More summer from the CLEW photographers… Photos by Anje Kirsch and Unni Holtedahl, summer 2014. ©2014 Anje Kirsch and Unni Holtedahl
Lëtz Create – Gabriela Pinaud
29/07/2014 by Leave a Comment
Each month, Miranda van den Heuvel talks to creative people in Luxembourg and says “look, Luxembourg is creative! Here’s how and where!” The July talk is with Gabriela Pinaud, creative director of her own studio offering various creative services. 1. What is CREATIVITY? Creativity to me is the art of finding alternative solutions to everyday situations – […]
Summer salads
25/07/2014 by Leave a Comment
Delicious summer salads for you, all serve 4 people. Why not give them all a go! Summer crunch 200g pack small button mushrooms, finely sliced juice 1 lemon 200g green beans trimmed handful of soft green herbs such as basil, chervil, parsley, tarragon 100g cherry tomatoes, quartered 3 tbsp olive oil 75g parmesan shaved into […]
Luxembourgers abroad: Claude Petit
21/07/2014 by Leave a Comment
CLEW talks to Luxembourgers abroad. Meet Claude Petit, a boat builder in Thailand. 1. When did you move away from Luxembourg, whereto and why? I moved a bit over 6 years ago, to Thailand. It just happened, I never planned it – I am that kind of person who is open to what life throws at me. […]
Summer carousel
17/07/2014 by Leave a Comment
Taking a photographic ride on the summer carousel: HAPPY SUMMER! Photos by Unni Holtedahl, 2014. © 2014 Unni Holtedahl
Baby Sensory
14/07/2014 by Leave a Comment
Have you heard of Baby Sensory classes? This award-winning parental programme, founded in the UK in 2003 and designed especially for babies between 0 and 13 months, has recently come to Luxembourg. The programme offers a wide range of activities for development and fun in the first year of life, which is an important time for […]
Our tech-crazed kids
12/07/2014 by Leave a Comment
Dan Franch looks at the benefits – and bogus benefits – of our children’s screen addiction: It’s tough these days raising kids. All they want to do is sit in front of a screen and play video games. Mouths agape, they are like drooling (“Not on the keyboard!”) zombies; eyes fixated on their computer, tablet, […]
DIY: Bedroom facelift
11/07/2014 by Leave a Comment
Is your bedroom bland and simple and in need of a face lift? Here are two quick and easy DIY’s: 1) Buy a piece of fabric (I bought one at Ikea that looks like old, weathered plank) and simply nail it to the wall with small, black nails. 2) Another easy way to zest up for example the guestroom is to […]
Passage to Persia
07/07/2014 by 1 Comment
CLEW reviews books with an expat touch: Passage to Persia, written by Margaret A. Frame. For CLEW by Summertime Publishing. Dr. Kibbe traveled to Persia – in what is now known as Iran – as a young single woman in the 1920s. Through her many letters to her family, the reader gets a glimpse of a time […]
Expat and the City (let’s leave out the S)
03/07/2014 by 2 Comments
When the partially homesick desperate expat wife goes to certain big cities, she might suddenly and surprisingly find herself longing for a new expat experience. In New York for example, she gets all confused, wanting to be Carrie Bradshaw (or at least have her job) instead of Susan, or – God forbid – Charlotte instead […]
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