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Finding bliss in Amsterdam 9 Aug 2013 | 03:08 pm
Major changes have taken place in my life as of late. My contract at my job was not extended. I started my thesis research. I finished my last exam and no longer have to go to classes (yay!). And I've...
Former fire brigade HQ to become hostel 26 Jul 2013 | 08:10 pm
A few days ago word was spread that the former headquarters of the Amsterdam fire brigade on the Weesperzijde has been sold, and will be turned into a hostel. The complex is 5400 (!) square meters and...
Favourite places in West 4 May 2013 | 07:59 pm
After well over a year of living in Amsterdam West, I've just realised that I haven't written a whole lot about the places I like to go here. That needs rectification! Because there are a lot of hip, ...
Thank you Saturday 20 Apr 2013 | 05:02 pm
Things to be thankful for: - That Spring seems to have finally arrived in Amsterdam. Gods, it's been a long, long winter. But the sun is finally out and I am planning to take a break from studying th...
Hotel Arena: gorgeous and affordable 1 Apr 2013 | 02:08 am
My friend Jay came over for a visit from London with his girlfriend. She's allergic to cats and so they looked for a nice hotel somewhere, rather than staying with us in our flat. Besides, it was thei...
Skating on the Keizersgracht (2012) 28 Feb 2013 | 05:56 pm
A friend of mine works for this amazing project, called Panorama Streetline. I fell in love with one of their works, a panorama of the Keizersgracht in wintertime, made last year, when the canals had ...
I heart Amsterdam 14 Feb 2013 | 10:30 pm
A Valentine's day special! Most of these were photographed in Amsterdam, somewhere over the last two years. I had planned to do something like this blog last year, but I kind of forgot and didn't reme...
Burgerbar, I love you 17 Jan 2013 | 05:47 pm
My friend Kari took me to Burgerbar. She was so excited about it, it was funny. But after having been: I am excited about it too! Wedged in between a Burger King and a MacDonalds on Reguliersbreestra...
Amsterdam Light Festival 2012 31 Dec 2012 | 03:37 am
Levi said he'd seen an item on Amsterdam Light Festival on local news channel AT5. Something about art and light. We looked it up on internet and so on the last Saturday evening of December we went fo...
The dark side of Amsterdam 24 Nov 2012 | 07:14 pm
We've been living in Amsterdam West for nearly a year now. It's a little bit of a rough neighbourhood still, with more than a mere handful of coffeeshops in the vicinity. One of our older neighbours ...
