What else could we do on a sunny Sunday then biking the Bridge? We got new racing Treks from Bike & Roll and set a new record time to ride to Tibron and from there took the ferry back to Pier 41.
The Giants played against the Dodgers and we went to the game. It was one big (food) party with people paying attention to the game from time to time. The stadium was sold out and whole families where present. The Giants originally came from New York and the Dodges from Brooklyn (now LA) so they are each others sworn enemies. But that didn't matter to the crowd: everyone cheered for a good strike of either team.
Marijn and flew to San Francisco for the UXweek next week via London with BA. Mainly to avoid flying dreadful KLM (and to enjoy the excellent services of British Airways). BA improved their Business offer even further and you now have a secluded private area in which a flight of 12 hours is a joy.
Terminal 5 however is a terrible industrial nightmare where you think you are in a sort of factory. Especially the security area is horrific. with a sort of conveyor belt.
I was on prime time national (NOS) news while having lunch with with my friend Maartje at the IJ kantine in Amsterdam. They had a feature about the changing environment of Amsterdam North with his industrial harbour seroundings quickly changing into hip and up coming culture. Hence some images of the terras of the IJ kantine with me and Maartje in it.
The iPhone is great and I cannot image ever been without it... Always being connected to the internet is a dream come true. But its screen seems very vulnerably so I am looking for a nice sleeve. I found these: Sena orange leather (€ 20), Louis Vuitton (€180) and Dior (€300). I like the Vuitton most - but when I tried it it turned out to be only for the iPhone GEN I... :-( So the quest continues.
At Le Restaurant we had a excellent dinner with our dear friends Niek and Noor. (photo by iPhone...)
I switched today from my BlackBerry Curve to the iPhone 3G. I am curious about the applications and the navigation. The first use experience was typical Apple:
1) everything works
2) everything works the way you expect it would work
3) everything works very nice...
I do not eat cheese so much anymore because of my diet (they contain mostly 48% fat) but I still like them...So here's my top 10:
1. Old Cumin Cheese from Leiden
2. Emmentaler
3. Gruyere
4. Roquefort
5. Reypenaer
6. Cottage cheese
7. Old clove cheese
8. Parmesan
9. Cheddar
10. Pecorino
This year Gayprise Amsterdam was a higly political (even hetrosexual) kind of affair. I saw all kinds of political boats (cities / ministeries / companies / parties) and a lot of (hetrosexual) women. Where's the old canal parade? They only thing that really saved the day where the guys from the Amsterdam police force ;-))
Bob Cooley was in a car accident in 1976 and as a result needed to learn to move all over again. He found I new technique: stretching the muscle while contracting it. It turned out a huge success for himself and later also for others. He began practicing his Meridian Flexibility System and now teaches other instructors. My trainer JoJo is obsessed with this guy so when Bob was in Holland to train instructors I had to meet him. Within 30 minutes I improved my reach with 12 inches :-)) It is really amazing. While in Amsterdam Bob stretched Turner Epke Zonderland to help him overcome an injury so he is fit for Gold in Bejing.
In
celebration of our 80th anniversary and the 80th Academy Awards, The
Leading Hotels of the World brings us an epic voyage in homage to one
of Hollywood’s greatest spectacles, the Oscar®-winning sensation
“Around the World in 80 Days.” Traveling in a private jet all the way, you will see
everything in the world worth seeing and do everything in the world
worth doing. Best of all: it will cost you only USD 1 million...
Why only 28 days? If you could afford to do something silly I would go for the whole 80 days and nothing less.
Same Nose, same eye brows, same gestures - it must be him!
Because of Batman - here my favourite comics, and no: no Batman. don't like the comics at all (Like Robin Though...)
1) Blake and Mortimer
2) TinTin
3) Spirou
4) Storm
5) Gaston
6) Paul - Ralph Konig
7) LeFranc
8 Asterix
9) Lucky Luke
10) Michel Valliant
A roller coaster movie: Batman Dark knight is a must see in IMAX. One of the best movies ever... Super story, excellent Acting (from everyone actually) awesome directing and great sound effects. (Even the music from Zimmerman was OK)
In the impressive museum for crashed airplanes in Heemskerk you see how brave the crew were during that times. More then 7.000 planes crashes in Holland (mostly on their way to Germany and back). I didn't know about this musem but passed it by chance during a little tour on my motor bike.
