Month: April 2019

  • Meet Magneto! Or… not.

    I saw this ad today for an event coming up in Stockholm. I thought “oh! I can meet Ian McKellen!” But no. I read it wrong. I feel like this […]

  • Go ahead, have a good cry!

    Next time someone seems very sad or is crying, be sure to check that they don’t have bees living in their eyes!

  • Terrible parent thoughts

    While looking through party snack themes, I stumbled upon a few sites with tips for throwing a Peppa Pig party. My kids are too old for Peppa Pig, but I […]

  • Too friendly?

    For the first time ever, I read about an expat to Sweden who thinks Swedes are “too friendly!” In our local paper’s letter section, a person identifying themselves as having […]

  • Picnic Bog

    All these years, all these grocery ads and I still have no idea what “picnic bog” is, I just think it sounds really gross.

  • Podcast #19 Russia, New Zealand and Easter witches

    On today’s podcast about expats in Sweden, we discuss Easter witches, the Påskmust conspiracy and Russian dumplings.   Just type in ”Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow” […]