A quick glimpse of my home in Oslo: the Living Room. Couch and Audrey Hepburn Allllll social science texts. A touch of Wisconsin farmland. Huge fiction selection too… and my favorite: the woodstove. Woodstove in action a couple weeks ago.
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Oslo at Home (take 1)
Posted in Home, Norway on 23 October 2010 | 2 Comments »
How did this happen? Part 2
Posted in Home, Sights, Travel, USA on 10 September 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Then we drove to Connecticut for a relaxing vacation… …Followed by a brief visit to New York… And then…
How did this happen? Part 1
Posted in Adventures, Home, Neighborhood, Norway, Travel, USA on 28 August 2010 | Leave a Comment »
About 4 weeks ago Wouter and I packed up my car, sold or donated everything that wouldn’t fit, and started driving east from Wisconsin… Goodbye Home!
IKEA has such power over me
Posted in Home, Shopping, tagged bookcase, books, bookshelf, cds, color, dvds, IKEA, living room, livingroom, makeover, spectrum, storage on 24 May 2010 | 2 Comments »
IKEA has such power over me! I am helpless in the face of that lovely blue and yellow giant! This power, combined with a quick lunch of Swedish meatballs, an understanding boyfriend, his understanding parents’ station wagon… you have just the right ingredients for a little livingroom makeover. It wasn’t a completely gratuitous makeover: the [...]
Taste of Wisconsin: Mac ‘n Cheese
Posted in Cultural Differences, Dining, Home, tagged cheese, cooking, dairy, eats, food, homemade, mac 'n cheese, macaroni, macaroni and cheese, pasta, Wisconsin on 22 May 2010 | 2 Comments »
I live a healthier life-style here in the Netherlands, hands down. I eat smaller portions. I eat out less. I go grocery shopping everyday and eat fresher meats, fruits, vegetables. I cycle more. But that doesn’t mean that sometimes… every once in a while… now and then… I don’t have a deep-seated urge for something [...]
