Posted in arts, cultural, entertainment, oddities, travel, tagged photos, weather, photo friday, kasteel de haar, castle, Halloween, Pinocchio, clouds, eerie on October 30, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I’ve been a bit slack on sorting through all my Kasteel De Haar photos, but I figured I’d post a couple here in honor of tomorrow being Halloween. The fantastic clouds and light we experienced Sunday, along with the castle setting, made some of the photos look like they were scenes from old horror films.
One [...]
Posted in arts, tagged photos, Utrecht, photo friday, zwartewater, water, canal, street, Lombok on October 23, 2009 | 11 Comments »
A picturesque canal and quiet street toward the northwest part of the city center. It is evocatively called Zwartewater (Blackwater), although the area is nowhere near as ominous as the name. It’s one of those charming little streets/canals that make you stop and admire the view. The inclusion of the bicycle in the little rest [...]
Posted in arts, entertainment on October 16, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Sometimes, you end up with a photo that really catches your fancy, sometimes for reasons you can’t quite put into words. This photo is one of those. It’s best seen large (if you have a big enough screen). There’s something about it — the depth via the lamp in the foreground; the Hoogt sign, which [...]
Posted in arts, entertainment, tagged acoustic, concert, Fly My Pretties, FMP, live concert, music, New Zealand, photos, Ryan Prebble on October 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
They Ryan Prebble show on Wednesday was fantastic. Truly impressive and I’m so glad I got to see him perform live. He’s crazy talented and really throws himself into the performance, even in a small venue like U Rock Café. He did two songs from his album Fruits, but the rest were new (at least [...]
Posted in arts, entertainment, tagged photos, music, windmills, Utrecht, Ryan Prebble, U Rock, molen on October 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s such a beautiful day here in Utrecht. See? Look at those fluffy white clouds and that beautiful blue sky. Doesn’t that make you want to come into the city center this evening and listen to some lovely music by Ryan Prebble? U Rock! Café is located just off the main street running through the [...]
Posted in arts, cultural on October 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Janskerk
Founded in 1040, with various renovations and rebuildings over the years, it started off as a Romanesque building, but has had Gothic and other architectural style additions and repairs made over the years. The facade was rebuilt around 1682. It became a Reform Church in 1656 and housed part of the Utrecht University library in [...]
Posted in arts, entertainment, tagged accents, bluegrass, country, eve's apples, folk, music, popronde, potdeksel on October 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The title sounds quite naughty, doesn’t it. But get your minds out of the gutter — they’ll drown from all this rain — I’m talking about accents, particularly when singing bluegrass music. Friday night we went to the Potdeksel, as we’re wont to do. When we got there, I remembered that it was Utrecht’s night [...]
Posted in arts, entertainment, tagged actor, celebrity, famous people, festivals, film festival, potdeksel on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After dinner last night, we headed over to the Potdeksel for a couple of drinks to celebrate G’s return home after a week-long trip to Italy. As we arrived, we saw a number of people — vaguely dressed up — hovering in the general area, along with a number of large black Land Rovers. We [...]
Posted in arts, cultural, entertainment, tagged awards, festivals, film, film festival, golden calf, movies, Neude, photos, posters, Rutger Hauer, Stadsschouwburg on September 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
It’s that time again! The Nederlands Film Festival begins it’s 10-day run tomorrow. As I type, they’re setting up the Golden Calf in front of the Stadsschouwburg over on Lucabolwerk. They’ve had some of the posters up for the past few days, but the Golden Calf wasn’t there and I was worried it had been [...]
Posted in arts on September 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Yesterday, I headed off to the Griftpark with camera in hand, but without Pippo for a change. It was strange heading off to the park without him leading the way. However, knowing that I was specifically going to see some pottery, I thought that a large, easily excitable dog was perhaps not the best accessory.
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