2013-2014 New Year's Fireworks

A New Beginning, try 2

I don't care much for new year "resolutions" and other such contraptions, but seeing how my last post here was from January last year, while the Drafts folder is getting...

Broodje Mokum

The Unofficial Story of… Mokum

Anyone living in Amsterdam for longer than a few years must have come across this affectionate nickname for the city itself: Mokum. I know I've heard it well before even...

The Barn

The sticky sweat of the afternoon heat is clinging to the sides of the freshly painted barn like flies to strips of adhesive paper hanging around the kitchen. Swathes of...

White Tulip

Fringe Finale — See You on the Other Side

There are few TV shows that really capture my interest, but the ones that do tend to combine intriguing ideas, unusual characters and decent amounts of fun in an unforgettable...

Discarded Christmas Trees

The Plight of the Christmas Trees

As I got out of the house yesterday, I was greeted with the first surprise of the new year — the white blanket covering everything, a première this winter (we...