Stuck in a Rut?

After following my Saturday morning routine (this time I got the yellow and pink calla lillies), I couldn't stop thinking about the club sandwich at the Danish cafe. Am I stuck in a rut if I had dinner at the same place on Thurs and Fri, and then had lunch at the same place on Fri and Sat? I don't think so because these places are delicious! Katie and I met for a late lunch and enjoyed the beautiful fall weather (72 degrees and sunny blue skies) and the yummy sandwiches!
I also really liked the interior of this restaurant...super Danish. What qualifies as super Danish? Sleek Danish design furniture, funky light fixtures, and candels for the hygge!

Art...Brazilian/Norwegian Stye!

My dear friend Cecilia works at an art gallery in Copenhagen (Mogadishni) and they had an opening for a Norwegian artist that I went to check out. It was very interesting, not my typical scene! The art was all pretty modern, which usually isn't extremely intereting to me. This artist painted with bright, neon colors and did futuristic city scapes. The most intestesting piece was one were he has been collecting the color labels (the things that are like bar codes on products but instead indicate the correct color to be used) and he made a futuristic city by pasting these label onto cannisters.
Cecilia's dad had just arrived from Brazil and it was fantastic to meet him at the gallery. Afterwards we went to an amazing Vietnamese restuarant in Vesterbro (I went back the next night before seeing Mama Mia - which was so fun!) which was pretty popular with everyone from the gallery as we saw a lot of them there.

First Danish Haircut!

Okay, okay...I know, I have been here almost 2 yr and this is my FIRST haircut??? Well, Danish haircuts are super expensive and I have always managed to be in the US or some other country (i.e. Estonia) where I could get my haircut for a lot cheaper before it was necessary to get a haircut. My cut was $110 (without color or anything) and it took about 90min...so I decided I better get something semi-drastic and make them earn that money!

So I headed to a salon on Elena and Sylvie's reccomendation. I felt like I was walking into a heavy metal studio...neon pink and yellow walls, people with tatoos everywhere, ect. But Kasper did a great job! He told me about 50 time that my hair was very thick...this is true and a common comment by hairdressers, but they usually only say it once or twice. I realized later that the Danes have pretty fine "baby" hair, thus he must have thought I was a freak of nature!

So Excited for October!!!

I cannot wait for October! Why? Well, the agenda, so far, is as follows....

Oct 1-3: London to see David Lutes, of Plumtucker, play at the Green Note. Also in attendance: Julie Wareing Aldrich, Leslie Overstreet (sshhh Carolyn, don't tell David, Les is a surprise!), and maybe Shannon Watkins Catlett and Whitney Roach.

Oct 3: Department Progressive Dinner - Appitizers at Katie's, Dinner at my house, Desert at Claudiu's.

Oct 5-17: Sao Paulo, Brazil on a business trip.

Oct 30-Nov 3: Athens, Greece to see Mike.

Stay tuned for pictures!

Relaxing Sunday

Since Emily likes to know about my "exotic expat" life here on the other side of the Atlantic, I figured I would indulge her with a description of my Sunday.

After church today, I walked over to Cafe Bopa for lunch. I had a delicious cauliflower soup and glass of red while that I enjoyed while (re)reading The Sun Also Rises wrapped in a nice toasty blanket.

Tonight I'm off to Cecilia and Gu's to celebrate Gu's birthday...with some carrot cake I made!

Probably the Best Beer in the World

On Saturday Udit, Sanhel, Liz and I went to the Carlsberg factory for a tour. We learned the history of making beer, the history of Carlsberg/Tuborg, and got to see the walls and walls of beers from around the world.
Just like in the Busch factory, they have a bunch of great horses.
They have you smell 20 different scents and mark down what you like, what you are indifferent towards, and what you don't like. Then, based on your responses you have a lot of different options for your beer choice.
Enjoying our 2 "free" (and basically free, cheapest beers I have ever had in CPH, came with the 50kr admission) beers and playing the dice game.

Facilitation at work in Tivoli

This week I'm in my second week of Green Belt training and on Wednesday a few of us headed to Tivoli after the course. I am proud to say that I went on...and enjoyed...The Demon (I am not typically what you would call a fan of rollarcoasters). Afterwards we enjoyed an excellent dinner on the lake.