My big passion is second-hand shopping, personal style and quirky things. You can often find me rummaging through London’s many thrift stores…..well, when I’m not in Singapore that is. I get sweaty palms just by thinking about all the fabulous finds waiting to be found. And I still dream of spotting a vintage Chanel in a dusty corner. Bleak books, rock music and movies (especially the scary ones) are also on my Love List.
Early on I dreamt about becoming a librarian. How wonderful it would be to wake up, go to work and sit there, surrounded by books all day long. Later on I wanted to become a psychologist. After a couple of years in Paris I ended up with a BA in Art History/Cultural Journalism and post-graduate studies in Modern Culture. I have worked in communication and journalism for the last ten years, mainly as a journalist at Berlingske Tidende, one of the main newspapers in Denmark.
Three Four= number of countries I have called my home. Denmark, France, England and now Singapore. I have also lived in Switzerland – but only for a couple of months and I was drunk most of the time, so that does not really count. I love to travel and dream of living in New York.
Ten Twelve = number of years I have known my amazing husband. We met at a rock club in Copenhagen on a cold and snowy December night in 1999. He proposed in Tokyo in 2007 and we got married, Elvis-style, in Las Vegas in 2008.
Errrrrmmm…..guess I just wanted this to start with an E. One day I want to be the female version of Stephen King and sit on the porch in front of my bat-fenced mansion in Maine and type out one scary novel after the other.
Min store passion er genbrugsbutikker, personlig stil og spøjse ting. Jeg får hjertebanken ved synet af et fantastisk fund og drømmer om den dag, jeg spotter en vintage Chanel i rodebunken. Og så har jeg en svaghed for dystre bøger, rockmusik og gyserfilm.
Engang drømte jeg om at blive bibliotekar, for tænk at få lov til at stå op, gå på arbejde og være omgivet af bøger hver eneste dag. Senere ville jeg være psykolog. Efter et par år i Paris endte jeg med en BA i Kunsthistorie og Kulturjournalistik og overbygningsstudier i Moderne Kultur- og Kulturformidling. Jeg har arbejdet med journalistik og kommunikation de sidste 11 år, de fleste af dem som redaktør og journalist på Berlingske Tidende.
Tre Fire= = antal lande, jeg har kaldt mine hjem. Danmark, Frankrig og nu England. Engang boede jeg også i Schweiz, men det var kun et par måneder. Jeg elsker at rejse og drømmer om at slå mig ned på et loft i New York….et byhus i Brooklyn kan også gøre det.
Ti Tolv = antal år, jeg har kendt min fantastiske mand. Vi mødtes på Stengade 30 en omtåget decembernat i 1999. Han friede i Tokyo i 2007, og i 2008 blev vi gift af Elvis i Las Vegas.
En dag vil jeg gerne være den kvindelige udgave af Stephen King og sidde og sprøjte romaner ud fra mit mansion i Maine. Jeg vil nemlig også bo i et hus med flagermuselåger.