The Expat Life
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | Rauma, Finland |
| Introduction | I am from North Carolina, but we moved to Finland in September 2011 for my husband's job. We will be here two years (at least). We have been fortunate to get to travel to many places, and I hope to share tips with others. I was a newspaper reporter, features editor, restaurant critic and columnist for many years. |
| Interests | My kids, reading, biking, food, wine, reality TV, movies, travel, making jewelry, tennis, watching Carolina Panthers football and UNC Basketall |
| Favorite movies | Sense and Sensibility, The Godfather I and II, The Sound of Music, The Hunt for Red October (and anything else with Sean Connery), National Lampoon's Animal House, North by Northwest, Saturday Night Fever, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Caddyshack, To Kill a Mockingbird, Young Frankenstein, The Eiger Sanction, Dirty Harry, and recently, Bridesmaids |
| Favorite music | All kinds of music, but most recently, I listen to a lot of alternative bands |
| Favorite books | The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, The Tortilla Curtain, The Help, everything by Jane Austen, Gone With the Wind, The Grapes of Wrath, everything by David Sedaris, The Poisonwood Bible, Bel Canto, The Road, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Sparrow, many more |