Skankynavia
November 24, 2010
Skankynavia: Hot Dog-Off! (CPH)
Being a single gay nerd means the only sausage you’re gonna get is down at the hot dog stand. Eating a ho tdog is part of being Danish– or at least it used to. The fast food army of America and the growing health awareness has overturned the old wiener kingdom, and now eating a […]
November 10, 2010
Skankynavia: Sunday Forest Lunch
It’s Sunday, and the weather is fantastic. I’m biking through Dyrehaven (north of Copenhagen) to visit some friends, and have a direct view across the treetops with no highways, 7-Elevens or skanky suburban straight people in sight. The air is clean and all you hear is the wind in the leaves. And, of course, the […]
November 3, 2010
Skankynavia: Tivoli Eating Aesthetics, Part 2: Candy Colours (CPH)
PREFACE Tivoli Eating Aesthetics, Part 1: Munchin’ in the Dark Oh what sweet temptations lie there in the window, luring you in, exploding like fireworks in your braincells and making you feel… giddy. Candy speaks to all ages and cultures–Â in one form or another we all have a set of sweet teeth to be […]
October 27, 2010
Skankynavia: Mushroom Hunt Fail
I love mushrooms. They’re strange, beautiful, alien creatures and usually a common motif in my own work. They are such a contrast– cute, but deadly; delicate, but powerful. I also love eating them although that happens not so commonly. In contrast to the Tokyo supermarkets being full of many different freshly wrapped shrooms ready for […]
October 20, 2010
Skankynavia: Autumn Apples of Summerbird (CPH)
Fall has reached Copenhagen, the leaves are clogging the streets, days are getting shorter and darker and my sugar addiction has reached new levels. Some say the reason why supermarkets of Scandinavia are so crowded with candy and cakes, is because the constant darkness and cold forces our bodies to require more sugar to stay […]
October 6, 2010
Skankynavia: Tivoli Eating Aesthetics, Part 1: Munchin’ In The Dark (CPH)
If you heard anything about Denmark you might have heard of Tivoli, a big entertainment garden planted directly onto the epicentre of Copenhagen. It was opened in 1843 and has since then been built out, refined, and in some ways demolished (but that’s a whole different story). I have been permanently in love with this […]
September 29, 2010
Skankynaiva: The Danish Orangerie
What defines youth? 
Is it the age of our bodies when they’re crisp and fresh and still full of get go? Or is it more of a spiritual definition? Sometimes age really is just a number. My parents are good friends with a married couple who are in their 60’s but act nothing like it-– […]
September 22, 2010
Skankynavia: Danish Blackberry Pie
If I had a garden, I would go crazy. Everyone thinks having a big garden invokes peace and tranquility in the mind. WRONG! It gives you a constant nagging feeling of stress and frustration. The lawn must be mown, bushes cut, apples picked, weed removed, flowers planted, birds scared away, vegetables watered… Aargh it just […]
September 15, 2010
Skankynavia: My Mom’s Kitchen
It’s finally fall in Denmark, everything is moody, rainy, rotting and falling apart. It’s my favourite part of the year. This weekend I jumped on the train and 6 hours later I got out at the other end of the country. My parents live far away from everything– two km to the nearest neighbour. So […]
September 8, 2010
Skankynavia: Goat’s Tits Surprise
I was never a big fan of tits. Maybe when I was a wee infant, but these days I have absolutely no interest. Women’s tits, elephant tits, it’s all a blur. Even if the coolest dinosaurs had tits, I’d still prefer a frozen daiquri and the newest episode of Project Runway. Except, sometimes the stuff […]