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

I woke up to Reinout and Sebastian arriving home. An hour earlier I had gone to bed with the mother of headaches, calling it a day with the promise to continue work in the evening. After dinner (steak again!) Reinout run another bath for me to relax and now I’m in bed planning to go [...]

The first time I came across an album of Putumayo was in a small lunch cafe on a side street off the Haarlem market square. It was one of those cafes that takes great pride in their organic coffee, vitamin infused smoothies and vegetarian sandwiches. Each time I walked through the door to order a [...]

Salsa dancing was great! Although we outnumbered the guys with 2:1, we practised shines and styling, which makes the dance so much more elegant as well as fun. I came home in a really good mood which has lasted all evening. I can’t wait before OnlineSalsa.com goes live….but until then check us out on facebook [...]

10.15 and already breakfast time. Time flies when you are having….ehum fun. There wasn’t so much fun yesterday as my mood took a dip. Perhaps it’s the late night working, the sleepless nights and the early mornings. It doesn’t help either to wake up to rain and more rain, followed by a hell of a [...]

I just woke up. My alarm clock was staring back at me with a clear message that it was already 12 o’clock. Fantastic! Every bit of extra sleep I catch right now is welcome. — It wasn’t a particularly busy day yesterday. Apart from having to go and file a report at the police for [...]

It’s my first salsa lesson after the summer break. As always, not having danced for months, my nerves are mixing with great anticipation. I take a few steps, one two, three…five, six, seven… I count for myself to the beat of the music. I need getting into the rhythm again, but after a few steps [...]

I had a bit of an involuntary blog stop. But it was necessary to re-prioritize. The whole week has been completely dedicated to the launch of OnlineSalsa.com and now the moment has finally arrived. The site IS live!!! It’s a fantastic feeling; after months of hard work with a brilliant team, that made it so [...]