Transatlantic Sketches
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Blue skies in DC
Posted on 10/05/2013
I had a headache all morning yesterday, so I took a break from work around 1 pm to walk around a little and get some fresh air. I went through the canal areas and down to the Georgetown...
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What non-Swedes should know about Sweden – according...
Posted on 06/05/2013
Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA Since I work at the Embassy of Sweden as a tour guide, I get a lot of questions about what I thought of the country and my experiences living there. I tell them the...
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Lenten sugar cravings
Posted on 25/02/2013
I gave up sugar for Lent again, which is easier than it was last year but STILL NOT FUN in any way. (Just to impress upon you the hardcore nature of this promise, I’m not eating...
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How do I say this in a way that doesn’t reveal my...
Posted on 22/02/2013
A combination adult spelling bee and happy hour is undeniably — and shamefully — really tempting to me. Look at the excitement… the tension… the drama!...
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Nonstop excitement at the Embassy of Sweden
Posted on 20/02/2013
For the last two weeks, it has been nonstop excitement for me at the Embassy of Sweden. Right now, the Kennedy Center is hosting a gigantic festival called Nordic Cool focused on...
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My life as an entrepreneur
Posted on 06/02/2013
Something I don’t talk a lot about on this blog is what I’m trying to do as an entrepreneur. I think part of why I’m having such a hard time sitting down and writing for...
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The month of January: gone!
Posted on 01/02/2013
And bang! In the blink of an eye, January was gone. The highlight of my month was definitely my trip to Colorado to see Maura, a long-lost soul sister, who I hadn’t seen in...
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Deer at dusk
Posted on 07/01/2013
After 22 years of living in the suburbs, I was pretty darn convinced that I was a city girl for life. My parents’ new house, way out in rural Maryland, has at least opened me up to...
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The Expat Blog Strikes Again… Interview on Sweden.se
Posted on 04/01/2013
And just when the Expat Blog at Sweden.se thought it was finally free of me… foiled again! I had the opportunity to talk a little about my experiences as a “re-pat”...
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January 1, 2013
Posted on 01/01/2013
The last month or two have flown by, and as I ate breakfast with Simon yesterday morning, I felt almost panicked that 2013 was less than 24 hours away. Simon laughed at me, of course, and...
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