It won’t have escaped anyone’s notice (unless you happen to be in Iceland) that it’s been really rather warm lately. In fact, it’s a steady 26 degrees in my flat...
Anyone who’s ever had insomnia will know how utterly pointless and unproductive it is. You’re not actually doing anything while you’re lying there not sleeping; and neither are you exactly...
This is the first weekend in over a month that I’m home alone in Amsterdam – no trips, no visitors, just me and my city. It’s refreshing. And it’s also...
A few weeks ago, my ex-boss (from the bad old days when I used to commute for two hours a day on the awfulness that is London public transport) met...
Despite all indications to the contrary (ludicrously long blog postings rambling on about food metaphors for polysyllabic paragraph after sub-clause-ridden sentence being one of them), sometimes I just don’t have...
It won’t have escaped your notice (unless you’ve been confined to a darkened room for the past week) that it has been blissfully, gorgeously, surprisingly sunny in Amsterdam. After the...
I am such a geek. I get really, genuinely, tell-my-mum-about-it excited when I find a new five-star restaurant. I put it on my Facebook status, I tweet about it, I...
I have taken on far too much in March. It’s my busiest time at work, I have a HUGE new assignment for Time Out Amsterdam, I’m taking a Dutch exam...
Tuynhuys has been replaced by Lion Noir. Never one to pass up a dining opportunity, last week I blagged an invitation to a client lunch at het Tuynhuys – a...
