• olio e osso lip balm
• book: max, mischa en het tet-offensief - johan harstad
• oribe signature conditioner
• book: 'de kunst van het nietsdoen' - kenko
• carthusia perfume 'fiori di capri'
• french girl organics creme lumiere, body oil
• restaurant 'bo nam' in amsterdam (sublime sweet potato fries, 'imperial vegan rolls')
• book: 'de avond is ongemak' by marieke lucas rijneveld
• poppenhuizen door frits en wini (miniaturen veelal niet groter dan een luciferdoosje)

• pontochoux restaurant in paris (japanese curry)
• aujourd'hui demain in paris (vegan concept store)
• 'cuplies' food containers
• lush twilight body spray
• mezzelune ceci e lenticchie at albert heijn supermarket
• vivetta fall 2020 runway show's tights
• kinfill homecare - biodegradable cleaning supplies
• cosmania beauty shop in amsterdam (herenstraat 19)
• 'caravaggio-bernini baroque in rome'-exhibition at the rijksmuseum in amsterdam until the 7th of june
• 'breitner vs israels'- exhibition at kunstmuseum in den haag
• places: asturias, spain
• 7 march til 14th of march: boekenweek (boekenweekgeschenk door annejet van der zij...

beauty

• byredo perfume eleventh hour
• 'fur' bath drops
• lush advent calendar

books and stationary

• 'insomnia' coffee table book by annabel oosteweeghel
• 'ooit aten we dieren' book by roanne van voorst

clothing and accessories

• arket packable merino slippers
• ribbed knitted ballet legging from capezio
• cos ribbed cashmere slippers
• picnic romper from free people

entertainment

• earpods
• tickets musical anastasia in scheveningen
• tickets 'notenkraker en muizenkoning' by the nationaal ballet in amsterdam
• the volkskrant - paper subscription

• pukka three cinnamon tea
• movie 'parasite' directed by bong joon ho
• kabocha pumpkins
• book: 'sal' written by mick kitson
• vegan restaurant 'yerba' in amsterdam
• french laboratoire provendi soap holders
• carols from the kings college choir
• mara universal face oil
• pieter van hooch exposition at museum prinsenhof delft
• vegan chocolate panforte (meera sodha recipe)
• jerusalem artichoke puree with leek
• papier d'arménie incense
• ginger ale
• 'fur's bath drops
• vegan mushroom ragout
• paolo cognetti - the wild boy book

• mia farrow's haircut in 'rosemary's baby'
• new downton abbey film (going to watch it in cinema on sept 11th!)
• stila cosmetics glitter and glow
• apple picking month! (plus the pancake restaurant at my local apple orchard now also offers vegan buckwheat pancakes yay!)
• margaret atwood - the testaments
• lunaria annua plant
• simone rocha spring 2020 show - artisan pieces of straw in hair
• rain bonnets at prada spring 2020 show
• fresh harvests of string beans, conference pears and cauliflowers
• teylers museum, haarlem, new exhibition 'growing up in the 19th century'
• de prentenwinkel 'la coquille', haarlem
• elderflower lemonade
• braids at dior spring 2020 fashion show
• kimchi. with. everything!!!!!

• beauty and the beast teapot and mug
• black swans - eve babitz (book)
• japanese school uniform (+ tie)
• pvc rain bonnet (preferably in cherry red)
• ballerina music box (ideally including mirror)
• dutch edition of vladimir nabokov's collected poems
• randoseru (japanese) back pack (if possible in pink, red or black)
• converse all stars high tops in peach colour
• gucci garden tote bag (exclusive item, only available in florence)
• miu miu patent head band in bordeaux
• beatrix potter mugs and cutlery
• new food processor (possibly 'philips HR7605')
• 'de volkskrant' (newspaper) subscription

celestial

• apple cinnamon spice
• bengal spice
• sleepytime peach

clipper

• elderflower infusion
• love me truly (second favourite after the stash chai tea)
• snore and peace
• white tea

dammann frères

• jardin bleu
• the vert jasmin

harney & sons

• hot cinnamon spice
• paris (fruit tea with bergamot)

higher living

• still some time til its due...exhibition: "hubert de givenchy: to audrey with love" at the gemeentemuseum in the hague (from 26th of november to 26th of march 2017)
• 'here i am' jonathan saffran foer's newest novel, will be published in holland on the 9th of this month
• clif'white chocolate macadamia nut' vegan bar
• french roman 'en attendant bojangles' by olivier bourdeaut
• treacle moon 'raspberry kiss' shower gel (vegan!)

