Last weekend Penny and I went to Blijdorp Zoo here in Rotterdam. I have been a few times before, but it really is one of those places you could visit again and again. It was hotter than hell so I actually got over the whole fat arms thing and wore a tank top in public. [...]
Thanks to my friend Candee, the dogs are celebrating Canada Day in style! She has her own dog grooming business and gave us these cute Canada Day bandanas for the dogs to wear to show their pride! It’s a pity she didn’t live closer because I’d definitely go to her rather than our regular groomer, [...]
I have it, and I’m pretty sure it’s contagious because my husband appears to have caught it too. Don’t worry, we’re not sick. Well, not really… Do you remember four years ago when I watched my first World Cup match? True to my word I made a point of following the the World Cup from [...]
I had mentioned on my post about the meme from Alison that another friend had tagged me in a different one as well. It was Kara, my northern friend and weight loss buddy. She gave me a few questions and apparently I am supposed to come up with a few of my own and pass [...]
On June 12th Xander and I hopped in the car and headed off to the Hard Rock Cafe in Amsterdam for Bitchsterdam 2. For those of you wondering what Bitchsterdam is, it’s a gathering of bloggers, organized by DutchBitch, that has taken place two years in a row now when Dave from Blogography and Penelope [...]
Last week our photo club held a macro and still life evening for us to practice and learn a bit more about it. They set up some tables and we were all asked to bring something along for ourselves and others to photograph. This was one of the nights I was most looking forward to [...]
Every once in a while blog awards and memes go around and this is one of those days! This week two of my blogging buddies asked me to ‘pass it on’ so that is what I’m doing. I’ll do one now and one tomorrow. First, Alison from A Flamingo in Utrecht named me as one [...]
Today me (middle), Penny (right) and Laila (left) got up bright and early and went into the city center to see the new Sex and The City movie. We chose to go early on a Saturday so that they could arrange child care and we’d have time for lunch and shopping afterward. I won’t get [...]
Last night my husband and I went in to Den Haag to meet up with some other photo club members for an evening of portrait photography. I have been looking forward to it for quite some time because I really like the social gatherings of the group and because I wanted to try to dip [...]
This weekend I made my very first incredibly flat cheesecake from this turtle cheesecake recipe. I had never made a cheesecake but it was my best friend’s birthday and she was having a dessert party, so I thought I should try. It came out amazing!! I was so chuffed with myself as people ate it [...]
Remember a while back when we renovated our Kitchen? One of my favorite things was my new oven. It’s an Atag and we payed a somewhat ridiculous amount extra so that we could have one that opens sideways rather than downwards. I’m short and in order to have our oven above the fridge it was [...]
Last night I went to my first Rotterdam Challengers game here in Rotterdam. A friend of mine (who will remain nameless to save her from being hounded for favors) told me she had a friend who could get her free tickets so I was like, oh HELL yeah! I love basketball! I’ve been to many [...]
Over the years I’ve had a lot of issues with seasonal depression. Not something I’ve ever suffered from in Canada, but it hit me quick and hard here in the Netherlands. I wasn’t expecting it but it happened, and it continued to happen for the past 10 years. Granted, for the first half of that [...]
There are a few cultural differences that become glaringly obvious when you move to a new country. For me, one of of them has been the issue of taking off shoes when you enter someone’s home. I would make a sweeping statement about how in Canada everyone takes off their shoes when they enter the [...]
A while back I went out for dinner with a friend and we somehow got on the topic of milk. They couldn’t believe me when I told them that we get our milk in bags back in Canada. They also couldn’t believe that we actually had a milk man who would come in the morning [...]
Our other expat friends gathered together at our house for dinner on Christmas Day The hardest part about life as an expat is missing your family and friends, I don’t think there is an expat out there who can argue that… and in the age of Twitter, Facebook, and instant messengers, it’s impossible to isolate [...]
Last night my friend Laila and I went to the Old Luxor Theater in Rotterdam to see the Peking Acrobats. We weren’t sure what to expect but it was a mixture of wonder, amazement, disappointment and absolute terror. Not my photo, we weren’t allowed to take any so I had to resort to looking for [...]
Fearless Fourteen
by Janet Evanovich
