Friends and fun

Wanted to share some pictures of a lovely weekend dinner with friends where each prepares a dish. Have a wonderful week!

Inside

This weekend fall has officially announced itself by continuous rain and little sunshine. It makes you wanna stay in, drink your favorite tea, prepare warming food and watch movies (I finally watch Argo...I know embarrassingly late). So I did. It was amazing to just be and enjoy time inside. Have a great week!

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Paris diary

Happy Tuesday! This weekend I went to Paris as a present to myself and had a wonderful time (as always). As Fashion Week is ruling the city, there were plenty of exhibitions, cool people, food and things to do and watch: View from Centre Pompidou (and dinner), Alaia exhibition at re-openend Palais Galliera, Mona Lisa and Napoleon's apartment at the Louvre, crepes and shopping in Le Marais:

Signs of change

Happy Monday and start of a new season. This weekend the weather showed it signs that summer might be over; the sun is getting up a little later and goes down sooner and rain and wind stopped by to hint that a new period is coming up. The days will be getting shorter, dinners will get longer and we tend to stay more in than out. I love summer, so I hope for a few more days of walking without a jacket, but also love the coziness that fall brings. Have a wonderful week!

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Suprise!

Last weekend started of with a suprise part for my dear friend Bella who is moving from Amsterdam to Dubai. In honor of all her friendships, we had a lovely celebration with loads of food (everyone brought a dish that reminded them of her) and talks. It was lovely.

 

 

Friends and fun

Happy Monday! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! Mine was filled with girlfriend time: a super yummie high tea on Saturday (with loads of chocolate, cakes and savory food) followed by a visit to the Pure Market at the Amstelpark, which was super nice with loads of sun and good talk (and my friends super cute baby girl). Here a quick summary of my impressions :). Have a fantastic week!

Conservatorium hotel Amsterdam

Happy Monday! This weekend I met up with my dear chic friends for a great lunch at the Conservatorium hotel. Pris came all the way from Curacao for our date (she made a quick stop on her way to visit many more cities) and it was just as yesterday when we all lived together in the same city (out of us four, I will be the only one as of August).

A quick tour (from my instagram):

Have a great week!

Extra something

Happy Monday! This week will be extra long as it already started yesterday! To keep my energy up for a 6 day week, I plan to sleep on time and make sure I have all vitamins in my system...and a good cup of coffee! I tend to snack on bad things when working long hours as I tend to forget to eat and then end up indulging in all that is easy and at hand. So to be prepared, I have put together some healthy snacks (like below) and go for it :). Happy week!

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Relax

Happy Friday! Have a wonderful weekend with family, friends and good food. And relax!

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Unwind

Happy Thursday! For some reason I let myself get caught up in certain stories, work issues and discussions that I take home with me, sometimes even throughout the night. I have trouble letting go, I know. Perhaps because I care too much or just because I feel wronged. What helps is to unwind with fun activities, friends, family and good food. I still try to find that space where I can choose what gets to me an what not. Who knows, I might get there some time :).

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Burger

Happy Monday everyone, hope you had a great weekend! Mine was nice (rainy) and started from last Thursday (ok, I had to work on Fridays, but that already feels like weekend)! I started the weekend with this delicious burger that I had to share with you. I had the Tuna version. Which one looks more delicious?

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First Taste

Had to share the cutest video I saw on the huffington post on 'The first taste' where you can see children's reactions after eating something for the first time. Have a great weekend!

The First Taste: Saatchi & Saatchi at TEDxSydney

Quality time

Have a great Easter Weekend! Am gonna enjoy the company of my family and friends and am hoping for sunshine!

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Upgrade the cold

Happy Friday everyone! Hope your week was great. I am still fighting off a cold and hopefully my vitamin intake will soon kick in! It is still cold and the snow is turning greyish as it is not fresh anymore. Higher temperatures are coming (with that I mean getting towards 0 degrees)! My weekend is fully booked with this project I have been working on (will tell you more next week), so I will be having loads of fun with no time to get sick. Have a fabulous weekend!

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Handy

Happy Monday! This weekend the cold weather returned in a serious way! Especially my hands seem to suffer as they get super dry. I usually put anything that on that is in sight, but I have three favorites that are very much appreciated during the lower (minus) degrees. One of these three is either in my bag, on my nightstand or in the bathroom:

 

Eight Hour Cream by Elizabeth Arden, Ginko's Secret by Rituals or 

any l'Occitane hand cream

 

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Charge them!

Happy Friday everyone! Hope your week has been good, mine certainly was eventful. Work is taking up a lot of time, so I am ready to do anything not job related. My plan is to enjoy the weekend to the fullest, meaning relaxing and charging that battery with all things good (read the four F's: fashion, food, friends and family). I finally bought Stephanie LaCava's book (An Extraordinary Theory of Objects: A Memoir of an Outsider in Paris) and can't wait to start reading it. I am counting down the hours....Have a fabulous weekend!

 

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Reflections

Happy Thursday! I am looking forward to a week not working, relaxing, meeting family & friends, enjoy food, lay on the couch, watch movies and read books (and magazines). I already have a number of (pre-)Christmas dinners to look back on and can´t wait for this weekends trip up north with my girlfriends. Top that with many naps during the day and I will be ready for what 2013 has to offer. What are you countdown activities?

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Orange is winter

Happy Monday everyone! This time of year, I'm alsways drawn to orange: I eat more citrus fruits, prepare more pumpkin soups, purchase orange flowers and even change my interior accents to more warmer, orange-like tones. It is a warm, rich color that is not too bright and not too dark. Kind of like it! Have a wonderful week!

 

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