powders, liquids and other particles that can be added to smoothies or (soy) yoghurt for health benefits

• aloë vera - healthy intestines
• spirulina (a blue/green algae) blood cleansing full of essential amino acids
• zeolite (volcanic minerals) - balances pH
• wheat and barley grass - blood cleansing
• baobab powder (made from the fruit of the baobab tree) - high dose of vitamin C
• camu camu powder (made from camu camu berries) - high dose of vitamin C
• guarana powder - rich in caffeine, a great substitute for coffee
• inca berries - blood sugar regulator

• le nouveau - french adolescent film by rudi rosenberg
• belle & sebastian - funny little frog (song, 2006)
• breitner's 'girl in kimono'-exhibition at the rijksmuseum amsterdam (til may 22th)
• 'le soft perfume' solid sticks (vegan, yay!)
• newly published book by biologist frans de waal on animal intelligence called 'zijn we slim genoeg om te weten hoe slim dieren zijn?'
• arnon grunberg's new novel 'moedervlekken'
• castle 'de haar' near the city of utrecht (gorgeous rococo bedrooms)
• 'dialogues with nature' by photographer frans lanting at the nederlands fotomuseum (june 9th til sept 4th)
• vegetable (sunday) roasts!!! (including: ...

First of all, I feel obliged to mention that february has always been (and still is) my least favourite month of the year. The coziness of winter's frozenness (heated houses, ear muffs, parsnip and pumpkin soup etcetera) has subdued; and we've still got a long time to go before our toes can be warmed by sunwarmed happy green tickling grass again.

Ergo I feel that I ought to make this month's 'favourites' list very hippy happy; in order to beat the weariness of winter!!!!

• exhibition: 'i spy with my little eye…' at the frans hals museum, haarlem - the netherlands
• pussy willows
• flower sprouts (a crossing between kale and brussels sprouts)
• old, obscure gardening books
• using sushi rice for non-sushi dishes
• eyeing writer's retreats online (in italy...

• (recipe) book: 'vegarabia' by greg and lucy malouf (middle eastern vegetarian recipes)
• book: 'the meursalt investigation' by kamel daoud

• l'atalante, jean vigo 1934
• casque d'or, jaques becker 1952
• jules et jim, francois truffaut 1962
• les mépris, jean-luc godard 1963
• la piscine, jacques deray 1968
• cet obscur objet du désir, luis buñuel 1977
• betty blue, jean-jacques beineix 1986
• les amant du pont-neuf, leos carat 1991
• le fabuleux destin d'amelié poulain, jean-pierre jeunet 2001
• pierrot le fou, jean-luc godard 1965

• louis vuitton city guide books (want: tokyo, paris, moscow)
• filles à papa odyssey swimsuit
• waterclouds hair repair argan serum oil
• experimenting with different hair styles…pigtails, braids, half bun half loose…(have yet to find a style that doesn't make my nose look massive)
• searching for an edouard bisson-replica at the thrift shop
• re-appreciating 'pet shop boys' and 'frankie goes to hollywood'
• james salter's 'burning the days' (lived such an intriguing life)
• alterna bamboo beach: summer ocean waves tousled texture spray (for beach hair when deprived of…beach)
• (n)ice cream, made of frozen bananas
• 'soul le ciel de paris' by line renaud
• 'dior and i' (raf simons) documentary (just need to find someone that wants to go ...

