Last night Husband and I attended a wonderfully fun bash at one of the beach clubs along northern Scheveningen beach. The multi-talented Jo Parfitt and her equally multi-talented partner in crime (and life) Ian were celebrating a joint milestone birthday. I’m told it was something along the lines of their 30th birthdays. (Work with […]
Posts Tagged ‘celebrate’
What a Marvelous Night for a Moondance
Posted in Expat Life, Family & Friends, Life Balance, Netherlands, Writing, tagged beach, Carrie Sanderson, celebrate, friends, Jo Parfitt, moondance, Niamh Ni Bhroin, North Sea, party, Resevoir Dogs, sunset, trust, wordgeyser, Writers' Group on June 5, 2011 | 19 Comments »
Combining the Old and New into the Now
Posted in Change, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Expat Life, Family & Friends, Food and Drink, Life Balance, tagged celebrate, change, combining old and new, holidays on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One thing you learn early on as an expat is that in order to celebrate the holidays, you have to recognize what rituals and traditions are absolutely essential. Yesterday an article I wrote on this very topic was published at http://www.iamexpat.nl. Certainly non-expats who move away from family and friends have to deal with similar issues. It’s just that as an […]
Party Wisdom (or is that Wisdom Party??)
Posted in Change, Expat Life, Family & Friends, Holidays, Life Balance, Light Bulb Moments, tagged acceptance, celebrate, change, family, party, wisdom on December 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been a bit busy and fell behind on the Reverb10 challenge. Rather than beat myself up over this, I’m going to hit two in one post. They don’t have much in common, so this might be interesting. Prompt 9* was from a personal favorite of mine, Shauna Reid (love both of herblogs What’s New Pussycat […]