If you are reading this with no plans for this evening, go check out the LOMOGRAPHY FoamLab happening right now! Unfortunately the website is all in Dutch, but the basics are:
Friday, March 5 (TODAY)
from 20:00 to 00:00 at Foam
entrance is 5 euro.
There will be a screening of “The Lomo camera: Shoot from the hip” by Alex Graham, a Lomography playground (sounds fun) and some slideshows. Also, make sure to check out ‘Kako da ne’ spinning some hysterical balkan beats in the Foam Cafe.
I love this photograph. Photographer Jeff Phillips takes black and white street photographs and develops the film in his kitchen sink. This picture looks like it was taken in the forties with the women in hats and men wearing classic suits. The preserved historical architecture in this city makes it really easy to replicate historical happenings though I’m pretty sure this photograph was taken last year for a modern wedding. Really beautiful.
On Friday night, Redplanet will present Music Cultures Exposed, a photo exhibition on Jazz Music. There will be Live Jazz and FREE drinks. The past two weeks they had hip hop and rock exhibitions and they were both very nice. Location and time Below.
I can’t believe it has already been six months since I moved to Amsterdam. I’m half way through my Master’s program and I feel like I moved to this city a month ago! I came here in the heat and somehow have already managed through a whole month of snow.
The last six months far surpassed my expectations of living here in every way possible. I love Amsterdam just as much as I did when I studied abroad here 2 years ago, I have met some really amazing people, and I’m loving the whole experience of being a graduate student in this city. I came up with the concept of this blog in Texas back in July of 2009 and I am really happy with the amount of feedback and comments I have received. I never anticipated meeting or talking to new people because of my blog but it has been great! I can’t wait to see what Amsterdam will be like in 2010, especially riding around in Summer!
Was this photograph taken decades ago in a pre-global warming era where people in Amsterdam could glide around the canals all winter long? Actually it was taken two days ago on Keizersgracht by William Bosveld. Amsterdam’s canals have frozen over for the first time in over a decade! Boats are banned from the frozen areas so people can enjoy the natural ice skating rinks. How nice!
Here is another beautiful photograph taken today by Jon K.
Last night the ol’gang went on a little pub crawl to discover our Jordaan neighborhood night life. We always bike by these little corner bars at night and they look so cozy inside. Here are a few gems we found.
Cafe Thijssen on Brouwersgracht is a really nice, casual bar. They have tons of board games and is also a nice Cafe during the day. Its usually pretty packed on the weekends.
Cafe ‘t Smalle is a tiny super cozy brown bar right on the canal. Full of candles and regulars.
Cafe Nol is possibly the strangest bar I have been to. You have to ring a bell to enter and the entire bar is tinted in red lighting. The music, the furniture, everything is pretty much stuck in 1973. I liked it though.
Cafe Dulac is a really nice restaurant/bar on Haarlemmerstraat. We hung out in the smoking room upstairs. They have 50% off on dinner if you have a student id.
I have been in Amsterdam for about one month and it has been amazing. This two minute video below sums up my experience. The music is by The Books. Click here if you want to watch a bigger version.