belgium

• groeningemuseum, brugge
• koninklijk museum voor schone kunsten, antwerpen
• koninklijk museum voor schone kunsten, brussel
• le musée des beaux-arts, mons
• modemuseum, antwerpen
• rubenshuis, antwerpen

england

• victoria and albert museum, london

france

• chateau de versailles, versailles
• monet's garden, giverny
• musee d'orsay, paris
• muséum national d'histoire naturelle, paris

germany

• archäologischer park, xanten

italy

amsterdam, netherlands

• café américain (élégant art-deco interior), leidsekade no. 97
• de bolhoed (hip and vegeterian/vegan), prinsengracht no. 60
• kopjes (catcafé!!!!!), marco polostraat no. 211
• mazzo, rozengracht no. 114
• pompadour (tearoom), huidenstraat no. 12
• roots, amstelveense weg no, 164
• the breakfast club, bellamystraat no. 2
• yamazato (okura hotel), ferdinand bolstraat no. 333

rotterdam, netherlands

• aro, nieuwe binnenweg no. 241
• baker & moore, westblaak no. 147
• filo filo, nieuwe binnenweg no. 230a
• rauw, delistraat no. 24b

the hague, netherlands

art related

• details of art
• poetry foundation
• sagmeister & walsh
• sistine chapel (vatican) virtual tour

cuisine

• the first mess
• vegetarian ventures

design

• de zaak design
• mieke meijer
• moroso
• paul heijnen
• pastoe
• tom dixon
• vitra
• weltevree

fashion related

art:

• bomb (usa)
• elephant (united kingdom/netherlands)
• intern magazine
• macguffin (united kingdom)
• milk (france)
• novum (germany)
• tableau (netherlands)
• palet (netherlands)
• wrap magazine

general interest:

• reader's digest (49 international editions)
• the eighty-eight journal
• under the influence (united kingdom)

literature:

• das magazin (netherlands)
• de boekenwereld, by arnon grunberg (netherlands)

• abdolah, kader
• atwood, margaret » recommend: ''stone mattress''
• beckett, samuel
• brönte, emily
• bukowski, charles » recommend: ''ham on rye''
• burrough s, william
• capote, truman
• carter, angela
• coelho, paulo
• davis, lydia » recommend: ''can't and won't: stories''
• dis, van adriaan
• dostojevski, fjordor » recommend: ''the brothers kazamazov''
• faber, michel
• foer, jonathan safran » recommend: ''eating animals'', ''everything is illuminated''
• ginsberg, allen

• kutia (russian sweet wheat berry pudding) (traditionally eaten during christmas)
• goutal rose pompon eau de toilette
• briogeo's curl charisma / don't despair, repair! hair mask
• combinations: purple velvet + satin lilac
• places: sankt moritz
• the book 'vallen is als vliegen' by manon uphoff
• chuka wakame
• eberyjey gisele pajamas

alternative/easy listening

• eddie vedder - society
• eddie vedder - without you
• fleet foxes - white winter hymnal
• jason mraz - details in the fabric
• jason mraz - you and i both
• john mayer - free fallin'
• john mayer - heartbreak warfare
• nick cave - o'children
• paolo nutini - candy

compositions

• erik satie - gnossiennes
• moon river - henri mancini
• spiegel im spiegel - arvo part
• tchaikovsky - hymn of the cherubim
• tchaikovsky - pas de deux

french

• barbara - nantes
• charles aznavour - la boheme

• tim walker - wonderful things coffee table book (out mid october)
• roasted whole celeriac, from the oven (mega yum!)
• exposition: 'yves and catherine, une histoire d'amour', museum no hero in delden, the Netherlands
• apple sauce with an exotic twist (with orange and fresh ginger)
• wildcrafted organics - neroli cleansing oil
• miu miu spring 2020 show: beauty - tissue curls, red smudgy lips
• exhibition - 'de heks van dongen', stedelijk museum breda
• kohl-rimmed eyes (a la celine 2020)
• dutch braids
• zaphir wind chimes
• porte savon de marseille
• catrice more than nude nail polish (in color 05)

