Ingrid – July 24, 2017 This has been such an exciting year at The Danish Home, celebrating our 125th anniversary with four major events! As a descendant of Olivia Rose, one of The Danish Home’s founders, I have been involved in planning them, along with so many other volunteers. (Read about our great volunteer base…
DetailsLiam – July 17, 2017 I enjoy light beer. Cheap beer. The kind of beer my beer snob friends who prefer stuff that, to me, is more like drinking soggy bread than a refreshing beverage will call swill. They’ll call it pee beer, but they won’t say pee, they’ll say the word that means the…
DetailsLili – July 10, 2017 There are some days when I feel just as Danish as my two-times great-grandmother, Margrethe Olsen, one of the founders of The Danish Home. Other days, not so much. The truth is, she moved to the U.S. from Denmark as a teenager. Me, I visited Copenhagen for five days as…
DetailsElla – July 3, 2017 As I’m learning more about my culture and heritage, I continue to be struck by the many connections and similarities between Chicago and Denmark and the strong bond between the countries that goes beyond just our ancestors. On the 4th of July, my family will put out our American flag, stake…
DetailsIngrid – June 26, 2017 “Lindsay, you missed a winning celebration,” I told my roommate after I got home from The Danish Home’s Tivoli Gardens and Casino Night on June 24. It was about 10:30 p.m. when I got in, much later than I’d planned, but the summer afternoon and evening were so perfectly beautiful,…
DetailsMia – June 19, 2017 The lazy days of summer may be upon us, but I’ve been busy, busy, busy getting ready for my annual St. John’s Eve party. Never heard of it? It’s the Danish version of Midsummer, which Nordic countries joyfully celebrate during the summer solstice. No surprise that nearly uninterrupted daylight and…
DetailsLiam – June 12, 2017 This past Mother’s Day was the first my mom had with her daughter-in-law. My mom always wanted girls but ended up with just me and my brother, so having my wife, Kim, officially in the family was a pretty big deal for Mom. It was strange that Mom was grateful…
DetailsElla – June 5, 2017 June is abloom with activity – in my own garden and at The Danish Home, too! When I began planning my spring planting and considering whether the roses I like are suited to the Midwestern Zone 5 climate that swings from freezing to humid, I wondered what my ancestors would…
DetailsLili – May 30, 2017 I can’t believe summer is just around the corner! How time flies, or “tiden flyver,” as they say in the homeland. Yesterday, it was Memorial Day, and before you know it, it will be the Fourth of July. But this year, there’s something very special in between: The Tivoli Gardens…
DetailsIngrid – May 22, 2017 As I mentioned in my post on March 21, my roommate, Lindsay, has a “Farfar” (grandfather) at The Danish Home. Since discovering “GiGi” (my nickname for my great-great-great-grandmother, Olivia Rose, who was one of the founders of The Danish Home), I am often in conversation with Lindsay about her Farfar’s…
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