The past week has gone by in a frenzy of administration. You know what it’s like when you’re about to go on holiday: not only do you realize that all...
When I was a student in Amsterdam (which is longer ago than I care to admit), I took my parents to Blauw aan de Wal. They were just called Mr...
Last Thursday, my friend Andrea celebrated her ten-year anniversary in Amsterdam. I met Andrea in our first week at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, in September 2001. We’ve been friends for...
The brief: “Can we eat somewhere fairly healthy and not too expensive, please? I am on a budget. Oh, and can we go dancing after? Thanks!” This was the email...
I am too tired for an angle today. I had friends staying for the weekend, which meant the amount of sleep I had was indirectly proportional to the amount of...
Yesterday I had a Computer-Free Day. I can’t remember the last time I had one of those… except perhaps on holiday. But I wasn’t on holiday; I was at home,...
I don’t usually read recipe blogs. As in, I look at the list of ingredients – I just don’t really do the blog part. You know the ones: they always...
As I was cycling home today considering the angle for this review, I asked myself whether it was pretentious to reference Shakespeare in the title. Yes, my brain replied, of...
Back in 2008 I wrote about a ‘last date’ I had at Waldorf. I guess I hadn’t really noticed it had shut down until I turned up at the address...
