Last Thursday, my friend Andrea celebrated her ten-year anniversary in Amsterdam. I met Andrea in our first week at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, in September 2001. We’ve been friends for...
The brief: “Can we eat somewhere fairly healthy and not too expensive, please? I am on a budget. Oh, and can we go dancing after? Thanks!” This was the email...
I am too tired for an angle today. I had friends staying for the weekend, which meant the amount of sleep I had was indirectly proportional to the amount of...
Yesterday I had a Computer-Free Day. I can’t remember the last time I had one of those… except perhaps on holiday. But I wasn’t on holiday; I was at home,...
I don’t usually read recipe blogs. As in, I look at the list of ingredients – I just don’t really do the blog part. You know the ones: they always...
As I was cycling home today considering the angle for this review, I asked myself whether it was pretentious to reference Shakespeare in the title. Yes, my brain replied, of...
Back in 2008 I wrote about a ‘last date’ I had at Waldorf. I guess I hadn’t really noticed it had shut down until I turned up at the address...
Hello Amsterdammers, how was your weekend? Mine was the kind of weekend that reminded why I live here. I discovered a new Latino bar to dance in (which filled the...
On Wednesday night, I went out for tapas with Jacques Derrida. No, seriously, I did. You all thought he died in 2004 at the age of 74, but you’d be...
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Hi, I’m Vicky! Food writer and certified wine geek. Amsterdammer and digital nomad. British by birth and Dutch by choice.
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