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Star Gazing

Posted in arts, entertainment, tagged , , , , , 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 [...]

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Nederlands Film Festival

Posted in arts, cultural, entertainment, tagged , , , , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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Sounds of Utrecht

Posted in cultural, tagged , , , , , on July 22, 2009 | 7 Comments »

As I sit here surrounded by silence that is broken only by the ticking of the clock, I find myself pondering the sounds that I have come to associate so closely with Utrecht. Living here in the city center, we get our fair share of noise, but we still manage to have our fair share [...]

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Interactive Art

Posted in arts, cultural, tagged , , , , on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I spent a good chunk of yesterday looking through the website for the Festival an de Werf and found some events that even I, with my limited Dutch, could enjoy. I also found an event with which I was already familiar: Tantôt, aka, the strange robot-type figure I’d seen on Saturday at the bloemenmarkt (flower [...]

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Film Festival

Posted in arts, cultural, neighborhood, tagged , , , , on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

(This photo taken over at Neude, in front of the main post office.)
The Netherlands Film Festival begins today. They’ve been setting up over at the theater for the past couple of days. Hopefully, I’ll manage to get some pictures tomorrow or in the days to come. What I’d love to get is a picture of [...]

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Randomness

Posted in cultural, food, tagged , , , , , , on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Fountain at Janskerkhof
Originally uploaded by indigo_jones

Despite our anniversary being last Wednesday, we didn’t go out for our planned sushi dinner until Saturday. We went to Konichiwa over on Mariaplaats. Sadly, no toro (a type of tuna), but we did try something new: baars. It wasn’t until we got home that we found out it’s perch. [...]

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