Tag Archives: experience

Everyone Is Looking For Moses

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Wilson

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 | 1 Comment

Time Capsule

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Wilson

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 | Leave a comment

Host’s Favorite | Take The Ferry

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Wilson

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 | Leave a comment

Storytelling

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Wilson

I stumbled upon this image when I was looking up Ai Weiwei, the Chinese activist/artist whom I met last Friday. A full moon made from what looks like hundreds of full moons grouped in a circle. Seen from a distance, many dots can … Continue reading →

Posted in ART, Books, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, FILM, TEXT, Things I made | Tagged advertising, Ai Weiwei, anthem, Arizona, book, detail, drawing, experience, experts, film, friends, full moon, garden, grow, life, Magnolia, memory, moment, night photography, Ohm, pencil, photo, Roof, scene, share, Social media, story, storytelling, the end | Leave a comment

Amsterdam seen through fingertips

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Wilson

Right now there is an ad campaign up to inform us about the CtheCity project. It is a tour of Amsterdam conducted by blind tour guides. It promises to be an experience that will last. A one hour wander will take … Continue reading →

Posted in ART, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, EMPATHY, REVIEW | Tagged Amsterdam, black, blind, city, ctalents, ctaste, cthecity, dark, dinner, eat in the dark, experience, feel, fingers, guide, impressive, painting, restaurant, see, sight seeing, touch, tour | Leave a comment

Light Experience

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Wilson

It’s Light Festival time in Amsterdam, a period in winter when the work of (young) light artists is on show along the canals to brighten up the long nights. You can take the boat tour Water colours or do the walking tour Illuminate to … Continue reading →

Posted in (B)OOST, ART, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, REVIEW, TEXT | Tagged Amsterdam, Angelo Bonello, ART, boat, canal, experience, Holland, Leonard Cohen, light festival, Marco Pollice, Massimo Uberti, my neighborhood, postcard, press, Ralf Westerhof, rowing, tour, venividimultiplex, Victor Vicsek, walking, water, waves | Leave a comment

Some Green With My Blues

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Wilson

Painted On Canvas We are like children We’re painted on canvases Picking up shades as we go We start off with gesso brushed on by people we know Watch your technique as you go Step back and admire my view Can … Continue reading →