The second trend this spring are tight dresses  with little overskirts, called peplum.
De tweede trend van dit voorjaar zijn de strakke jurken met overrokjes (peplum).

And some more:

• Pugly Pixel directed us to Method & Craft for a lot of really interesting video-tutorials on Photoshop, great resource!
• Do you own a Kartell Bourgie lamp? Had the problem of a non-working lamp after one of the bulbs has blown or a power flux? Solve the mystery by replacing the small glass fuse! I know all about glass fuses now…
• Two new television series a really enjoy watching are Pan Am and New Girl.
• Blue Thompson raisins are way better than Sultana raisins, you should give them a try! (for sale at Ekoland)
• I really enjoyed reading Stine Jensens “Echte vrienden“, Real Friends, a short essay (in Dutch) on the value of intimacy in times of Facebook, WikiLeafs and GeenStijl, discussed in line with various philosophers like Montaigne, Aristotle, and Alain de Botton.

I really don’t like it that my birthday is right after the holidays, and now I have to wait almost an entire year before anybody will even think of getting me one of these (and of course I’m not buying them myself, have you seen the prices??). kidding of course…

Wacom Intuos 4 L tablet + stylus €385 // princess cut diamond studs; price unknown // Kate Spade cooper square zippered darcy €150 // KitchenAid blender in chroom €279 // Canon EF Macro lens 50MM f2.5 €262 // F. Scott Fitzgerald series by Coralie Bickford-Smith €20 per book // piggy bank in gold color by Harry Allen €200

• Adele, Someone Like You *
• Jenny Lane, Cannizaro Park *
• Leona Naess, Leave Your Boyfriend Behind *
• Alicia Keys, Empire State of Mind *
• Dario Marianelli, Elegy for Dunkirk (OST Atonement) *
• John Mayer, Who Says
• Natacha Atlas, Duden (remixed)
• Racoon, Took A Hit
• Coldplay, Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
• Bruno Mars, Just The Way You Are
• Teriyaki Boyz, Tokyo Drift
• Caro Emerald, Back It Up
• Laura Jansen, Single Girls
• Bill Withers, Ain’t No Sunshine
• Keren Ann, Lay your head down
• Misty Miller, Remember

• Rechargeable, so I can pick it up and take it upstairs, into the bathroom or listen to music while in my tiny little garden.
• 360 degrees “full sound” system, which sounds pretty good. Ok, so it’s not a full surround sound system, and it’s not a Bose or Bang & Olusfen, but doesn’t sell for their price either.
• It’s small. It’s design.
• It’s not a docking station, but a wifi audio system, which means it connects to your wireless internet connection, and streams audio from iTunes software without the need to plug in cables and dock your iPhone / iPad, so you can use these items, while listening to your music.
• It works with Apple’s Airplay, compatible with my Macbook, iPhone and iPad, each of which can be used as a remote control.

I am going to Amsterdam with a friend, just a day of playing tourists, walking around 9-streets, along Albert Cuyp (for beautiful fabrics) and the Waterlooplein. And when we’re finished, and have seen and done everything, I really hope that we still have some time left for a trip to Zaandam, to the newest and largest Primark in the Netherlands and their new s/s 2012 collection. Zaandam is only 11 minutes by train, the shop is located just 500 meters from the station and is open until 18:00 on Saturday. Pompiediedomdom, pleeeeeease … :-D

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Ik ga binnenkort met een vriend naar Amsterdam, gewoon een dagje de toerist uithangen en rondlopen door de 9 straatjes, langs de Albert Cuyp (voor mooie stoffen) en over het Waterlooplein. En als we dan klaar zijn, alles gezien en gedaan hebben, hoop ik eigenlijk dat we nog wat tijd over hebben voor een uitstapje naar Zaandam, voor de nieuwste en grootste Primark van Nederland en hun nieuwe s/s 2012 collectie. Zaandam is maar 11 minuutjes met de trein, de winkel ligt op slechts 500 meter vanaf het station en is tot 18.00 uur geopend op zaterdag. Pompiediedomdom, pleeeeeease…