Mia – November 13, 2017 A few weeks before my parents retired to their North Carolina bungalow, my mom lugged a box of copper pots into my kitchen. “I got these on our honeymoon,” she said, as I hefted the largest of the three weighty pots. “It’s time to pass them along to you, now…
DetailsLiam – November 6, 2017 The holiday season always comes around too soon, way too fast for me. Just as I’m recovering from the stress of having to buy my wife, Kim, Christmas gifts that aren’t dull and useless or the wrong size, style or shape, it’s time to do it all over again. I’ve…
DetailsElla – October 30, 2017 Recently there has been an outpouring of #metoo stories from women of all generations and backgrounds. An October 5 New York Times investigation detailed sexual harassment allegations against a high-powered Hollywood executive dating back to 1990, and more women, many of them well known in the entertainment industry, began to come…
DetailsMia – October 23, 2017 I’m not very crafty, but my kids love decorating our home for Halloween. So, every year, I come up with a simple project that will amuse Jake, Astrid and Alex and beckon enough trick-or-treaters to the house to ensure I’m not stuck with a pile of leftover candy on November…
DetailsLili – October 16, 2017 “But mom, if all my friends are going to Oktoberfest, why can’t I?” whined Olivia. I resisted the temptation to ask her the age-old “mom” question: If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you do it, too? “It’s not like I’m going to drink or anything, although you do know that…
DetailsIngrid – October 9, 2017 October is National Women’s Small Business Month. How fitting, when you consider that 125 years ago, my great-great-great-grandmother, Olivia Rose (I call her “GiGi” because of all those “greats” connecting her to me), and 11 of her fellow Danish-American women founded The Danish Home. In their time, widespread recognition of women’s…
DetailsLiam – October 2, 2017 I’ve written about the environmentally conscious ingenuity of the Danes before—their world leadership position when it comes to bicycling, their recycling of pee-pee to make tasty brew—and it has yet to grow old. That’s a good thing, too, because that ingenuity keeps happening. Early this past summer, Denmark’s most famous…
DetailsElla – September 25, 2017 I am fascinated by any news of Denmark. It isn’t often that the country of my ancestors makes it into headlines in the U.S. I devoured the news this spring when an overabundance of Pacific oysters on the shores of Denmark created a bit of a stir in China, where people were full…
DetailsIngrid – September 18, 2017 I do not own a car, which is usually an asset for a city dweller like me. I live in an apartment in Lincoln Park with my roommate, Lindsay (also carless), and our 16-pound orange tabby cat, Marzipan. Parking in the city is horrendous, and truth be told, Lindsay and…
DetailsLili – September 11, 2017 My husband, Brad, doesn’t have many gray hairs, but I swear he had a few more after he came back from taking my youngest, Anna, out for some driving practice last week. I knew it hadn’t gone well when I heard the key in the front door followed by a…
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