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and thank you for stopping by, taking an interest in my blog. I am the 'relentless hunter and gatherer of soothing beauty, great and small' behind these pages, which for now means: here you find the stuff that makes me think, that inspires me, that I envy and am passionate about. I would love to see or read your views too, so feel free to comment!
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Tag Archives: airbnb
A Salute From The Roof
(…) sorry for maybe replying a bit late, but doing nothing is not good for my motor I’m afraid. I do keep myself busy, you saw some stuff from the archive, but without the bustle of guests around, it feels … Continue reading
Posted in (B)OOST, blog art, bloow, CORONA TIMES, MUSIC, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged airbnb, Amsterdam, Gregory Porter, host, THE FABRIC OF HOME, up on the roof
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Amsterdam Not Now
I tend to forget, I am an AirBnB host. For about 7 years I welcomed guests to our home, always had people staying in our guestroom. Now for months it has been just the two of us, me and my … Continue reading
Posted in blog art, CORONA TIMES, TEXT, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged airbnb, CORONA TIMES, from the time when, Home, lock down, THE FABRIC OF HOME
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Everyone Is Looking For Moses
Moses, there he is again! I am reading Two Bothers by (my) literary hero Ben Elton. Above a picture I took from a page that struck me. Everyone is looking for Moses resonated the story I was told when … Continue reading
Posted in blog art, Books, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, personal, TEXT, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged advice, airbnb, Archie, ask moses, askmoses.com, Blues Brother, Brooklyn, Brooklyn NYC, experience, hassidic, Helper, judaism, kosher, Moses, online, oracle, report, Thora
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Discovery | Alaskan Spruce Tip Jelly
I looked it up, how they put the taste of a forest on the other side of the world in a jelly. It’s gorgeous!
Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, personal, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged airbnb, alaska, alaskan spruce tip jelly, Amsterdam, casanostra, guest, Home, Hotel Bonnie, THE FABRIC OF HOME
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Time Capsule
I was surprised to see the picture above – a picture I keep on my desktop – starring in the Palm Springs episode of Stay Here, an American interior design series new on Netflix. In Stay Here stylist Genevieve Gordner … Continue reading
Posted in CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, PHOTOGRAPHY, REVIEW, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged #, airbnb, backdrop, experience, genevieve, hanging, hashtag, Holiday, Home, Instagram, make over, midecntury modern, netflix, new, palm springs, party, peter, PHOTOGRAPHY, pool, rent, selfie, series, seventies, sixties, spot, stay here, time machine, travel
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State Of The Art
The work of Els van der Monde is the photographic registration of a world that can only be seen through new media, i.e. the state of the art scanners and other photographic examinator*. Like Blossfeldt she shows how the origin of … Continue reading
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, PHOTOGRAPHY
Tagged airbnb, Amsterdam, beginning, bra, care, Child, close-up, complementary, core, creation, date, design, Els van der Monde, for the love of art, grow, heart, Home, IJsbreker, Leaf, life, logo, macro, Mimmie, Mother and child, Nature, new, new media, offspring, PHOTOGRAPHY, replicate, scan, seed, shape, shelter, sign, spring, state of the art, symbol, tent, Venice Biennale, zoom
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Host’s Favorite | Take The Ferry
As you may know I am also a host for Airbnb and have people from all over the world staying in my home. I enjoy sharing little insider places to go, things to do, with them. The stuff that locals … Continue reading
Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, TEXT, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged airbnb, Amsterdam, architecture, city, experience, explore, Eye, fare, favourite spot, ferry, free, Home, IJ, inforinspirtion, outdoors, river, sailing, small pleasures, superhost, urban life, water, wilma tichelaar, zaha hadid
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Impossible Question | Sound Or Vision?
As you may know I am also a host for Airbnb, and have guests from all over the world frequently. Yesterday new guests arrived and at 3 pm, exactly, the doorbell rang loud to announce their arrival. I thought. But … Continue reading
Posted in CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, EMPATHY, MUSIC, TEXT
Tagged ADVERSITY, airbnb, ambition, Amsterdam, blind, carpool karaoke, deaf, expectations, Great Expectations, host, James Corden, lionel richie, motto, opportunity, optimism, overjoyed, sound, stevie wonder, vision
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Call to soul
A word that had to be sprayed on the wall, see it with silver lining under a bridge over the river Amstel. I first saw it while I passed it in a boat, rowing. It made me think. A month … Continue reading
Posted in CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHY, TEXT
Tagged airbnb, Amstel, Amsterdam, B&B, black and white, casanostra, empathy, george benson, Graffiti, guest, Guitar, Home, Jazz, lettering, love, Music, photografy, record, reflection, route, sign, silver lining, soul, Spinvis, spirit, Stanton, theme, think, travel, Typography, we as love, wespen op de appeltaart
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Must do in Amsterdam today
What started off as a Sunday t-shirt (think: staying at home, taking a break) is again one to hold on to a bit longer. ~ R o w r o w r o w y o u r b o … Continue reading
Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, PHOTOGRAPHY, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged 2016, airbnb, Amsterdam, ave, bed and breakfast, blue, boat, canals, Carré, culture, dock, flare, iamsterdam, IJ, kay, lifestyle, motor, NEMO, Oosterdok, perspective, PHOTOGRAPHY, reflection, rent a boat, replica, rowing my boat, sailing, sea level, ship, sky, spring, sun flare, t-shirt, Theatre, tour, tourism, view, vvv, windmill
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