By Guus , 1 May 2010

Queen's Day

Queen's Day.Tonight I attended two parties for Queen's Day in New York.

Both drew large crowds; there were hundreds of Dutch people, most of them in orange. Within 5 minutes at the first party somebody spilled beer on me; totally in line with past experiences years ago. It was a lot of fun; I especially enjoyed the second one in Mars 2112, organized by NLBorrels.com.

Queen's Day is my favorite day in the Netherlands, wonderful memories of Amsterdam.

Queen's Day.

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By Guus , 30 April 2010

36 Friday morning

I had planned to go for a run yesterday evening but I gave in and had dinner (bread with cheese). Instead, I went for a run this morning. My motivation has been lacking a little bit -- definitely last week, and yesterday/this morning as well. But as always, during & after the run it felt great. 35:36

By Guus , 27 April 2010

Bon Appetit Fine Foods

Bon Appetit is a cheese and specialty store in Princeton, New Jersey, with a Belgian owner. The store carries Indonesian spices (Conimex) as well as drop, ontbijtkoek and speculaas and of course all Dutch cheeses.

Note: Bon Appetit changed ownership in 2008; we're not sure if the store still has such a diverse supply of Dutch items.