B in the Netherlands
@bnetherlands
A writer and photographer from Oregon who lives in the Netherlands. Posts range from serious news to haiku movie reviews and random photos of Dutch stuff. Someday I'll fix the cowboy banner. Someday...
A rare 'cordingo' recently spotted in the wilds of Vondelpark. One part corgi, one part dingo. They don't steal babies, but they will happily snatch a bagel right out of your hands! #dogs #Amsterdam #corgi #dingos
Came across this display at Velvet over the weekend.The Rolling Stones *and* Deep Purple have new albums out. What year is it again? And the Stones one? Not half bad. #RollingStones #DeepPurple #Timewarp
I watched these guys carve this sculpture over a period of several months in all kinds of weather. It looks like an arcade game, but it has an important message. Nice to see it finally found a home over at the Leidse Plantsoen. #Leiden #art #Netherlands www.leidschdagblad.nl/regio/leiden...
Not a great weekend for Rembrandt Dagen, but the organizers are pressing ahead despite the heat. I saw the crew setting things up this morning. One guy was bringing in water cooler jugs. #Leiden #Rembrandt #toohot
I guess our garden is now being sublet to a green-fanged tube spider. Amazing web and the spider herself is more than a little intimidating. Please stay out of the house, madam. And feast upon as many mosquitos as you please. #spiders #Netherlands
How did I end up at a Ladies Night screening of The Invite at the Trianon? No entirely sure, but my fellow males and I did get jeered by the crowd at one point. Sorry, ladies. It is at least partially a Seth Rogen film.
Here’s what these ants look like. My barber’s solution to the problem (and the summer heat)? A gigantic fan. Flying hair > flying ants (and heat).
A photo from the newish location of the Nederlands Fotomuseum in a former coffee warehouse in Rotterdam. Great setup, great building, but it already feels too small and cramped in there. #photography #museums #Rotterdam #Netherlands
An underaged knucklehead took a speed boat on a cruise through Leiden last night and his passenger slammed his head into a bridge. The cops were out in full force this morning, treating the crime scene like it was the site of a triple homicide. Sigh... www.leidschdagblad.nl/regio/leiden...
There’s been further delays with the never-ending refurbishment of the stone lion over by the library. Guess there were issues with his makeover. The fire engine red paint has been removed. Wonder what’s happening with him, but maybe it was a bad dye job? #beenthere #poorkitty #Leiden
One last photo from Silver Lake City in Germany. Had to hit the ol’ dusty trail this afternoon. Sadly, I didn’t blast out of town on this steel horse. Gorgeous, no?
A few America 250 photos from this weird little corner of Germany. #FourthofJuly #America250 #Germany
Greetings from a Wild West resort in Germany where there’s an American 250 celebration that’s ten times better and more fun than the rubbish fest in DC. BBQ, bratwurst, and a band playing covers. They just did a country fried U2 cover and now they’re on “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” #America250
A kitschy German hotel or a Wild West sequel to Backrooms? You be the judge. #Backrooms #WildWest #Germany #wherehaveIfoundmyself
Wherever you are and whatever you’re doing in this heatwave, be glad you aren’t in London and didn’t get roped into doing this by your relatives. #London #heatwave #HarryPotter #weepssoftly
One more tale from the heatwave. A cat decided to beat the heat in the Amsterdam American Book Center earlier this week…and tried to use the tree as a scratching post. You can read more about his rein of terror on their Instagram account. #Amsterdam #heatwave #cats #CodeRood #bookstore
In further pop-up World Cup shop related news, McDonald’s has one at Utrecht Centraal where you can try to score a goal against a virtual Grimace. #Uttecht #WorldCup #McDonalds #Grimace
Also: they brought a lobster. More also: a certain American-Dutch comedian who shall remain nameless was there in a Taco Tuesday jersey. 2/2
Given the weather and the match tonight, tomorrow should be declared a national holiday. *Nobody* is going to work. Here’s the scene at the Duke of Oz in Leiden about 15 minutes ago. #CodeRood #WorldCup #Netherlands
The hydration station at the Lido last night. #heatwave #CodeOranje #Leiden #Disney
Did the heat break the Buienradar? This isn’t the forecast for the coming days (thankfully). #codeoranje #Netherlands
Went to take a photo of a canal this morning and my shopping list fell in the water as I pulled my phone out of my pocket. It was a pretty spectacular dive. Pure comedy. And, yeah, it was written on a page from a Jeopardy desk calendar. 1/2
One for the "You Can't Make This Shit Up" file. #heatwave #youhavegottobekidding