Need a Danish license?

“EU/EEA nationals can use their driving licence in Denmark, while other nationals must convert their driving licence if they establish permanent residence in Denmark.” Ok, so how do I convert my American license? No info. Anywhere.
Since there seems to be no place on the Web to get this information, I’m going to share the full [...]

Russian mail order brides

To be perfectly honest, I didn’t want a blog. I wanted www.anastasya.com. But I didn’t get it, because a Russian mail order bride site beat me to it. So now I can never be one of the “lovely, sincere, traditional and unspoiled Russian women” at that particular URL. Dammit.

Efficient what??

Oh, the cultural differences! I’ve had lots to write about since I arrived. One of my favorite Danish topics is EFFICIENCY. Everything in Denmark is so wildly efficient, it really makes me feel like I’ve been living in a third-world country (the U.S., that is).
Today, my beautiful new blonde dentist told me that I need to [...]

Dumb blonde

Q: What’s the first thing a man asks his woman when she goes from blonde to brunette?
A: “So…how much smarter are you now?”
Turns out I’ve been a dumb blonde for 2 years without knowing it. Thank you, www.Zenso.dk hair, for so poignantly making me realize my mistake.
I’m happy to be on the smarter side of “Blondes might [...]

If I can recommend one book right now…

I don’t know how to seduce people into reading a book that I think everyone needs to read, but I’m going to try.
It’s been a long time since an author has grabbed me this way, and I’m afraid if I exclaim too many times you won’t believe me. Christian Jungersøn’s The Exception brilliantly weaves psychology, [...]

Shower room etiquette

One time at my Washington DC gym, just a few Republican blocks from the 1600 Pennsylvania (that’s the White House), I whipped out my cell phone to check if the date of the day had called, and got rudely interrupted with a “What the hell are you doing?” I just stood there, one shoe off, blinking. “Put [...]

Probably the most unfortunate tagline ever.

I bet almost every foreign blogger visiting or living in Copenhagen has written about this Carlsberg blooper. But that won’t stop me from supporting this anti-probability cause. I just wrote an article at work about kicking the adverb addiction, and I plan to stand by my conviction. Don’t say you’re very this, or quite that, or [...]

Banana bread

An American classic. It should really be “As American as banana bread”…but then I’m not sure how that scene from American Pie would have turned out, let alone the movie title. It’s best with nuts and dried cherried, but no nuts and some raisins will do. Here’s an easy recipe, adapted from http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/001465banana_bread.php. I like [...]

Self-loving/loathing

I was just listening to the fantastic www.pandora.com and heard James Blunt sing, in that sexy-woeful voice of his, ”I guess it’s time I run far, far away; find comfort in pain, /All pleasure’s the same: it just keeps me from trouble./ Hides my true shape, like Dorian Gray…”
…and I remembered how great that Oscar Wilde novel was. It’s [...]

Off the boat.

I’ve been getting “off-the-boat”, so to speak, for about 16 years now. A (happily) perpertual foreigner. Just when I get to shore, I end back on the dock again, heading towards new lands. It’s been good fun. Moscow > Boston > France > Washington > London > Copenhagen. I’d say at most, I’ve assimilated 80% [...]