There have been a couple awkward moments I’ve experienced in the last couple weeks

and I'd like to share them here, to see if anybody has a solution for these situations. The first seems to be fairly common: The accidental one-on-one.   In a group social situation, you begin a story, but at the same time most of the group gets distracted by something (maybe someone else has started...

This blog is in no way meant to be a cooking blog.

                                                                                                        My toffee! Mostly because I'm a spastic cook.  But today I cannot resist sharing a link to an insanely simple toffee recipe that produces wonderful results.  Ingredients?  Butter, sugar, a bit of salt.  (Stop cringing, I never claimed it was good for you.  It's toffee.)  I seriously recommend this recipe if a) you...

Most of the expats I’ve met here are “Love Refugees,”

or that's what my boss calls them.  A love refugee is a person from another country who has moved here because of a significant other.  Swedes seem to be quite sneaky in this area – they travel overseas with their liberal notions and symmetrical Nordic features, and they trick their admirers into moving back with...