Monday August 4, 2008 the former Holland America Line (H.A.L.) Liner and later Cruise Ship “SS Rotterdam”, Dutch and Rotterdam Pride, was welcomed back in Rotterdam. There it will be berthed to serve as a Hotel, Congress Center, Theater, School and Museum, after extensive renovations. Currently the owner, a Rotterdam Social Building Society, has […]
Here are Happy Hotelier’s High Five (4) for:
20 Abandoned Cities and Towns by Weburbanist…a real horror story about abandoned locations with nice photos and a Digg Hit.
50 Things To Do Before You Die. Self explanatory.
Cool Things in Random Places. In line with the previous find: Quirky things to do.
Delicious Baby with a delicious list of […]
I was busy, on the road, looking after our hotel guests and trying to revamp my other Blog, Chair Blog, therefore a little less attention here.
The revamping of Chair Blog is sticky: I went backward and forward with the theme and am back to square 1: Same old Misty theme, but a lot of more […]
The original Vermeer painting “The Girl with the Pearl Earring” is to admire here in The Hague in the museum Mauritshuis. It is featured on their homepage as well.
Not until he used this example, I noticed Scott Wade’s Dirty Car Art.
Like any reasonably creative and curious human, Scott can’t resist a dirty rear car window. […]
I have been invited to have a look at the Cinedans premiere in Amsterdam tonight. Cinedans is an International Dance Filmfestival, dedicated solely to films that have a connection with Dance and held simultaneously in three Dutch cities: Amsterdam, Den Haag and Utrecht.
Find more videos like this on Cinedans
The opening film is quite […]
Like a Local is a sited developped by fellow Dutchman in order to accomodate the traveler who wants to enjoy the real couleure locale (French for local circumstances).
You can search for accomodation. You can find locals who are willing to take you on a city tour or who like to offer you a meal at […]
The Dutch Do Dance! Even their Queen!
Happy Queen’s Day!
On January 30, 2008 our Queen Beatrix reached the venerable age of 70. The Dutch Queen´s birthday is celebrated officially on April 30th, since Queen Beatrix ascended the Throne. It is a public holiday and everybody goes out partying. In Amsterdam you can walk over the heads […]
The Dutch Don’t Dance, Photo © by Wouter Hogendorp and Canon
Recently I found this apt picture with apt title and color.
The picture is apt because the wooden shoes or clogs stand as a sort of fake national symbol for The Netherlands, whereas hardly any Dutchman (or Cloggy as I am actually teasingly call my […]
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Again, I must have been under the rocks. This is existing and happening on my doorstep (or in my backyard): Yesterday and today The 2008 Next Web Conference is being held in Amsterdam.
What is The Next Web Conference?
The Next Web Conference is THE European conference for industry thought-leaders, leading web-companies, innovative Startups, visionaries and real […]
Amsterdam - Restaurant Freud: Mad Dish
If you don’t make a reservation, it may become a Madhouse!
Amsterdam - Restaurant Freud: Front
Their motto is aptly chosen, if you don’t make a reservation, chances are they are fully booked.
Amsterdam - Restaurant Freud: Interior
Unfortunately I did not have my camera with me last week when I had an excellent […]
Georges Prêtre
For us 2008 started traditionally with viewing the Vienna New Year’s Concert.
This time the French conductor Georges Prêtre was invited by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to conduct this concert.
The vital 83 year old conductor delivered an excellent job and gained a standing ovation from the the very critical Viennese public that seldom stands up […]
ROM CRYSTAL napkin sketch
On june 2, 2007 The official opening of the ROM extension was celebrated. The what extension? The Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Who’s Crystal?
Okay okay I’ll try to explain.
The ROM is not Read Only Memory, but the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada. The Piano is not Renzo Piano, but a real piano (see […]
On the occasion of the 10th Istanbul Biennial the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art has a temporary exhibition on the whole ground floor called “Times Present Times Past” that we visited.
The building itself is excellently located on the Bosphorus. I was mezmerized by the restaurant and bar: what a stunning view over the Bosphorus while […]
Palais de Versailles
Dinner?
On September 17 there will be another Epicurean happening: The US $ 30,000.- pp Dinner of the Chefs. A gastronomic experience, bringing together 38 Michelin stars (16 three stars donated chefs) in the Palais de Versaille.
On arrival at the airport in Paris, the sixty guests will be shuttled in their own limousine to […]
Photo: ANP/UNITED PHOTOS/ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN
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Amstelveen is a suburb of Amsterdam. It has the Cobra Museum, the only museum devoted to the Cobra Group of artists. Actually it should be spelled CoBrA, because its participants came from Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam.
Corneille (Guillaume Corneille van Beverloo) is the only Cobra member still alive. Soon he’ll […]
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