Ch-ch-changes…

If you just got here, chances are you did a double take and checked the URL. Wha… why is there a different header? With a different title? Where did The Unlikely Housewife go? And the stilettos on the plate???

My darlings, The Unlikely Housewife is right here. Alive and kicking. And if anyone dares rip off my stilettos on a plate I will cut them. Ahem! Let’s recover composure.

As you know, I have been an expat for many years. 15 years this coming February, to be exact. But since I have left New York, I feel more like an expat than ever before. Ever. I thought I had big moves down pat, but this one threw me for a loop. And after a bit of soul searching and a lot of bitching, I have come to the conclusion that I had to slightly re-invent my blog in order for it to be the great outlet it has been in the past 2 years. Re-invent not because I was unhappy with how it was, but because it didn’t match my current situation, my current mood if you will.

The term “housewife” has somewhat of a negative connotation here, much more than in the US. Even when accompanied by “unlikely”, “fashionable”, or any other charming adjective, here it’s just, well… hausfrau. I am still who I am, but in a different setting, in a different scenario. So after a little brainstorming, Globetrotting in Heels came about. And like a shoe that was just a tad uncomfortable until you got just the right size, all of a sudden it fits me again.

Everything else will stay more or less the same, though I might focus slightly more on events and fashion on this side of the pond. Aside from that, it’s the good old Diary of an Unlikely Housewife, plus a creamy Swiss chocolate filling. And a different packaging.

I hope you will stick around! ’cause we are going right back to regularly scheduled programming

Lots of love to all my bloggy friends,