I had a headache all morning yesterday, so I took a break from work around 1 pm to walk around a little and get some fresh air. I went through the canal areas and down to the Georgetown harbor. It was all bright sun, blue skies, and business lunches, with the occasional yacht floating by….
Author Archives: Kate
What non-Swedes should know about Sweden – according to ABBA
Since I work at the Embassy of Sweden as a tour guide, I get a lot of questions about what I thought of the country and my experiences living there. I tell them the truth — that I had a great 2.5 years there, had a satisfying job, really amazing friends, and a very comfortable, good…
Lenten sugar cravings
I gave up sugar for Lent again, which is easier than it was last year but STILL NOT FUN in any way. (Just to impress upon you the hardcore nature of this promise, I’m not eating anything with honey or artificial sweeteners in it either, which means no flavored yogurt, no lattes, and no processed…
How do I say this in a way that doesn’t reveal my inner super geek…
A combination adult spelling bee and happy hour is undeniably — and shamefully — really tempting to me. And it’s only $5… a small price for a night out in the city, a large cost to my effort to not be a total nerd all the time.
Nonstop excitement at the Embassy of Sweden
For the last two weeks, it has been nonstop excitement for me at the Embassy of Sweden. Right now, the Kennedy Center is hosting a gigantic festival called Nordic Cool focused on Scandinavian culture: theater, dance, music, visual arts, literature, design, and film from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as the territories of Greenland,…
My life as an entrepreneur
Something I don’t talk a lot about on this blog is what I’m trying to do as an entrepreneur. I think part of why I’m having such a hard time sitting down and writing for this blog is that I haven’t been sure how much of my entrepreneurial journey to share here when I have…
The month of January: gone!
And bang! In the blink of an eye, January was gone. The highlight of my month was definitely my trip to Colorado to see Maura, a long-lost soul sister, who I hadn’t seen in approximately one million years (otherwise known as since New Year’s Day 2011). Maura lives in Denver now, a city that is…
Deer at dusk
After 22 years of living in the suburbs, I was pretty darn convinced that I was a city girl for life. My parents’ new house, way out in rural Maryland, has at least opened me up to the beauty of living in the country. I think I’d still take the people-watching over the bird-watching, but…
The Expat Blog Strikes Again… Interview on Sweden.se
And just when the Expat Blog at Sweden.se thought it was finally free of me… foiled again! I had the opportunity to talk a little about my experiences as a “re-pat” in the United States with Kristin Lund, who took over the reins of the Expat Blog this past fall. You can check…
January 1, 2013
The last month or two have flown by, and as I ate breakfast with Simon yesterday morning, I felt almost panicked that 2013 was less than 24 hours away. Simon laughed at me, of course, and tried to convince me not to be so silly. I don’t think that a year can get more…