I hope everyone enjoyed a festive holiday celebration. A Merry Christmas, Frohe Weihnachten, Joyeux Noël, Feliz Navidad, Vrolijk Kerstfeest to all! Weekend Links is a collection of the interesting bits and pieces that I’ve come across on the streets and online. The weekly post is my chance to share with you a few things that I have enjoyed, in a list compiled during the weekend. I hope you enjoy them as well.
A few things I enjoyed over the last week: 1. Reading the article Why Making Dinner is a Good Idea (via something changed, image via Skånska Matupplevelser) 2. Finding two lists of the best articles and essays of 2010 (via spaceships) 3. Eating an ocean roll at The Sparrow Bakery in Bend, Oregon (image below) 4. Dancing to Sufjan Steven's Come On! Let's Boogie to the Elf Dance with my family on Christmas morning 5. Watching Thomas Balmes' documentary Babies, which follows four little ones in four different countries around the world
Time has flown and we now sit in the midst of December. Tomorrow I am off on a plane to Portland - the city of roses and the gateway to a world both familiar and foreign to me (image via 
A little late this week, but here it is! Weekend Links is a collection of the interesting bits and pieces that I’ve come across on the streets and online. The weekly post is my chance to share with you a few things that I have enjoyed, in a list compiled during the weekend. I hope you enjoy them as well.
In one week, I will be at the airport in Amsterdam holding my ticket to fly to Portland. The long flight is always worth it once I get a glimpse of the glorious Cascade Mountain Range out the plane window. I am especially looking forward to this little owl that is hanging on the Christmas tree waiting for my arrival, a gift from my older sister whom I can't wait to see. Counting down the days...
A favorite from Dutch painter Kees van Dongen (1877 - 1968) titled The Corn Poppy, 1919 (via 
Weekend Links is a collection of the interesting bits and pieces that I’ve come across on the streets and online. The weekly post is my chance to share with you a few things that I have enjoyed, in a list compiled during the weekend. I hope you enjoy them as well.
The previous week took me to Berlin, the last of many trips to Germany this year. The official count for 2010 is certainly over ten, with at least half in the capital, but the latest visit was the first for work. Spending the week interviewing photographers while working with a German company was a new perspective on life in a city that usually constitutes friends and fun for me. I was also able to witness the first snowfall of the year. And it kept falling.
A month of traveling is almost at its end and a great chill has spread across northern Europe. I find myself headed to Berlin tomorrow, where the high will be around -12 C/10F on Wednesday. It's such a lovely city with snow (image from 
Weekend Links is a collection of the interesting bits and pieces that I’ve come across on the streets and online. The weekly post is my chance to share with you a few things that I have enjoyed, in a list compiled during the weekend. I hope you enjoy them as well.
The travels of the previous week took me to Oporto, Portugal to set up a photo exhibition in Maia. The final day brought me a few rainy hours to play the flâneur, wandering through the streets of the city. This trip was just a taste and I am enticed to see more. The conversations with the locals piqued my interest to return and explore this country with great pride in the past and great worry for the future.
After an eventful past week, I bring you Weekend Links, a collection of interesting bits and pieces. The weekly post is my chance to share with you a few things that I have enjoyed, in a list compiled during the weekend. I hope you enjoy them as well.
A quick trip to London this week, where I went to make a short film about a photo exhibition at the Royal Festival Hall. Two inspiring days to interview photographers and photography lovers.
Weekend Links is a collection of the interesting bits and pieces that I’ve come across on the streets and online. The weekly post is my chance to share with you a few things that I have enjoyed, in a list compiled during the weekend. I hope you enjoy them as well.
After my ride to the north, I was happy to see this familiar scene of the inside of a Dutch train by German photographer 
On Friday afternoon I took a train to the north of Holland, to a city called Groningen. A corner of the country that was new to me. Time to think and look out the window. And another perspective on the Dutch landscape in the height of autumn (photo from 
Weekend Links is a collection of the interesting bits and pieces that I’ve come across on the streets and online. The weekly post is my chance to share with you a few things that I have enjoyed, in a list compiled during the weekend. I hope you enjoy them as well.
The month of November is here and I have several trips ahead of me. Friday will take me on a short trip to Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands. The following week I'm off to London. The third week to Portugal, my first time in the country! Upon my return, I will spend one night in Amsterdam before heading for a weekend - and hopefully the Weihnachstmärkte, Christmas markets - in Cologne. And the final trip at the end of the month will take me to Berlin.
Weekend Links is a collection of the interesting bits and pieces that I’ve come across on the streets and online. The weekly post is my chance to share with you a few things that I have enjoyed, in a list compiled during the weekend. I hope you enjoy them as well.
Happy Halloween! Living in a country that doesn't (really) have Halloween traditions makes me long for it even more. Caramel covered apples, candy corn, bobbing for apples, trick or treating, jack-o-lanterns, and the joy of planning the perfect costume. Nevertheless, I will cook some pumpkin soup and watch Don Knotts in 
My bike ride to work takes me through one of the most picturesque parks in Amsterdam, where I get a daily glimpse of autumn deepening its hold on the city. Cycling past the trees every day gives me the time to observe the diminishing numbers of leaves and their darkening shades. For my part, I'm on a serious apple cider kick. It's my favorite drink to feel cozy especially once I've come in from a ride (image from