Days are getting longer and warmer. Bring blankets, pillows, flowers and a cuppa something out to your terrace or garden and feel the energy level rise. I’ve decided to use my winter fabrics and pillows one more time before they get stowed away until winter comes again. Text, photos & ideas: Ann-Kristin Øvreeide, March 2013
Safety in numbers
04/03/2013 by 3 Comments
There’s safety in numbers. Any springbok or impala running from its predator will tell you that. Humans feel the same way. But it’s not just when we feel threatened that we like the company of others. In general, we are social creatures who enjoy interaction; with family and friends in particular. If they’re not around, we’ll […]
Lëtz Create – Sonja Soyer
01/03/2013 by 2 Comments
Each month, Miranda van den Heuvel talks to creative people in Luxembourg and says “look, Luxembourg is creative! Here’s how and where!” First off is artist Sonja Soyer. 1. What is creativity? Coming up with original ideas in problem solving or during the art creation process. That can be in sciences, mathematics, composing, painting, any […]
Moms getting together
28/02/2013 by 2 Comments
Being a mom is a real blessing and probably the best thing in the world. But however rewarding, it can sometimes be quite challenging too, like during those periods of your life when most of your time is spent with baby talk, pee and poop concerns or even little cave man negotiations. Add this to […]
Spray it your way!
26/02/2013 by Leave a Comment
A quick DIY for your guest bathroom if you want to glam it up before your guests arrive. Choose your colour or mood – I went for a bronze look this time (I did say glam!). This is what you need: Soap and hand cream from your local supermarket, spray (I got it at AVA), and the […]
Rhubarb Rhumba
24/02/2013 by Leave a Comment
We are starting to see rhubarb in the supermarkets, rhubarb tarts lining the patisserie shelves, which for me means spring is on the way. This beautiful, brightly coloured vegetable is in season, well the ‘forced’ variety. Until the early 19th century rhubarb was only grown outdoors and harvested from late spring through until early autumn. […]
Babel Bubbles
21/02/2013 by 2 Comments
When you move to a new country, learning the local language should be a must – at least it’s a very good idea – as a sign of respect, humility and willingness to adapt, but also to make it easier for yourself to get to know people and how things work. I know all this, […]
Lady Sings the Jazz
19/02/2013 by 3 Comments
Brasserie Neumünster is filling up with jazz lovers. Some read the paper and have a coffee or an early beer while they wait. Before long, people are standing in the back and by the door, or sitting down wherever they can fit. They’re a mixed crowd. The youngest listener is lying on a table waving […]
The Ten Commandments of Authentic Beauty, Part III
18/02/2013 by 2 Comments
For the third and last installment of my series on the Ten Commandments of Authentic Beauty, we will look at those paint palettes that almost every woman has stocked up in her bathroom like a modern day Leonardo da Vinci. If you have been following Commandments 1 through 7 from my previous posts, cosmetics should […]
Bilingual babies
16/02/2013 by 4 Comments
Are you worried that your little one has too many languages to cope with? A recent study on bilingualism in babies might reassure you. Many of us have been asked questions about grammatical rules in our own language to which our immediate answer has been: “I don’t really know, it’s just the way it is…”
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