Sunday, July 24, 2005

Blonde Nation

We just spent a weekend in the blondest place I've ever seen (and I come from Southern California). I don't think I've ever seen so many blonde, attractive, freshly scrubbed folks in one place.

Living in a German-speaking area, everyone knows Gretchen's name (although they pronounce it sort of like "Graytcheeyen"). As she's been reminded countless times, Gretchen is (a) a really old name (i.e. no one names their kids that anymore); and (b) an important character in Goethe's Faust. In Copenhagen, on the other hand, I was the one who felt right at home: