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Handmade Amsterdam

admin — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:22:36 +0000

Since I’ve opened my shop on Etsy, I’ve become obsessed with browsing through all the awesome products people make by hand. I want to fill my house up with etsy art, drink out of etsy mugs, wear vintage etsy boots, I’ve gone into insane-o etsy land. Here’s an Amsterdam inspired treasury list I made to highlight works that reflect this pretty city. Enjoy!

Love this original drawing by Yousentimentalidiot

Beautiful photograph of Vondel Park by Aboutlights

I’d rather have this fun rain instead of what’s really going on here. 3D paper cut by goshandgolly

I wish I made this cute mug! By Houseofharriet

Whiskey and Drive

admin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:42:56 +0000

It was a night of tipsy fun at the Jameson Film Experience. The secret film was Drive! Have you seen it? If you missed the event, you can see the film and a bunch of others this week at Amsterdam Film Week.

Antwerp, Belgium

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:06:36 +0000

Took a weekend trip to Antwerp. Beer, shopping, waffles, beer, waffles, beer. The trip went something like that.

Spent more time taking pictures of my Airbnb host’s beautiful home than of the city. Isn’t it pretty?

This window is positioned next to the meat section in a supermarket. They keep it real.

Maangchi in Amsterdam

admin — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:43:31 +0000

Was it real? Did my Korean chef idol Maangchi really come to Amsterdam and cook amazing Korean food with me? IT WAS GREAT! She’s even more awesome in real life, hilarious and full of energy. I’m so glad I got the opportunity to meet her and host the meet-up. Here’s Maangchi’s take on her trip to Amsterdam. And here are a few of my snapshots from the event. The actual cooking video will come out later after she’s back from her Gapshida travels.

Breaking into dinner two hours before the party started. Oops.

Maangchi taught me all kinds of cooking tricks. Want to chop up garlic fast? Stomp on them with platforms!

Don’t have a knife sharpener? Use a the bottom of a coffee mug!

Making the video!

Summer in Fall

admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:44:05 +0000

It was the hottest weekend since 1910 in Holland. This Texan was not complaining. Back to cold, windy Amsterdam.

Malaga in Pictures

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:31:33 +0000

My second attempt at travel photography is now published in the latest issue of Schiphol Magazine. This time I was lucky enough to join a press trip to Malaga, Spain during the Feria festival. The sun, the food, the people, it was all pretty great. Where else can you take naps everyday and eat ham on the beach? To read a proper article about Malaga, check out the report by Arun Sood here (p.30).

Traditional dancing during the Feria Festival.

Parties everywhere on the streets. Look at the dresses! Beaches in the middle of the city.

A wine pourer at El Pimpi, a famous Tapas restaurant. My first and last viewing of a bull fight. A big spectacle that occurs every night during the festival.

Adventures in North Uist

admin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:33:29 +0000

A holiday to North Uist lead to my first professional travel photography gig for Schiphol Magazine. North Uist is one of the islands off the West coast of Scotland. We started from Aberdeen in the east and drove through the highlands to the Isle of Skye, and finally a ferry to this beautiful little island. No traffic lights, no internet, just serene nature for a week. To read more about North Uist, check out the travel report by Arun Sood here (p.60).

Beautiful horses in Lochmaddy.

A view of Vallay dusk, an uninhabited Island that can be reached by walking across the water when the tides are down.

The famous Vallay House, now abandoned on the tidal island.

Fiona piping away. Arun and Maggie walking towards Vallay Island.

Doesn’t it look like a tropical island? It’s Scotland!

Highland cows roaming around a village like they own the place.

Photographer Lele Saveri

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:55:17 +0000

Loving these photographs by Italian photographer Lele Savari. The series below is titled “Villa Fiorita Psychiatric Institute.” I’m inspired to go out and take more photo stories in Amsterdam.

Here’s his story in the series Kids in Italia by 55DSL:

I’m on a boat!

admin — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:32:53 +0000

YEAH DATS RIGHT. I’m living it up Dutch style on a houseboat underneath a windmill. Definitely moved on up from my old shipping container home.

Living in the Thirties

admin — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:43:40 +0000

Check out this house I had to photograph for work last month. This lady is obsessed with the 1930s era and transformed her house completely into a vintage home. She has an old thirties oven, a rotary phone, and even the newspaper next to her lazy chair is from the last century. It felt more like walking into a Dutch oldies film set than a real life home. You can read the full story by Marieke Verhoeven here.