I received my Official Democratic ballot Presidential Preference/Council Primary Absentee Ballot yesterday for the April elections.
Vote early!
If you haven’t already, get your absentee ballot and if you haven’t already, register to vote!
Vote From Abroad: http://www.VoteFromAbroad.org
Being able to vote is nice. Nice things happen to me in Sweden.
More professional networking this time at an event hosted by Cisco.
Part of the women gathered.
There was an intro by Cisco and a speaker who talked about the power of positive thinking. One of my favorite subjects.
#2 on the list of things people can't live without: an Internet connection.
Then there was wine, a cold buffet and lots of networking. I hardly had the chance to talk with the two women I invited. We were working the room which was the point. I met two lovely ladies from Oracle, one from SEB and one from P&G.
Nice things happen to me in Sweden.
OK, our Taste of Stockholm card expires this summer and we haven’t been to half of the restaurant on our list but we’re not giving up.
The bread was warm and the butter was soft. I always like that.
On Valentine’s Day we went to Grodan Sergel. We were also celebrating an anniversary so it seemed fitting that we should get 2 for 1 with our Stockholm card.
I'm starting all my lunches and dinners with a salad. This one was supposed to be a side salad to share but we got a main course salad by mistake. But we were charged the price of a side.
We both ordered moule frites. We haven’t see this on many menus in Sweden.
The sauce was delicious. It was like fish soup.
All in all a delightful meal to celebrate my relationship with my Swede. Not sure we’re going back other than to satisfy a future craving for moule frites.
Skål
One good dinner invitation deserves another so it was my turn to host our friends who served me lobster last weekend.
Fun
I prepared 4 courses: tossed salad, fried calamari, makerel and cod over mushrooms, chick peas, carrots, and other vegetables, and apple pie.
And when it was time for a snack I made tortilla chips. We enjoyed a nice evening. Nice things happen to me in Sweden.
Homemade tortilla chips
The expression it’s not what you know but who you know is as true as ever in Stockholm, particularly when it comes to finding a job, clients, or an invitation to an exclusive event. I also believe you won’t get in the know if you never try so I attend the occasional business networking event.
From the lot of salads I chose crab.
I also make sure that at least half of my networking events are conducted in Swedish and are exclusive to women.
The event was fully booked.
And while it doesn’t always happen I have met interesting woman I’d like to have lunch with. In fact that happened last fall and instead of lunch, I’ll be attending another networking event with an interesting Swedish woman who owns her own IT company.
Nice things happen to me in Sweden.
