Foto Vrijdag 1.9

Taken yesterday morning, this is a detail of the kerstboom (Christmas tree) that stands outside the front of the Café de Potdeksel. I thought it looked so pretty with the snow on the branches and the apples. The apples are leftover from the filming of a music video a few weeks ago. What started off [...]

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On Guard

When we adopted Lola, the youngest of our pet menagerie, we were living in North Carolina on close to an acre of land on a corner lot surrounded by tree. As a result, there was little more than squirrels to see when looking out the window. Now, though, living in the city center of Utrecht, [...]

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Let Loose The Kraken

There I was thinking I didn’t really have much to blog about these days when suddenly there arose such a clatter that I sprang from my chair to see what was the matter. (Or, you could say that I eventually got up off the sofa to see where the music and yelling was coming from [...]

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Music With a Kiwi Flavor

If you live in Amsterdam or Utrecht, or anywhere remotely near the two, go see Ryan Prebble this week and next. He’s a fantastic musician from New Zealand, playing a blend of blues, funk and experimental. I’m definitely going to see him next Wednesday here in Utrecht when he plays U Rock! Café, and I [...]

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Tempo!

After my last post about the sounds of Utrecht and my recording of the Dom Toren chiming the noon hour, it seemed appropriate to post the following video, since it has double relevance.

Thanks to Kay’s informative comment about the prevalence of carillons here in the Netherlands, I learned a bit more [...]

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Sounds of Utrecht

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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New Year’s at the Potdeksel

We were at the Potdeksel this week and got an early viewing of the video for Sjarrel and Sjaan’s New Year’s single. It was filmed at the Potdeksel. Fred, the owner, is also the manager for Sjarrel and Sjaan. (FYI, their names sound like Sheryl and Sean, basically.)
The Christmas tree is [...]

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Interloper

Interloper
Originally uploaded by indigo_jones

I was sitting at the table when I suddenly heard a thump at the window and saw this cat sitting on the ledge, with it’s paws outstretched against the glass, like one of those Garfield dolls you can stick on the inside of a window. Luna, who was sitting on the heater, [...]

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