• antwerp central station, belgium
• bakkertje deeg, heusden
• banff, canada
• bora bora, tahiti
• burgersaalkirche, burgersaal church, munich, germany
• chateau marmont, los angeles
• dinant, belgium
• ghellért baths, budapest, hungary
• kasteel van gaasbeek, lembeek, belgium
• koyasan, japan
• markiezenhof, bergen op zoom, netherlands
• monokini, hawai
• namen, belgium
• oregon, denver, usa
• palais petershof, st petersburg, russia
• petrodvorets palace and park, st petersburg
• pitigliano, italy
• saint céneri-le-gérie, normandy, france...

• louise bourgeois (artist)
• hannah van widrigen - als vrouwen vrienden zijn
• simone rocha fall 2019 light blue shiny dress (look 33)
• korres almond and linseed nourishing hair mask
• dicentra formosa (flower)
• exposition: 'masterpieces from the hermitage' at the hermitage in amsterdam (til 25th of august)
• revolutionary road - richard yates (book not film)
• jozef israels (painter)
• artichokes, preferably marinated
• ali banisadr, artist, exposition now at noordbrabants museum in 's hertogenbosch
• pathé tuschinski, amsterdam (location, art deco)
• stadsarchief de bazel, amsterdam (location, art deco)

jacob hooy

• ''evening rose''
• ''wild flowers''

mainichiko viva

• ''sandelwood''

the mother's fragrances

• ''atma nagchampa''
• ''chakra''
• ''ganesh nagchampa''
• ''moksha nagchampa''
• ''om nagchampa''
• ''yajna nagchampa''

tridev

• ''patchouli''

zuiun

• ''good fortune cloud''

• lace pale pink corsets
• roasted peaches and raspberries with vanilla (for recipe see: the guardian)
• houndstooth hats
• making vegan raw cakes (in preparation for my birthday!): carrot cake with cashew cream frosting, lavender cheesecake (recipe: fullyraw.com), avocado cake (recipe: unconventionalbaker.com)
• venetia scott photography
• exhibition: 'catherine the great' at the hermitage in amsterdam
• exhibition: 'modern japan: sosaku hanga artists' at the rijksmuseum in amsterdam
• novel: 'a little life' by hanya yanagihara
• irina ionesco photography
• ron galella (paparazzo avant la lettre) famous for his black and white snaps of celebs
• art: egon schiele (expressionist, 1890-19...

• victorian high-neck blouses
• vintage christian lacroix jewelry
• bonnets
• watching crime series when too distracted to read/write, currently: candice renoir, george gently, lewis and the five
• curcuma spiced tea

• jan toorop's earlier paintings
• ceramic animal sculptures (preferably goldfish, cats, swans)
• satin sukajan jackets
• fishnet socks with frayed jeans
• haruki murakami's new novel: the men without women
• (vegan!) curry madras with naan bread

• pleated knee length skirts a la christopher kane
• sesame roasted kale
• 3/4 hand gloves (preferably faux suede in moss green or burgundy)
• lychee ice cream
• expo: 'ceramix: from rodin to schütte' at the bonnefantenmuseum in maastricht (the netherlands)
• karma eau de parfum by lush cosmetics
• clothing/accessoiries) with lips print
• heart shaped watches
• the whole 'gucci pre-fall 16' collection

• taboulé with chickpeas and grapefruit
• anything with a croc print
• 'jij zegt het' by connie palmen (novelle written from ted hudges point of view instead of sylvia plaths)
• drawing without lifting pencil
• laying on my belly on the dusty persian rug in our living room, listening to joni mitchell, while eskimo-kissing bunny lola

