Fracas Noir – Susanne Waldau – te Brake ~ for better or worse

Early gym, then pedicure and manicure. Luxury comes in small packages.

Probably one of the “warmer” days yesterday before the arctic cold will descend on us, we decided to go for a bike ride and get some ice-cream. I had little ice cakes and Sebastian was enjoying his rum-raisin and pistachio ice. Well pictures speak tons more than words…

I’m at the neurolog discussing the medication I can get to my probably MS but still to be verified illness. The doctor suggests an anti-depressant. I immediately facilitate the information I am most likely depressed. Reinout confirms this saying “the prospect of her ending up in a wheelchair is a bit daunting”. I cut him [...]

It’s been some time ago…I’m not going to bore you with the details. Too few and equally too many. I guess that is the point of where confusion strikes. I’m still batteling chronic pain, so the last weeks I’ve mostly been spending time in bed. Today I had an appointment with my physiotherapist to strengthen [...]

I always dreamed of a Valentino dress. It’s the Ferrari of fashion (not to mention the same colour!), which would make any girl, woman and lady quiver with delight. It’s what Sharon Stone wore in Basic Instinct (or so I imagine), and it’s what Jackie O would have worn if Valentino would have started his [...]

In the car on my way to work. My husband is driving whilst I go through my emails having come in through the night. I like to keep a clean inbox, at the most 10 emails, and preferably no more than 5. My response time is swift, and the last thing I do before I [...]

In inspiration of a question I got about scents for men I decided to raid my husband’s stack of fragrances, which often on either my encouragement or initiative has been added to my husbands already existing collection. A good fragrance pour homme is equally easy as it is difficult to find. The good news is [...]

In town it’s crowded. As I walk in my black pencil skirt my thighs are rubbing together from the heat. That forever taking diet is not paying off. Thigh rubbing or not, I decide against a cappuccino and order just a black coffee. A biscuit that accompanies it gets handed over to Sebastian who eagerly [...]

Champion’s League (and certainly the Finals) gives me a perfect excuse to nip over to the local salsa hangout on Haarlem Station, which arranges salsa parties in the weekend. I texted my friend W, but as she was at a party I had no choice but to go on my own. I was secretly hoping [...]

I read not too long ago that the effect of a holiday only lasts 2-3 days. And I can feel it, as soon as Monday hits, the brain (albeit slowly) is getting back into a sluggish action. My long, Sleeping-beauty-like nocturnal bed rests are a mere memory. Instead I struggle to keep myself on an [...]