Danes and the F-word

On my family’s second night in Copenhagen, we went to the (great) Laundromat Cafe in Østerbro. And on the way there, we walked by a very trendy-alternative looking hair salon. This was the tagline they chose to slap up on their storefront:
“F**king great hairdressers.”
The other day, in a very serious business meeting about a company’s [...]

Chagall, Nice, and nasty security guards

If you choose to work in a museum, you really should take pleasure in watching a family of 5 -  two parents with a 26 year old daughter and 7 and 9 year old sons – thoroughly enjoying the art that’s responsible for your livelihood.
But not if you work in France. Here, “35 Heures” (35 hours) [...]

Amy Winehouse in Copenhagen

Before seeing Amy Winehouse at Zulu Rocks in Copenhagen, I only knew that she sings “Rehab” – and that she has a stunning voice. When the curtain went up, I expected to see something quite different. I couldn’t imagine that the bearer of that voice could be so frighteningly wasting away. Physically, she was hardly there. She [...]