Copenhappy

Time for a poll
True or false: “Denmark is a place where stoic locals wear sensible shoes and snack on herring sandwiches.”
Forget the 7-inch heels that push the pedals. Forget the sushi craze and the anything-but-stoic debauchery on Kongens Nytorv on Saturday night. Apparently, the statement is TRUE – and one of the reasons behind Denmark being the [...]

Social networking woes

Today, for the first time ever, I took stock of all the social networking sites I belong to. It’s probably not as long as some, but it scared me anyway:

Facebook - Lets you network with friends (esp. through common institutions), share photos, post comments on each other’s pages, list everything personal about yourself
MySpace - I’m not a [...]

Viking Frappuccinos

I’ve just read that Starbucks is coming to Copenhagen. And as much as I love boutique shops and dread the Wal-Mart takeover…I’ve gotta say, I’m thrilled.
One of the tricky things about always being just off the boat is that it often takes quite some effort to find the familiar in a world of foreign stuff. But [...]

Old drunks

Time for a rant. Because every time I get on public transportation, I end up next to a 1) alcoholic, 2) deranged person, or 3) someone who just polished off an entire package of smoked salmon and topped it off with a few garlic cloves. But really, it’s the drunks that are starting to annoy [...]

Back in the saddle

The guy who got me into blogging in the first place, walked me through every step of WordPress page management, and saw me bounce in my swively office chair as my number of visitors  rose — he just took me off his blogroll. It’s sad, really. And quite common I’m sure. Just like writing in [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]