Rain On Our Parade
Posted On: August 10, 2010
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Last week Amsterdam celebrated its 15th Gay Pride, the theme being...'Celebrate'. Not at all redundant, when you consider the recent acts of violence on gays in the city. Yes, even ...
Jammin’ On A Bike In Amsterdam
Posted On: August 1, 2010
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I just had a most chillin' Sunday, joining friends at the Appelsap HipHop Festival in Oosterpark in the eastern part of Amsterdam, enjoying some good munchin' and good...well, let's just ...
Stereotypes
Posted On: August 1, 2010
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We Amsterdammers, and Dutch, for that matter, don't live in windmills, we don't go dancing in wooden shoes, we're not high on welfare & drugs, aside from a very speculative ...
Ambassador of Happiness
Posted On: July 31, 2010
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Let me introduce you to a friend of mine: Cyrina from The Hague. A beautiful woman, a long-time blogger and a teacher. She loves..I say she LOVES to cycle everywhere, ...
Canal Side Cycle Views
Posted On: July 24, 2010
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I was fortunate to be able to borrow a friend's little (but sturdy) canal boat, aka The Red August, to cruise the city on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Every time ...
Unwind On That Bike
Posted On: July 18, 2010
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The green outskirts or the city center, it doesn't matter, really. Just unwind on and off that bike, be it for 5 minutes or 5 hours, 'tis all good. ...
Friday, 6-9 PM
Posted On: July 16, 2010
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See it as a shoddy piece of anthropology, sociology, what have you. People on the move at some point between 6 and 9 pm. For all imaginable purposes. Observe and ...
And The Living Is Easy
Posted On: July 15, 2010
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Nothing but time. Who's in a rush. It's summer and it's the weekend. Many are on vacation, but who needs one when you live in Amsterdam, it's zen on two ...
ARTE TV, Booknight, FredCast, Simple Balancing Acts & Queen’s Day
Posted On: May 3, 2010
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In early February of this year Antoine Sachs of ARTE TV from Paris arrived in Amsterdam on his tour around this country to document Dutch bicycle culture, infrastructure and more. ...
Sunday, Park, Life
Posted On: April 27, 2010
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Two Sundays ago I joined a good friend's birthday celebration, who opted for a bbq in Vondelpark as the spring weather allowed that much. And much more for this particular ...
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