I just read an article about Jenna Bush Hager (daughter of George W. and Laura Bush) who is joining the TODAY show as a part-time correspondent. She also works as a reading coordinator in a school in Baltimore, Maryland.…
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August 2009
I’ve recently discovered a blog that probably the rest of the world discovered more than a year ago – http://www.livingoprah.com/ It’s by a writer from Chicago who did an experiment of living her life for one year following all…
Headline: The City has been overrun with mutant Super Skeeters mercilessly biting you and your children day and night getting fat from your blood and coming back for more. http://www.beyondpesticides.org/ Ok, there was no such headline, but I think…
If you have not heard how American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lost her temper last week, here it it is in a nutshell. Hillary Clinton, during a press conference in the Democratic Republic of Congo, took offence to…
Here is just the first installment of awkward moments I have had with my students. There will be more to come. Who are my students? Mostly, they are business people who would like to learn English for work. If…
Yesterday, we finally went to buy a new car seat for Lizzie, a Maxi-Cosi Rodi XR (3.5-12 years 15-36 kg). Actually, Lizzie did not need a new seat. She still fit just fine in her Tobi, but Rosie was…
Yesterday evening I went to a new hairdresser for the first time in 7 years. It was a very difficult decision, however, it was time for us to go our separate ways. I know that it sounds as if…
Thank you globalization for bringing conspicuous consumption (and Secret brand antiperspirant) to Poland. No longer do we have to envy our neighbors’ green grass, but now we can salivate over their foreign-made SUV’s, garden gazebos and exotic vacations. I…
This morning as I was making my way through the City, I had my first car accident. As I unnecessarily stopped at a red light (those lights are only suggestions, right?), the driver behind me hit me in the…
The Polish Miracle I do not consider myself exactly a city girl, but if you are not a country girl then what are you? I spend the work week in the City of Wrocław performing the Polish miracle of…
