Category: Nice things happen in Sweden©
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Happy Thanksgiving!
A colleague in the States wished me a Happy Thanksgiving and then added, “Thanksgiving must be different in Sweden”. And it is. But then again it isn’t. I like to think I am known among my Swedish family for my “turkey dinners”. Though the grandkids love my mother-in-love’s turkey, as they should. The part of […]
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Awin Fashion Day
#AwinFashionSthlm So I didn’t get invited to Stockholm Fashion Week but I did get invited to Awin Fashion Day last week. The audience was bloggers and advertisers. And what a day it was. The event could not have taken place at a nice location. The Fotografiska Museum is on the water in Stockholm and commands fantastic […]
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Thank goodness for the American Women’s Club Stockholm
Because there is nothing like sisterhood when you live in a foreign country And this holds true whether you are a new arrival to Stockholm or have lived here 40 years. And the sisterhood feels especially nice when you’ve been away for 4 years and are welcomed back into the fold with (literally) open arms. […]
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Internations Turns 10 – Stockholm Party
OFFICIAL EVENT Stockholm Celebrates — InterNations Turns 10! Sat 07 Oct 2017 18:00 Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel Albatross Member Free Basic Member SEK80 Not signed up for event SEK100
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Still in love with Tjejmilen
TJEJMILEN The 34th edition of Tjejmilen took place on Gärdet and Djurgården in Stockholm on Saturday 2 September. 30,000 participants ran or walked Tjejmilen, Sweden’s largest sports event for women. I participated in the Fun Run in 2013, 2015 and again this year. Two sisters came in from the US to participate. One is a […]
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Visiting cousins from the US
Nice things happen to me in Sweden. Family in town, yay! We have fun with these cousins. Met some of the younger ones too. Nice. Add the sun, a view, excellent service and what’s left? Seafood, of course. And lots of fun. Nice things happen to me in Sweden.
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I learned in 2 days what I hadn’t after 12 years. Lagom.
As the Swedish proverb goes, ‘Lagom är bäst’ (The right amount is best). I went to Lola’s book mingle on Thursday, unwittingly with one of the contributors I connected to the author and met so many interesting people supporting the book launch. I got my hands on a hard copy of the book [I have […]
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