Month: June 2015
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Boston
We’re currently in Boston for the first time. As I’m scheduling this before we leave, I have nothing real to write about the place yet other than I’m hoping we […]
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Back to Switcher-land
Once again, we are changing planes today in Switzerland….. wait, I’m sorry Switcher-land, as my 8-yr old insists it’s called. We changed planes here a couple of years ago and […]
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More language mistakes
Why do Swedes have to make the word “to hear” (höra) and “whore” (hora) so similar? This is really bad when I’m writing about something that happened. “You should hear […]
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Oh thank goodness…. summer is saved!
I like the use of the word “fruit-related heist.” I’m going to work that into my conversations more often.
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More DISASTER Strawberry news….
It seems I missed this story in The Local over the weekend. When I say Swedes take their strawberries seriously, I really mean it. And no, it’s not a joke. […]
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Midsommar and EVIL Midsommar
This past weekend, we celebrated Midsommar here in Sweden. It’s a celebration of the longest day (though that’s actually yesterday, I believe), where Swedes dance around a Maypole like frogs…. […]
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Maybe not the best gift for dad?
Apparently, today is Father’s Day in the U.S. This ad showed up while I was browsing things to do in Houston. Do you think your father might be a bit […]
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Summer Camp
In Sweden, most kids through Grade 3 have the opportunity for a free-time club through the schools during the summer. After Grade 3, you’re on your own once school is […]
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Riddle: What do all Swedes do when it rains?
Answer: They go to Ikea of course! (ok, not really a riddle… more of a question…. and pretty lame, I know.) We made our bi-annual, required by Swedish law, trip […]
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A distaster of Swedish proportions
This headline is in The Local Sweden online news today. Once again, if this is the biggest disaster Sweden faces, I’m glad to live in this country.
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Call me Donald
I asked my son what I thought would be a fun question the other day: “If I were a cartoon character, who would I be?” His answer, with no hesitation, […]
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My life as a lab rat
I’m starting to easily understand the old story of Alexander Fleming leaving an experiment over a long weekend and discovering penicillin from the mold when he came back. Apparently in […]
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30 Days of Cauliflower Recipes
Amazon just recommended a book for me called “30 Days of Cauliflower Recipes.” Not sure if this is a cookbook or a fictional story about month-long starvation and torture. Photo: […]
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Indoor Play Centers – A 2-hour Lord of the Flies Experience
This past weekend, my child was invited to a birthday party at an indoor play center. These centers are great, especially in places like Sweden where we don’t always have […]
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BlueBell off the shelves. Texas mourns.
As anyone living in Texas or the southern U.S. knows, BlueBell ice cream is one of the best things to come out of Texas. Most Texans eat nothing else. Recently, […]
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I’ll pay for that beef jerky with my Google App if you don’t mind, Bertha.
So Google is introducing a new payment app where you simply tell the cashier you’d like to pay with your Google App and that’s it. No taking out a credit […]