popped her hip and ended up in ER yesterday. I love that she has the same humor as me! Nurse Puma is coming!

A couple of more left-over pics from 2021. Seeing the meatball sandwich pictures made me hungry and I need to go find some tacos now!

Laters, Puma

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Merry Christmas :)

Christmas Eve is finally here! It feels a bit weird celebrating Xmas and the sun is shining here in Mexico. In Sweden, where I usually spend my holiday’s, it’s pitch black outside by 3pm, cold and maybe some snow on the ground. How and where are you spending your holiday’s?

I’m cooking some beets now. Going to make a Swedish ‘rƶdbetssallad’ which is a beet salad that goes with the meatballs I’m going to make in a bit šŸ™‚ Got my Spanish teacher Eliana coming over from Colombia today too and she’s going to make some Colombian specialties too. Tomorrow it will be more of a gringo celebration. I do think 24th of Dec is the proper day to celebrate! I mean, c’mon, I should know since Santa is from Korvatunturi in Finland and all šŸ™‚

Here’s my Xmas pics and I wish you all the best for the Holiday’s!!!

Ho ho ho, Puma Swede

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LA, sick

Hola! It’s been a while. I spent the last week after getting back from LA sick as a turd! People were sick in LA and I guess it hit me when I got home. First 2 days it was flu symptoms, and then I ate a pizza and added food poisoning to the combo. I spent the night in the bathroom and in the morning I called a doctor over. Mexico is like the equivalent of the movie character MacGyver. You know, the guy who makes a bomb out of a Qtip and a flashlight. Everything is always fixable here. Dr. prescribed some antibiotics and another guy came biking with the meds from a pharmacy 20min later. I’m finally getting and feeling better!!!

But before this week of being sick and going to LA, we celebrated Thanksgiving with some other gringos here in CDMX. Very nice evening, gringos and food! And I love this doggie! I already offered like 5 times to dog sit him šŸ™‚

Day after Thanksgiving I flew to LA to meet up with my sister. Saw this flight crew at LAX and only their eyes were visible behind shields! Yes, I had to run in front of them and check because I was so curious. Do they fly in this too? Or is it only when getting off the plane they put this on?

Had the best time in LA with my sister. We like the same stuff and were busy from morning to night. We stayed at Roosvelt Hotel and one of the nights there was the Hollywood Christmas Parade right outside. The manager of the hotel took us to the roof top and we got an amazing view from there.

We also pre celebrated my sisters birthday with a night out. Dinner and drinks first and then hit a club.

The Grove is one of my fav spots in LA. Used to go there a lot when I lived in LA. Love their Xmas decorations, and the Godiva chocolate cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory is the best!

My sister then flew back to Sweden and I went straight to get my hair done with the best hair dresser in LA, Joan at Style Box! She is amazing and super particular. She takes her time and I’m always so happy with the results. Trying to tame down the blondness a bit now and trying for a tiiiiny bit more natural look now. Baby steps!

Then I spent a couple more days with Sandy and her family. Which feels like and which I consider my family as well šŸ™‚ No stay is complete without some work being done… In my case being a sleaze-ball šŸ˜‰

Good views and nice car on set…

I also try to be helpful around the house when I’m there. Like help with spelling homework. They were supposed to try spell different animals. Well, Puma is an animal, right?

The last day before flying back, there was a crazy fog in LA. Very eerie… Compare it to my selfie in the morning sun just a day before.

At some point before getting sick I also managed some work at home. Love this Pussitive jacket I shot on Ximena and this jumpsuit on Masha šŸ™‚

You think I missed myself? Naaah, love being infront of the camera too much šŸ˜‰

Before I’m off to start this week, I’m just gonna throw some movie/series recommendations for you. Watched a few while being sick šŸ™‚ These are all great and highly recommend them!

Also finished this book “The Elephant Tree” by RD Ronald. It wasn’t a page turner, just pretty good.

OK, need to pull myself together now and put that Xmas tree up! I want some holiday feeling at home now!

I hope you are not sick and out thriving and being fantastic!

XXX Puma

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Another visitor & new adventures…

Masha from Russia, but living in Puerto Rico, made it to Mexico one week ago. With some friends, it feels like you’ve never been apart. I let Masha catch her breath for one day before we headed out for the volcano hike. We were picked up at 7am and headed to the Nevado National ParkĀ where the volcano is located. By the description of the hike, it sounded like a regular hike, maybe just a bit harder because of the altitude. No problema we thought…

Well, after making it about half way, the guide told us the real climb starts now. We were all pretty out of breath, but little did we know what was coming! Helmets on and up we went. The weather changed and it got really chilly and foggy. We where pretty much rock climbing without any kind of safety harnesses. It was a vertical climb at times, and there were patches of snow and ice. We climbed about 15 steps and then bent over breathing and trying to catch our breath. Knowing that if we stepped wrong, lost our grip and fell, we most likely would injure ourself very badly. We climbed to the top in the last pic!

When we made it to the top – WOW. Beautiful views and amazing feeling of accomplishment!

Then walking along the rim…

Marked the top, and look at the path we took down! Basically just loose sand and rocks coming down.

But we made it and it felt pretty good to be back down again! Next time I want to try to walk the whole ridge around the crater of the volcano.

This dog lives up in the mountains and followed us along the whole hike. Probably because we all kept feeding him šŸ™‚ So cute!

Wined & dined some with Masha. The restaurant in the first pic is called PƔramo. Their tacos and cocktails are amazing! First time there and will definitely go back like 50 times, so good!

Then we tried a TemazcalĀ (sweat lodge). Very nice experience and it’s said to “illuminate a pathway into your inner self and begin a rebirth of love in your soul”. It was hosted in this beautiful ecological kind of garden/property.

After picking flowers and plants that attracted us, we listened to the Shaman and drank tea. Then we all entered the sweat lodge and sat in a circle. Hot coals where brought in and the entrance sealed off with a blanket. The Shaman talked and sang and it was translated to us. It got very hot and it was pitch black. We sat in there for about an hour and you felt very refreshed coming out. Some people had seen animals and the Shaman explained the meanings of different animals. I would do this again!

Squeezed in some more food, massages and Mexico City before Masha left yesterday morning…

Still had time to throw in some work between meals and adventure!

It’s always sad when friends and family leave šŸ™ My cure was to book a trip to LA next week and going to see my sister there and hang with wifey for a bit. Just a short trip and might be the last one abroad for this year. I do plan to squeeze in a mini-vacay somewhere in Mexico too before 2021 is done šŸ™‚

And as a reminder, bigger is usually better! Just look at this giant cactus hahahaaaa…

XXX Puma

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