Like other fashion insiders, I never pay full retail price. Thankfully it’s a perk of my job, but it is also on principle: most clothing today is not worth its price. 30 years ago, a Sony Walkman was $100 and today an iPhone is about $300 – completely justifiable, in my opinion. But how did […]
The Great Race of Mercy
18/04/2013 by Leave a Comment
In the winter of 1925, a diphtheria epidemic threatened the Arctic village of Nome, Alaska, a crisis too terrible to imagine. An outbreak could kill most of the region’s population of 10.000. They needed antitoxin and the dog sled race from Nenana to Nome that brought medicine became the founding of Iditarod. In January 1925, […]
Awareness: An important sexually transmitted infection
15/04/2013 by 4 Comments
So here is the clue (or CLEW): It is an important sexually transmitted infection with three initials, the first being H and the last V… I would guess that most of you would have said HIV, but then you would be wrong. I’m thinking of HPV, which stands for Human Papilloma Virus. HPV is the […]
Luxembourgish Schools Support Group
11/04/2013 by Leave a Comment
Wherever you live, whether it is in your own country or abroad, choosing a school for your child is a big decision. But in Luxembourg, when you are faced with the fact that your child will not only be learning in one language but three, it can seem like snorkelling through a bog backwards. How […]
Find your place
10/04/2013 by 1 Comment
A quick DIY for your next dinner party: I got this idea from a friend who went on a wine trip to Burgundy. So easy to do; just cut the wine cork in two and make a little cut on top to place the name tags. Text and photos: Ann-Kristin Øvreeide, April 2013
Out to get you
04/04/2013 by Leave a Comment
Moving. It’s one of the more stressful situations in one’s life. Plenty of preparation goes into organizing, selling, and throwing out some of the past. Simultaneously, you’re searching, restructuring and planning for the future. It’s downsizing on one side; upgrading on the other. That all occurs before the move takes place. The actual relocation has […]
Easter by the Med II
29/03/2013 by Leave a Comment
The Holy Week – Semana Santa – is reason good enough to go to Spain for Easter and be transported by ancient rituals, religious history, elaborate Easter processions with costumes, floats and statues in every city and village, solemnity and joy. Curiosity: The Ku Klux Klan like costumes with pointed hoods covering the face represent […]
Eggcellent!
22/03/2013 by Leave a Comment
Dye your Easter eggs with natural colours. Use what you have in your kitchen – either in your fridge or in your drawer. It’s not very complicated, but it takes a bit of time. For these eggs I used red onion skin, blueberry, spinach, lemon and beetroot. You can also try out: Onion skin, turmeric, saffron, yellow […]
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