• oven baked sweet potato fries
• aoshima, japan (also known as: cat island)
• collecting porcelain dolls. first additions to my collection: two russian miniature winter darlings
• pom pom key chains
• inspector gadget reminiscent coats
• ordering doppio's (double espressos)
• preparing fancy canapé plates (all for myself)
• sleeping with braided wet hair
• collected poems by sujata bhatt
• scanning rebelle.com for vintage miu miu's
• rose gold necklace with rose quartz pendal (given to me by my mother for my birthday!!!)
• film: 'trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse'

• vegan banana bread with dates
• 'working towards the führer' by ian kershaw (new perspectives in hitler's regime)
• 'als een tijger, als een slak' by donald niedekker (very poetic, refreshing)
• using coconut butter for…everything?! e.g.: for cooking, on bread with chocolate sprinkles, body crème
• framing my hundreds of marie-antoinette postcards, posters
• co-ords
• 'alexander mcqueen - blood beneath the skin' by andrew wilson

• 'after the earthquake' by haruki murakami
• asparagus
• culottes (must-have pants for spring)
• hermès le jardin de monsieur li perfume
• maroccan oil
• 'mrs hemingway' by naomi wood
• & other stories lemon daydream body scrub
• philosophy 'no reason to hide' instant skin-tone perfecting moisturizer
• rattan lounge chairs
• 'nationalism' by joep leerssen (historical summary on its rise and development in cultural and idea forming context, reflecting the pros and cons etc)
• scarlet red tulips in antique vases
• tambourines
• scanning 'property for sale' platforms for house interior inspiration
• eating all raw, vegan meals: e.g. raw yam...here

• anna karina
• audrey hepburn
• audrey tautou
• barbra streisand
• carey mulligan
• carla bruni
• charlotte rampling
• francoise hardy
• georgina verbaan
• grace kelly
• jane birkin
• léa seydoux
• patti smith
• sophia loren

clothing:

• cashmere sweaters with elbow patches, sir plus £60-85,-
• satin housecoat, zara £49,-
• 'knickers of the week'-set, stella mccartney €190,-

coffee table books:

• dries van noten, lannoo €60,-
• joe eula: master of twentieth century fashion illustration, harper collins €67,99
• paris by serge ramelli, te neues €59,95
• the light between us, te neues €98,-
• vogue: the gown, terra €69,50

handy stuff:

• cashmere eyemask and blanket by banjo & mathilda, net-a-porter €350,-
• perpetual disappointments diary, asbury & asbury £13,-
• passport and bag label set, smythson €225,-

vanity:

• dr. harris shaving set £204,-

appetizer:

• carotte tartare with coquilles
• crèpe with spinach, roquefort cheese, hazel nuts, mushrooms and honey
• labne (turkish yoghurt dip) with pomegranate, rose powder and 'sumak'
• lentil and apricot soup
• mini-okonomiyaki (osaka-style pancakes: cabbage, spring onion, kew pie sauce)
• nettle 'gnudi' (cooked dough balls)
• oeufs en meurettes
• poppy seed and black onion crisps
• radish leaf soup in butter and cumin seed
• roasted pear with goat cheese, honey dressing
• salad: rocket, olives, roasted ciabatta crumbles
• salad: parsnip, pumpkin, baby spinach, red onion, sunflower seeds, 2 tbs. of honey

classical:

• beethoven, ludwig van
• chilly gonzales
• rossini, gioacchino
• scriabin, alexander
• stravinsky, igor
• tchaikovsky, pyotr llyich
• vivaldi, antonio

miscellany:

• aldebert
• amélie les crayons
• blur
• bob dylan
• carla bruni
• coralie clement
• doe maar
• eddie vedder
• florence and the machine
• jack johnson
• jason mraz

amsterdam, netherlands:

shops:

• acne studios » oude spiegelstraat, no. 8
• agnès b » rokin, no. 126
• commes des garçons pocket » prinsenstraat, no. 26
• ennu » cornelis schuytstraat, no. 15
• episode » berenstraat, no. 1
• every.day.counts » kalverstraat, no. 177
• filippa k » wolvenstraat, no. 6
• l'etoile de saint honoré » oude spiegelstraat, no. 1
• miuse » gerard doestraat, no. 80
• rum » huidenstraat, no. 11
• the american book center » spui, no. 12
• zipper » huidenstraat, no. 7

markets:

