Pranzo di Ferragosto

Everyone enjoying the food. More foto's here .  I’m back. Where did I leave you….? Ah, the holidays. Mine were good. Hope yours’ as...

Il fuorisalone - The must have sees

I know I am bit too late with this news, but I still like to share my experiences which I had during the Salone del Mobile 2013. It ...

Communal eating

The feast ended with everyone happy, content and an inbox of new friends Food has always been the right place for people to sit ...

Heavy stuff

Brutto ma buono / Ugly but delicious It is winter so it should be cold outside. Unfortunately the weather doesn’t always bother the se...

A short history

After I discussed some examples of growing food in the cities, I think it is now time to look back. Not because I am such a traditiona...

The Dutch examples

Creativity is needed when space is scarce Oke. Let’s start this research on green in the city in The Netherlands. The country I’ve l...

Birra, bier, beer, biere

Beer can also be romantic thanks to these guys  Beer and wine are in a way comparable. They both contain alcohol – although the percent...

Exhibitionism

One of the artworks made by  Gino di Maggio and  Daniel Spoerri There can be found many similarities and differences between Dutch and ...

Graffiti

What has graffiti to do with food? I’ll tell you within a few moments. Milano has a good source of bars, cafes and restaurants. Du...

Food for thought

Vote with your fork! It seems easier to say this than to practice. I guess sometimes you feel really happy when you come home with a...

Place making

A run down area is now the centre of a large event What is the most used way to convince a kid to behave the way it should? Yes, to p...

Dirty hands

Some months ago I already told about my do-it-yourself-food-growing project . The project is running well and my boyfriend and I hav...

Fancy and fat

If you stroll around an average city centre you will find lots of restaurants. I recently found out that there seems to be a clear differen...

Water and Fire

A vegetarian lunchroom next to a butcher Sometimes it is hard to believe that two opposing characters are able to live together. It seem...

Teasers

In this Creative Ware house (HOOP) they sell clothes, accessories and.... coffee and soft drinks ! Did you notice that the amount of sh...

Another cup of coffee

In the first episode of this short series I wrote about the Dutch’ drinking liters of coffee each week. What about other nationalities? N...

The man with the sausages

The streets of a city host many street vendors a place to sell whatever you can think of; homeless selling their newspapers desperate to ha...

Golden ages and dark nights

A new year has come. A year in which we start with fresh ideas and good intentions. Now it has become January it won’t be long before days ...

Inside out

Things change constantly. One year you have to wear skinny jeans while the next year you cannot go out without a loose fit model. While tim...

Great places

Shops, a park and more shops and cafes. The perfect ingredients for a great area. More and more people start to meet each other in popul...