Lavendelhof - 23/01-2008

Tuesday, January 22 - 2008.
The first floor is not yet dried out (and of course the next bill is in the mail) and started with the walls.


Wednesday, January 23 - 2008.
Preparing for the 'concrete waffle construction' to poor it in, I'll have walls this week for the 1st floor ... :-)

6,5 instead of 5

In these eyes
More than words
More than anything that I spoken
As the skies turned to gray
My hopes is just about to crack open
So the story goes
There's something you should know
Before I walk away
and I blow the ending

You never touch my skin, in the way you did
And you even changed the way you kiss me
When lovers part there's a change of heart
But my heart can't change the way that we were
Oh no, my heart can't change the way that we were

you've got me speechless ...


It's still better to be hated for what I'm
than to be loved for what I'm not ...

Lavendelhof - 13/01-2008

Last week started again working on the house. The roof is ready for the concrete and I do have already a back wall so depending the weather it's looking good so far ...

Robin Thicke - 2 The Sky

Robin Thicke - 2 the sky (the evolution of Robin Thicke)

It's amazing the way the darkness falls
And the truth out there is cold
And nothing to keep you warm
Jealousy and lies within me
I got a feeling the sun wont shine today
And I gotta to know right now
Will I be rich, have everything I want
I stop myself and look to the sky

Oh I got to give myself up to the sky
The only truth is in the sky

Nobody else can tell cause Im stuck in a spell
Of greed and anger and hate
Oh I tried I tried I tried to rise above it
But it comes right back
Creeps up on me and it hits me
Double time

This cant be my fate
Its never too late
I wake up holding on to this pain
And theres nothing else I can do
But 2 give myself up to the sky

When u ask yourself
Hey why me and why not me?
When youre down on your knees
Look 2 the sky
Just look 2 the sky
You dont need no faster car
Or no bigger house
All u really need is friends and love
Hey come on home
Just throw up your hands
Throw up your heart
All u really need is love
Im comin home
So come on home

Thanks to R.

X-Mas Diner 2007 - The Hague

Maastricht - X-Mas shopping

Maastricht, December 23th 2007,

Like every year there's a X-mas shopping night and of course the whole weekend every shop's open. Went with Joyce to Maastricht to find some last minute presents and see the 'madness' around X-mas. It was busy in Maastricht but had a lovely day in Maastricht.

Went for a small lunch to De Comedie, almost in the heart of Maastricht (Onze Lieve Vrouwenplein 30B) a trendy place (not from the outside) but visit their website ... very well done, uninterrupted lounge music while looking at the site.


Quick and good service, also for a drink, while almost all other restaurants only serve meals and therefore only a drink is out of the question. Not really something you expect from Maastricht. We went for the Foccacia and the all time favorite of mine shrimp croquettes ... something typical Belgium, and since we're almost in Belgium it's worth a try ... :-)

The menu card looked good and they give a lot of parties, also after diner time ...

C'est la Vie, Amorsplein 2 is also a nice address to go to for a drink, the also serve food but they also allow you to only have a drink and not throwing you out only because of that drink ...

Lavendelhof - 22/12-2007

Working on the first ceiling / floor of the 2nd floor
And now it will be quiet for two weeks because they are on holiday ...

Amsterdamse Bos - 'De Bosbaan'.

Amsterdamse Bos - 'De Bosbaan'
December 21st - 2007

Gusto - Rotterdam 010

Restaurant Gusto Rotterdam
Schiedamse Vest 40
3011 BA Rotterdam
Tel : +31 10 2800812
website : http://www.gusto-rotterdam.nl

Today making a huge leap to 010 from 020. Always difficult making that step ... and yes Nicole it wasn't that bad ... :-) (Yes Rian, Bjorn, Piet & Gert I made it across ...) So after a very long time (last time at Jenny's?) we went out for diner to Gusto this time. Small italian restaurant, with an open kitchen and real friendly people that actually greet you when entering the restaurant. That was something else compared to the place we were before this night ... And since I need to put some fine restaurants still on this blog, I will enjoy some dining these last two weeks from 2007 to catch up ...

A lot of people probably had the idea to go out for diner without making reservations. A lot of full places tonight. Fortunately we only had to wait for a few minutes before we could go to our table.

We started of with different kinds of bruschetta and some antipasti misti. Very nice and taste full, we couldn't determine all the bruschetta but they were very good. For main course we had the aglio olio (a pizza with a hint of garlic) ... the reason why you should only buy pizza with real italians and forget about the s... in the supermarket. Very good indeed. And one of my favourite's the Vitello Tonata. The 'tonata' was very well done!

So after making the journey to 010 it was worth it ... thanks Nicole for a lovely evening,


P.

P.s.
I won't tell about your new 'only N' hobby ... :-)
Next time we make it a 'cake day'