http://ny.nieuwland.net Dutch adventures in New Amsterdam... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:02:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We're back home! It's weird and wonderful at the same time. But let's see, what happened these last days.. On Monday I had coffee with Gwynn Mac Donald who I met at the Fringe Festival. She has her own theater company and she had hooked me up with some interesting people ... http://ny.nieuwland.net/?p=135 Almost everything we're doing in these last weekes & days are last things. The last time we eat at this restaurant, the last time we get a coffee here, the last time we cycle by this corner, etc. etc. It feels strange. Last weekend we had our last guests. Mark & ... http://ny.nieuwland.net/?p=134 It's pouring today! As Jacco said this morning, maybe the city will miss us too...a little. Today we both went to our jobs for the last time. Fighting our way through the umbrella rich crowd. Weird idea, specially for Jacco to walk (yep, his bike is sold too) that route ... http://ny.nieuwland.net/?p=133 Saturday morning (6am) we, or I must say Jacco, I slept through it) woke up with the familiar sound of hissing and the smell of heated dust... The central heating is on which means it's really fall! Fortunately this time we can turn the heater off which means a cool ... http://ny.nieuwland.net/?p=132 I probably told you before that I do some voluntary work for an organisation named New York Cares. Every Friday I help Arabic women with their English language skills. Sometimes that means I ask them questions which they should know for their citizen ship exam, like what the stars on ... http://ny.nieuwland.net/?p=131 It's amazing how quickly time seems to be passing by these days. It's probably because we're cramming in more activities than ever before. Somehow, a couple of weeks ago, we started learning about a couple of special cocktail bars that are hard to find, and even harder to get in to. ... http://ny.nieuwland.net/?p=126 Just a guy on Greenwich Avenue: "It worked! I saw your panties"... Tip for the skirt wearing women! Unless you want to relive a famous Marilyn Monroe moment, STAY AWAY from the subway grates! Because, yes, it does work. http://ny.nieuwland.net/?p=129 Hi, Since many people ask when we will be coming back (yes, we ARE coming back); we fly on Friday night the 31st of October (Halloween) and arrive the next morning at Schiphol. Although we're really going to miss NY, we are looking forward to see our family and friends again! x http://ny.nieuwland.net/?p=128 We have recently bought a video camera, so now we're learning to use it. This is me going to the office. Apologies for poor camera handling (we're learning) and the huge 'Evaluation Copy' watermark. I am looking for a good tool to convert the video from it's native huge format to ... http://ny.nieuwland.net/?p=127 I've been slow in updating, but here is a quick overview of what we've seen in the last couple of weeks. Sat, Sep 21 The Woes & Julia Haltigan @ Spike Hill (Brooklyn) We had seen both of these before, in different venues. This was a new venue for us (fun!) and both of ... http://ny.nieuwland.net/?p=125