oliebollen in da house

Oliebollen in da house.

It is a custom for Dutch people to have oliebollen & appelflappen on New Year’s eve, which explains the extra long queues at most of the oliebollen mobile stalls setup on various spots around the city.

Have a wonderful New Year's Eve!
A brandnew year and decade ahead of us, to start all over again and make new plans!

Let's make Twenty Twenty top notch and try to get everything out of it!

Thanks for another year of following my blog.

lots of love, Ingrid x

hello monday

Hello monday!

eindhoven - city of design

Eindhoven - 28th of December - 9648 steps

A day of design inspiration in the south of the Netherlands.

Vintage hunting at Loods040

Coffee at Kazerne - home of design

New pied-de-poule skirt at Vanilia

Lunch at Karel 1 museumcafé

Van Abbe museum

Piet Hein Eek - bought two vintage watering cans

Dinner at Radio Royaal

review 2019

2019 review

January - London
February - Rotterdam
March - Vienna
April - Tangier
May - Amsterdam
June - Sardinia
July - The Hague
August - Rhodes
September - Marrakech
October - Essaouira
November - Dordrecht
December - Amsterdam

2019 in a nutshell; many various trips, lots of fun, beautiful memories, grateful for the awesome adventures we had together.

We are lucky bastards.

christmas walk

25th of December - Dordrecht

Afternoon walk along the river

merry christmas

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!

And a joyful Christmas to you and your family and happy holidays!

grapefruit moon

Good morning from the attic bedroom.

The pillowcases are designed by Dorine de Vos - exclusively for Villa Augustus employees - Christmas gift 2019.

"Grapefruit Moon"

Grapefruit moon, one star shining, shining down on me.
Heard that tune, and now I'm pining, honey, can't you see?
'Cause every time I hear that melody, well, something breaks inside,
And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, can't turn back the tide.

Never had no destination, could not get across.
You became my inspiration, oh but what a cost.
'Cause every time I hear that melody, well, something breaks inside,
And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, is more than I can hide.

Now I'm smoking cigarettes and I strive for purity,
And I slip just like the stars into obscurity.
'Cause every time I hear that melody, well, puts me up a tree,
And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, is all that I can see.

by Tom Waits

amsterdam light festival

Amsterdam - 18th of December - 14512 steps & 70 minutes floating

Coffee & pastel de nata at Café Viotta in the Concertgebouw
Rijksmuseum
Some shopping at Urban Outfitters and Other Stories
Late lunch at Café de Jaren
Open boat cruise with a perfect view of the 8th edition of the open-air Amsterdam Light Festival [disrupt!] exhibition
Dinner at Osteria Vicini Rotterdam on our way back home