First times…

I like the first times … the whole idea behind it, the excitement, the thrill, the unknown. Of course you can immediately think about the first times like sex, kiss, love when the butterflies try to escape your stomach. But actually all the first times have similar components especially one, they end, leaving space to the second, third, fourth, fifth ...

You will hear the stories about the experience of the other people, people you know or just met or maybe you have read about something in the book, article or saw it on television but still… you have no idea how you will feel, think and behave. How dip it will touch you.

First pregnancy, child, dog, cat, trip on the plane, ship, first bike ride, car ride, motor ride … the first alcohol, soft drug, hard drug, smart drug, cigarette, joint and the firs headache afterwards … first school day, swimming lesson, work, first haircut, dentist, broken leg, arm or finger … you name it … you can think about it, you can imagine how it will be … but actually … no idea.

My first times this week were simple, visit the city library, first lesson of the wine course and walk with Fuyo at the Vlietland. Waiting for next millions of the first times.

At Sea…

Is getting cold and the rain is just taking all the space in the weather forecasts. You can feel that the days are becoming shorter and the summer is almost over. Still, every moment of sun, warm temperature or summer feeling, I try to catch and keep as long as possible knowing that slowly I need to switch from the out-SIGHT into in-SIGHT. It was quite convenient that this week was a restaurant week in the whole Netherlands. The concept is simple, for 25 euro (exclusive drinks), all the restaurants participating in the event serve the lunch or the dinner to the guests that made on-line reservation. The list of the restaurants is long and to get to the best ones you must be quick. Especially the ones with the Michelin stars.
I have visit two restaurants De Basiliek in the center of The Hague for the girls out dinner and At Sea in Sheveningen with my A. Both nice but I was impressed by the second which I would highly recommend to try.

The restaurant is situated in the yacht harbor in Sheveningen, which already gives a the atmosphere suitable to the name At Sea. The internal design makes the feeling even better. A ship, yacht, boat, black, with, red and wood… simple, classic and chic. And the food … simply delicious, made always from the day fresh products, served with the suitable wine menu.

As the restaurant is quite new (one year) they did their best and served 5 courses menu.
** Appetizer** three glasses filed with very small fish (still do not know what was the name of it), fried and looking on us from the glass, paprika muss with the long crackers and mega big olives
**Starter** sardines on the ratatouille and salad
**Main** Veal on the string beans and potatoes with the pesto sauce
**in between** water ice made of tonic
**desert** griespap (no clue how it is called in EN) with the red fruits and the vanilla ice-cream
…finished with coffee and the bonbons mix.
One word … YUMMY!!!

source of the pictures: www.restaurantatsea.nl

Delftse Hout ...

Nice place to go when the sky is blue, the sun hot and the grass green. The dogs can run and swim without problems and constant supervision. I did not have to worry that Fuyo will bite somebody ass, steal the ball of poor child or that she will run in to somebody’s stuff wet and stinky or roll over the picnic blanket. The expectations of all owners are the same … everything can happen and people are more loosen up about it. I could also use my new phone (Sony Ericsson – Xperia X10) by making some funny pictures.

new phone ...

bought yesterday, playing today, having acctualy other things to do, like for example doing KRAUTHAMMER test, for leadership program. picture of fuyo quite o.k.

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Taste of Amsterdam 2010 …

The event was in Amsterdam in the green Amstelpark. The weather was amazing as well the food.
We (A., E. and myself) have decided to visit the lunch part and have arrived at app. 12:30 with a good mood and the empty stomach. Nice atmosphere, workshops and shows in the tents, small snacks ant tasting outside just in front of the stands.
We have started with the restaurants and had: Smart Bun with vegetarian curry, smart Bun with Peking Duck at JULIUS and Tuna with soya-wasabi marshmallows and green apple at LUTE. It was just a good beginning. Further we enjoyed Tagliatelle with backed mushrooms, caramelized shallots, balsamic vinegar, parmesan and truffles and as addition Coquille, Crayfish and passion fruit at Lola’s.
It is just amazing what kind of taste the kooks can make from simple ingredients. At MOMO we went for MOMO roll : tuna, salmon and sea bass with avocado and spicy tarragon miso with tempura crunchy and at Toscannini I had salad with mozzarella and vegetables and E. sausage from the grill…
I did some small shopping as well:
- Sla dressing (Raspberry and Mustard)
- Irish Country Relish (Tomato souse)
- Fig chutney (Made by Old Amsterdam)
- Honey tomatoes
The best surprise was Strawberry Ice-cream with the chili pepper, sweet with the hot aftertaste and Gruner Veltliner white wine.

Next year we will join again!

Tick, Click and you have it …

I was approximately 8 years old when I saw WHAM and heard “Wake me up before you go go…” for the first time in my life. I was in LOVE. Side comment: I didn’t even know what “gay” was at that time and nobody knew that George was one of them. Anyway, I was not only in love with him but also with the song. Crazy in love. I have spend hours in front of my aunt’s cassette recorder made by Grundig to record the song …. Sometimes, I was able to get a half of it, sometimes the whole one, with some talking of the radio presenter in between (now: podcast). Most of the time I was simply too late to record it at all … The pieces that I had, I was playing all over again… and singing in my “own English way”.

Nowadays we have iPhones (or other telephones) and when we hear the music that we like, we can record small piece, go online and buy it. DONE! Simply brilliant! But no changeless like back in the old good times!

7-0 and the rest is the history...

NIKE FOOTBALL WRITE THE FUTURE...

The training continues…

After disappointing Ladies Run where I got 1:00:15 (my goal was under one hour, I know 15 sec. but still, come on...) I decide to train a bit harder to get the better results next time. I have not chosen the next event yet but definitely must be UNDER ONE HOUR! Anyway, the event was great and we had quite some fun. Pink was visible everywhere. Some of the girls did quite a lot of efforts to look original. Definitely worthed repeating next year!
Some photos from the http://www.ladiesrun.nl/





And the full determination...

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I have head overloaded with thoughts and emotions. It hurts, it hurts very bad. Sometimes I think I am going to explode. Crusoe my captain, where is your remote tropical island that you have been living in peace and quiet. Is it still there , available and for free…

Together apart…

Just till today the people from the Netherlands have been divided as the supporters of different political parties during the parliament elections. Tomorrow they will become one big family, not because the good coalition will be created to govern the country but because the World Cup Football in South Africa will start.

Everyone dreams about the Netherlands to be a world champion but also everyone knows that the parliament coalition is more likely to happen …