cd release Vence

Finally the new CD is there. And I had the opportunity to buy that CD and the other two form before. I invited quite some people to come along to the performance in the platform theatre. But only Maarten came with me and my dad was there as well. It was a good performance, especially the second half, with a new swinging song as the last song.

4 mijl

Since a few years there is the 4 mijl (4 mile) form Haren to Groningen. For many people the reason the start jogging. I walked through the noorderplantsoen a week before and many people htat normally don't run were trying their best with red faces and wobbling tits. But I didn't, I hate running.
I went as a spectator to the finish of the 4 mijl on the vismarkt. Quite some people from the squash association were running and I was there to support them and take pictures with my new camera. THere was a very good atmosphere in the city. Many many people run along, some in weird outfits, some with many luggage and some as fast as they could. It is an event frm the people; anyone can do it, runnig 4 miles is just about 6 kilometres and will take about 30 minutes. But I was happy just to watch.

coffee united

This lovely little cafe bar in de herestraat serves very good coffee. It is a bit like starbucks, only it is not. You can also get good takeaways, as I did a few weeks before in the weekend when there was the 4mijl.

the Dreamgirls

After a stroll in the city and looking for some emotional products to buy, we decided to rent a movie to see in the afternoon. We made a lot of nice food (my first time artishok, some sushi and tortillas with guacomole) and settled ourselves in front of the laptop. Many songs and music in this movie, it has not a lot of depth and the storyline was hard to follow and didn't really get to me. It won quite some golden globes and an oscar, but is was not that good I think. The food was :-)

het feithuis

I heard a lot about it and now finally came the time to experience it myself. I happened to pass it by somewhere earlier that week and knew how to find it. It feels a bit like dudok in Rotterdam, with a bit more borwn influences. Nice capuchino and many different herbal teas. We didn't eat something, but it looked nice.

de zevende hemel

Before we went to the movies I took my sister out for dinner as a gift for her birthday. We went to this restaurant because it also has biological and vegetarian food and as my sister tries to be a vegetarian, this was a good choice. It had something classy, but also something casual. Your coat had a special place, nice plates and luxury portions, but on the other hand decorations form all kinds of influences and styles. Hence, a good restaurant with fine food and nice atmosphere. Make reservations (as I did) because it's popular.

Alles is Liefde

A wonderful Dutch movie which resembles the english version Love Actually. WIth a cast that is similar to the amount of people in the ocean's series. A true feel good movie that has something recognizable for many people. Together with my sister we went there and enjoyed it very much. It didn't even feel like we were sitting there with hundreds of people, just the two of us. Many laughs in the whole room.

Admiral Freebee

WOW! This was a very good concert. It went from melancholy to madness to overjoy and pleasure. The music was just fine although I had only listened to it the entire afternoon. Live it is much better!

Vietnam by Mister Pham

Original title something with catfish...
Read the book because I am going to Vietnam in February!! Looking forward to that. This book is about An, who is a viet-kieu; a person who emigrated to the USA after the Vietnam war. He describes a return to his native country and the bike trip he is making there. This is just a nice book, nothing special, and if you like to know something about Vietnam it is illustrative but not that much.

the ugly duck

My dad came to Groningen to take me out for dinner and to visit a friend. So we had dinner, he paid. OK restaurant, nothing special. It had something of an american steak restaurant.

Closer

I zapped, which I normally do not do because I don't have a remote control. But I am glad I did, because who doesn't want to look at Jude Law. He is just soooo sweet. Also julia roberts is a nice actress, but can't beat the looks of this gorgeous fellow with nice accent and beautiful eyes. THe movie was weird, which is good, talking about it, not too much seeing it, torturing yourself because of love, it is just a feeling I can recognize.

Faithless

In March my dad came outside and showed me a printout; my birthday present was a ticket to the faithless concert with him and some friends in Gelredome. And now was the time to really go. I was quite tired (working too much) but it was a great show. Good light, good sound, mith some low sounds really deep in my stomach Who can't dance on god is a DJ...?

de grote frederik

Because of Fleur's birthday we went out for dinner in this little restaurant in the oosterpoort area in Groningen. It was really cosy, like a living room restaurant. They serve decent food with a slight exotic touch. Diverse and well taken care of. I happened to have a great hangover who I was killing by eating a lot that day

NRC de zeester

For a good cup of coffee and quiz questions... when it is raining outside you need a place to spend some time and have a good coffee.

hotel van der werff

Not that we slept in this hotel, but we had dinner in a strange setting. The whole hotel had a weird atmosphere. Also a smoking launch as if it was really chique and dandy. Also for dinner, althoug cheap, they did there best to make it an exquisite meal. It was basic and perfect for its price, coffee only 50 cent. We spent more money on alcoholic drinks than on the food, we had a nice night in the tox bar.

tox-bar at Schiermonnikoog

If you need a disco with bad music and some partying students, go to the tox bar when the student association in Frysland is there. They were completely wasted, and so were we at the end of the evening. Nice weekend by the way... nice people

pasta with bleekselderij and prei

another splendid recipe, just out of the blue, completely unexpected.
What to do with a vegetable you actually don't want to eat: bleekselderij.
What to do:
boil the pasta, cut the prei and bleekselderij in small pieces, fry them till the bleekselderij gets soft. Make a guacamole with avocado, milk, lemon, tabasco (a bit too much) and salt. Pour it over de pasta with prei and bleekselderij and ready to eat.