Expat dictionary, word of the month: Expat wife. A woman who follows her husband abroad, often for his job, while her new job is caretaker and taxi driver. She takes care of the kids, the home / showroom, herself (as in shopping, body treatments and tennis) and the social network (as in voluntary work, lunches […]
Having a baby in Luxembourg part 2
17/06/2013 by Leave a Comment
So the bump is getting bigger, and you have found yourself a gynaecologist who, hopefully, you are getting along well with (see Having a baby in Luxembourg part 1). Time to start preparing yourself for childbirth. There are plenty of good general books to read, my personal favourite being “The Rough Guide to Pregnancy and […]
The 10 Commandments of Authentic Beauty Part II
25/01/2013 by 4 Comments
A quick summary of the first three Commandments of Authentic Beauty, as revealed to me by numerous professional pretty people: find your beauty alter-ego, and no product on the market can replace healthy eating and a healthy attitude. This time we’ll look at how the bombshells got the glow by giving the boot to 75€ […]
The Expat Limbo
13/01/2013 by 3 Comments
From the Expat Dictionary: expat limbo. A condition of being between a rock and a hard place in which you might find yourself after a certain time as an expat. Your home country being the rock, your new country the hard place or vice versa. Somebody once said to us: “If you want to go […]
The Ten Commandments of Authentic Beauty
01/01/2013 by 2 Comments
Often when people find out that I have worked in the film, music and fashion industries for over 24 years, they promptly ask me what their favorite celebrities look like in person. Everyone wants the scoop on that surrealistic parallel world where perfection is seemingly the norm.
Expat life and second chances
01/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. – Harrison Ford. The famous second chance. Normally, we all deserve at least one, but I would say several of them. That is of course because we all need them, very few of us are superhuman. And we need […]
White Christmas – Blue January
01/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
We had the best Christmas in our little French corner of the world, somewhere by the usually calm and gentle but this time somewhat capricious Med! There was even something fairytalish about the dark sea on the first night of a brand new year. So much so that I actually believe there must have been a fairy present, working her magic, casting her spell, turning me into – Eeyore. You know, Pooh’s gloomy companion.
CLEW 