Last Friday I got on a train to Amsterdam to cycle around for the Light Festival with brotherdearest. Was a little apprehensive because last year the installations were disappointing, but this year's artworks totally made up for that; so many gorgeous designs! After two hours of cycling (and stopping to take photos) we took a short dinner break and ( Read more... )

Right after I got back home from visiting ArtZuid in Amsterdam back in September, I did a quick Instragram post with ten pics, meant to be an appetizer for a long picspam follow up on LiveJournal & DreamWidth a couple days later. But then work took over my life for a bit and the final preparations for the SPN_ReverseBang ate up a lot of time too ( Read more... )

In December I went to Amsterdam, not only to pick up my awesome birthday cake, but also to visit the LightFestival 2018/2019 with brotherdearest. For this edition of the grand outdoor exhibition of light art installations, the route was set up all around the Herengracht (the third canal ring) and you can see it by foot, by bicycle or by boat. We ( Read more... )

Last Saturday I went to Amsterdam to visit brotherdearest and to do some bookshopping. I had planned this before I was aware it was the day of the Canal Parade of the GayPride week. I'm not a fan of big crowds, so I spent most of my day in the not so busy part of town with my brother, exploring the new subway (plus the archeological finds that were ( Read more... )

Seems I'm finally catching up with my to-do list, yay! Only one week until I go to my first ever Supernatural convention and besides a couple of tiny things, I'm ready;) After I post this picspam, I'll go through my flist to comment and then I'll be up to speed again with all of you. I hope I can keep it that way, but with my participation in Land ( Read more... )

Last weekend I traveled to Amsterdam for two days of fangirling with sillie82 and BflyW (who flew in from Norway with her daughter A.). On Sunday evening I took the train to Schiphol airport to pick up B. & A. and accompany them to their hotel. I spent the night at my brother's ( Read more... )

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One of the reasons I'm clinging to my LiveJournal is that I have saved over 6000 photos in my scrapbook. (6320 to be exact;) It took me years to figure out how to present my photos in a style that works for me and I'm quite content with the way I now make picspams. So here I am and here I'll stay;)
When I went to Amsterdam for the Women's March ( Read more... )

This afternoon I went to Amsterdam to join the Women's March; I had been hesitant to go because of my issues with people, but the past few weeks (months...) I've felt so sad and angry and powerless with what's happening in politics all over the world, that I just had to DO something. Consider this my first step in the resistance ( Read more... )

After brotherdearest, my mom, her boyfriend and I finished our Illuminade Walk, I convinced them we also had to do the Boat Route with an additional 20 pieces of light art. *grins* The Theme of the waterpart of the Light Festival is A View On Amsterdam and all the light art is either in, on, or next to the canal called the Herengracht which goes ( Read more... )