Spending a long weekend in Holland with family and friends was really nice (and sounds like such a cliché, but it’s true!). I also spent some time at the hospital… or better: at the recently opened restaurant Mariapaviljoen in the old sanatorium in Den Bosch. Around the corner of where we used to live, you Read article…
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Weekend Inspiration #3
Casual Friday Sun
The nice spring weather adds two perks to our cinema room. First, it creates beautiful shadow patterns everywhere: And second: the sun encourages our little mandarin tree to bloom. The blossom makes the entire room smell amazing! I wrote about our cinema room before: here and here. Have a happy & sunny weekend!
Melons in the making
For the first time ever I'm growing melons this year! My sister sent me watermelon and honeydew seeds with her latest sistermail and now I can't wait to make these frozen honeydews again with my own homegrown melons… My vegetable garden is really tiny, so I'm not sure how I'll manage. But so far, the Read article…
Sistermail 4
My sister decided to start sending me more snail mail. She told me I should write about it on my blog. So I will! Always listen to your little sister! I laughed really hard when I received this card. These two weirdos holding sausages are called Theo and Thea. They were hilarious & famous in Read article…
The sweet cure
Eleven years ago, when working in fashion with lots of fabrics, I started sneezing. And I never stopped: I became "allergic". Allergic to dust, to synthetic perfumes, to dark chocolate, to alcohol, to eucalyptus… After a few years I started taking antihistamines, which keep me from sneezing all day long. Last week I realized that Read article…
Golden Cheese cookies
I loved reading all your comments on my misfortune baking. It's so good to know that I'm not the only one who messes up simple recipes. And finally I made something edible that tasted good! Inspired by my bakerella sister's Pacman cheese cookies, I tried to make them last weekend. And everyone liked them! So Read article…
Weekend inspiration #2
Our two semis
When I counted the pendant lights in our home on monday (8… oops!), I completely forgot about our Gubi Semi pendant lights. They hang in my husband's practice. Actually it's only one real Semi lamp, designed by Claus Bonderup and Torsten Thorup in 1968, found at a Dutch flea market for a lucky 5€. We Read article…
Les carrières de Montigny
When we ride 50km south-west from our place, we are in the middle of Paris. And if we ride 50km up north-east, we're in the middle of nowhere. Well almost but not quite. Near a small village called Machemont, there is this huge stone quarry site called Montigny. As of the 19th century stone was Read article…
