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gothemscantinaycas
- Mar 31
- 4 min
Getting by with a little help from our friends
2017 Part II In early June we finally received the Molino, now our production costs for the corn tortillas would reduce dramatically...
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gothemscantinaycas
- Mar 11
- 4 min
Life after baby - The children of the corn
We closed Bad Wolf just before Christmas, completing our first season in Visby. Our first Christmas with Einar was pretty special, and I...
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gothemscantinaycas
- Feb 25
- 5 min
The Crying Game - Labor and Deliverance
When I was in Surface Warfare Officer School (SWOS) in 2000 I had gotten a kidney stone, it was the worst most nagging pain of my life...
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gothemscantinaycas
- Feb 10
- 4 min
It's summer in the city - baby's on it's way
It was a slow start to the summer of 2016. With the extra employees we hired earlier in the year we felt confident going into the summer,...
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gothemscantinaycas
- Jan 25
- 5 min
Howling at the Moon-The Bad Wolf rises
We celebrated our first Christmas in Sweden up in the Cantina with a Swedish Julbord (Christmas Table), watching Lord of the Rings and...
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gothemscantinaycas
- Dec 17, 2021
- 5 min
Ultima Thule - The Darkness is coming...but there is hope
As the fall quickly approached and the tourists dwindled we had more time to discuss our business position; from our experience in the...
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gothemscantinaycas
- Dec 3, 2021
- 1 min
Holiday Yeast Rolls
Nothing says Thanksgiving or Christmas like soft fluffy yeast rolls with cinnamon honey butter. I've served these every year for the past...
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gothemscantinaycas
- Dec 3, 2021
- 6 min
The First Summer - If you build it they will come...sobbing in the field of dreams
Much like the week after our grand opening, the whole month of June was much slower than hoped, in fact as perhaps the only restaurant...
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gothemscantinaycas
- Nov 19, 2021
- 7 min
Part 8 - The Cantina is open!
The day of our grand opening was finally here, Tuesday May 5th 2015. It had been a little less than one year from the first time Erik and...
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gothemscantinaycas
- Nov 13, 2021
- 7 min
Part 7 - The bachelorette party and final preps
In Sweden bachelor (Svensexa) and bachelorette (Möhippa) parties have only recently grown in popularity, but in the US they are a...
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gothemscantinaycas
- Nov 8, 2021
- 6 min
Part 6 - Departing for Sweden
It was still a rather cold February that year and it was snowing when we arrived at Arlanda. It had been a hectic two months getting...
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gothemscantinaycas
- Oct 30, 2021
- 5 min
Part 5 - Planning the move
Now it is early December 2014 and Erik and I are frantically planning our move. To put this in a bit of perspective from the time of...
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gothemscantinaycas
- Oct 20, 2021
- 4 min
Part 4 - The viewing of Gothems Fiket
So, finally the day had arrived. We drove out to Gothem on that chilly November morning to view the property. We met with our realtor and...
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gothemscantinaycas
- Oct 13, 2021
- 8 min
A tale of Bohemian croissants
It's time to make croissants!
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gothemscantinaycas
- Oct 6, 2021
- 3 min
Part 3 - The visit to Gothem
After just a few weeks of planning our restaurant concept and working out the estimated budget including rennovations, sales, etc...we...
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gothemscantinaycas
- Sep 29, 2021
- 3 min
Part 2 - The planning begins
To back track a little bit and answer the most asked question, Why Gotland? Erik and I first came to Gotland on vacation in 2014 (1 year...
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gothemscantinaycas
- Sep 23, 2021
- 2 min
Part 1-You wanna do what?
The beginning, our journey to Gotland, Sweden and starting our first restaurant.
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