Archive | September, 2013

Dueling Parenting Styles: Swedish Versus Your Own

This subject is very relevant to me right now and can be a bit controversial depending on how you stand on raising children. Right now, my daughter has by-passed the terrible twos and instead is making true of the terrible threes, which I naively didn’t think would be so terrible. Since she started talking, I […]

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Swedish Toilets – Why They Rule!

Once upon a time, we were designing a green-built home and I blogged on it. I read a few old posts and couldn’t stop laughing at one post where we were adamant about getting Swedish toilets. I think the following story sums up why Swedish toilets are superior to American ones in design (and why […]

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Connect with Swedes at SWEA’s Christmas Market! Volunteers Wanted!

SWEA (The Swedish Women’s Educational Association) is the largest Swedish women’s organization outside of Sweden and its network spans the globe. Every year for the past 30 years, SWEA Toronto holds a large Christmas market in November in downtown Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre. People come from all over Ontario and surrounding areas to take part in […]

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Scandinavian Films Announced at TIFF

Originally posted on the swede life in toronto:
The Toronto International Film Festival 2013 is world-renowned and coming soon (September 5-15th), and I’m excited to announce the line-up of Scandinavian movies that will be showing. Now that the kiddos are going to be in school, get ready to cozy up to fresh popped popcorn and…

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Scandinavian Films Announced at TIFF

The Toronto International Film Festival 2013 is world-renowned and coming soon (September 5-15th), and I’m excited to announce the line-up of Scandinavian movies that will be showing. Now that the kiddos are going to be in school, get ready to cozy up to fresh popped popcorn and some interesting Nordic films. Below is a brief […]

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