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

When I left the gym, in a hurry to get home for the grocery delivery, I looked up at the clock and noted it was another 10 hours until my work day was over. 10 hours appeared infinite, and just the mere though, made me want to go back to bed. But I had a [...]

I’m a two- season shopper. When a new season start I go to my favourite shops (in this case Players & Amedee – both in Haarlem), and go on the prowl for a number of well selected items. They need to meet a few criteria: A) Being Classic, B) Sustainable for several seasons and years [...]

I’m sitting here with my agenda planning the week ahead. It’s an exciting week with several meetings regading a project close to my heart. Last night, in anticipation of the next coming days, I cleaned out my inbox (*relief*), completed my administation (well overdue) and did the laundry in preparation for the cleaners coming over [...]

As with all good things it had to come to an end. It had started in a rather stressful fashion, at 6.30 am walking the dogs, doing the laundry and then off to the gym. More laundry, getting dressed and off to work. At Central Station I detoured picking up cakes at Hema and plasters [...]

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 [...]

The thing with having a digital camera is that you take so many pictures. In a way I miss having the old fashioned photo albums. Those carried memories for life, invaluable, whereas their digital versions are forgotten as soon as the picture was downloaded to some anonymous folder. Well digital version in all honour, here [...]

Once in a while, you need one of those long weekends to catch up on sleep, family and friends. They are perfect battery chargers, boosting your energy, breaking those bad patterns and eliminating negative vibes. Easter turned out in many ways to be a mini-life saver. After weeks of struggling with sleep, completely draining my [...]

It was a super busy day yesterday, when I kicked off my Christmas shopping.  The recession was nowhere to be found, when people were making a dash for their last Christmas presentents. The nice thing about sales in Holland is that it  start rather early, just after Sinter Klaas, so it’s perfect to do the [...]

I got a lift to work this morning. I’m getting to the stage where I hate to move around, especially since I still refuse to give up my high heels. I can think of a million reasons for ditching them but the fact of the matter remains: 1) They elongate my legs, especially in times [...]