Fracas Noir || Susanne Waldau - te Brake I swear to tell the truth as I know it…

Women go through phases of men, but in the end tend to stick to a certain kind. At least so is the case with me. There was the experimental phase, when anything went. It’s also the phase which in my more mature years I have tried to put behind me. “Did I sleep with him? [...]

Why is it that men can’t be relied upon to find a good movie? Reinout had already selected a film for us to see, and it was no idea to protest, so I went along with it….Lost City Raiders. It was one of the worst movies I’ve seen since… well a few months back when [...]

Mrs Wallis Simpson, the American-born Duchess of Windsor, once said, “You can never be too rich or too thin.” It’s a pretty controversial statement (in regards to the latter part), more than ever seeing how Hollywood stars are starving themselves beyond the illusive size 0. But as a woman, you see things in a completely [...]

And so ended our evening…one that started at the winebar sipping champagne and good wine. And after hours of savouring on gourmet food at Stempels, we couldn’t help but venturing around the corner to check out the redlight. It was in full commerce, as busy as the Haarlem redlight ever gets, meaning the occasional single [...]

So here it is again, Valentines, the biggest commercial fraud history has ever witnessed. And this time there is no Valentine present. I was under the impression that the biggest present ever would be here, but oh no, life had another plan in store. So I need to dedicate some time today to a) find [...]

We had a long lunch, at one of the restaurants at the market square. Every time I go there, I feel like I’m on a date with Reinout. It’s an odd feeling, making me feel hot and cold at the same time. After all, our first real date started there; in a grand cafe on [...]

…I ask myself after our latest domestic episode. Reinout took control of the remote, and started zapping. I was expecting an interesting show like CSI or Cold Case.  Instead I found myself watching a Steven Segal Movie – some Mercenary for Justice that scored 4.1 on IMDB. I should be grateful I know, it could [...]

When you are a girlfriend, a wife, a lover, you may think you are the only one. But you’re not. Because there is always the ex. I say the ex in singular, because it’s in fact the X, as in X-factor. The love of your partner’s life. That’s the X, that has become a ghost [...]

Coming back on that hotel room dream I had the other night. The hotel that figured in my dream appeared very similar to the hotel I once had a similar experience in, this time somewhat more raunchy. I must have been about 18, and had some week earlier been introduced to E who moved in [...]

I woke up to a rainy Haarlem but to a sunny husband. He recently decided that he needed to acquire a suntan to his otherwise pale face. It was last weekend, whilst doing some beauty shopping in Amsterdam. I think it must have been his own idea, because I can’t see him being convinced by [...]