Ingrid – June 17, 2019 I am so excited for Summerfest this year, which is coming up this Saturday at The Danish Home! The theme is “A Little Country in the City,” which is just so clever, because it has a double meaning of a country-western theme in the city of Chicago and the “little…
DetailsMia – June 11, 2019 For the past couple of years, my nine-year-old daughter Astrid has taken ballet lessons. I wasn’t too surprised by her request to begin dancing, as we’d been attending performances of “The Nutcracker” every year since she was three and had amassed a collection of ballet picture books and glitzy tutus…
DetailsElla – June 3, 2019 It is June, and that can mean only one thing: wedding season has begun! But before I go any further, let me say that today is WorldBicycleDay, and the Danes are famous for this mode of transportation. Just check out the photo above of an old-fashioned Danish wedding for evidence that this…
DetailsMia – May 28, 2019 Like 19.3 million other Americans, my husband and I tuned into the final episode of “Game of Thrones” earlier this month. We taped it, of course, because nothing about GOT is suitable for children as young as our Jake, Astrid and Alex, but that just made it seem more like…
DetailsIngrid – May 20, 2019 I ordered a Danish flag online, which arrived in the mail this past weekend. I was so excited to hang it over our balcony railing on the 9th floor of our apartment in Lincoln Park for all to see. Lindsay and I sat outside drinking Carlsbergs, watching to see who…
DetailsLiam – May 13, 2019 If my mother had her druthers, we’d have lunch together every day. Maybe it’s my charming company she so enjoys. Maybe it’s that she’s among the 33 percent of moms with adult kids who would like those kids to call them every day, according to a 2016 CBS News poll.…
DetailsElla – May 6, 2019 This past Saturday, The Danish Home held a wonderful Mother’s Day brunch for residents and their families. The food was fabulous, and the weather couldn’t have been more perfect – a welcome diversion from all the rain we’ve been having lately! The Danish Home’s bulb garden in full bloom (see…
DetailsMia – April 29, 2019 Every so often, I’ll read or see something that makes me yearn for Denmark. That sounds funny, even to me, since I’ve only been to that magical kingdom twice—once when I was a college student studying in Europe and again when John and I spent an enchanted week in Skagen…
DetailsIngrid – April 22, 2019 Here’s hoping you all had a wonderful Easter! The weather in Chicago was so beautiful, I made it a point to be outside nearly all weekend. The daffodils in our balcony planter are in full bloom, and the trees are wearing the fuzz that will soon become leaves and blossoms.…
DetailsLili – April 15, 2019 Today is tax day, which has me a bit stressed, as I admit I’m one to wait until the last minute to file our taxes. Every year, I tell myself that I’m not going to put it off, but alas, each year I do. Yesterday, as snow (!) was blowing…
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