• albert cuypmarkt

• book: 'de zoete inval' - l.h. wiener
• maya chia the super blend pressed serum (via free people)
• willem-pie vegan 'roze koeken'
• book: 'critique of pure reason' - immanuel kant
• solkiki coconut dark milk salted caramel chocolate (vegan!)
• book: 'moon tiger' - penelope lively
• vegan piroshki (with mushroom and potato)
• skincare: queen of hungary face mist by omorovicza
• locations: udelka flea market in St. petersburg
• tatcha rice polish enzyme powder
• marc chagall - the couple of the eiffel tower
• scent: portrait of a lady - frederic malle
• make-up: supergoop! glow stick

• the north face thermal mules
• robert clergérie mary janes
• illimani organic 100% arabica filter coffee
• marc jacobs lipliner in colour primrose
• parian spirit brush cleaner
• & other stories cheek and lip tint
• black garlic
• essential rose's fragrance oil - indulge mood
• eric coates - the blue lagoon

• branches of eucalyptus as decoration
• carambola (starfruit)
• choir of king's college
• garlic cauliflower cheese recipe (vegan!) via the guardian
• hasselback pumpkin with sage and walnuts
• harry belafonte - mary's boy child
• long nature walks in icy air
• 'no ghost in a bottle floral delight' alcohol-free drink
• o holy night - adolphe adam
• 'sanpellegrino sanbitter' alcohol-free drink
• the sound of music
• watching all harry potter movies over and over and over
• youtube: '1 hour relaxing harry potter winter/christmas music'

• alexis de tocqueville - the old regime and the revolution
• exhibition 'fashion futurist' pierre cardin, on display until 5th of january 2020, museum kunstpalast, dusseldorf
• de sede, ds-600 couch in pink
• collection of poems by menno wigman

• mimitaka sun cream (vegan)
• kebon rose orange blossom mint toothpaste (vegan)
• 'figures in the garden' by paul gauguin, 1881
• oil & ohm pitta soothing body oil (vegan
• pieter de hooch, dutch golden age painter
• prairie bonnets
• organic maribelle apples
• movie: 'a rainy day in new york' by woody allen, hits cinemas (in the netherlands) on the 29th of august
• tante fanny puff pastry (vegan!) - perfect to use for vegan quiche recipes
• vegan quiche with mushrooms and bimi broccoli
• 1960s - 1970s bedroom slippers
• constantly rewatching moonrise kingdom
• acidophilus antibiotics
• antique dioramas
• red checkboard linen table cloths

• anemone (anemone coronaria, family – ranunculaceae)
• black eyed susan (thunbergia alata, acantaceae)
• bleeding heart (lamprocapnos)
• buttercup (ranunculus)
• camellia (camellia sasanqua)
• cornflower (centaurea cyanus, korenbloem)
• echinacea (cone flower)
• eyebright (euophrasia, augentrost)
• forget-me-not (myosotis – greek, literal meaning: mouse ear)
• hibiscus (hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
• papaver argemone or raw poppy
• peonies (paeonia suffruticosa)
• sacred lotus, indian lotus (nelumbo nucifera)
• solomon’s seal (polygonatum multiflorum)
• veronica serpyllifolia (thymeleaf)

• alla pavlova: sulmith ballet suite
• professor grunschnabel ice cream flavour: kyoto & murasaki
• my new dutch museum card which makes it able for me to enter nearly all museums in the netherlands for free
• lucas pawpaw ointment
• mary oliver poems
• the pillow book by sei shonagon
• the sound and the fury by william faulkner
• poems by jorge luis borges

amsterdam

• de pizzabakkers, eerste sweelinckstraat 16 (near the albert cuyp market) (spinach pizza, ask them to replace the cheese with mushrooms)
• de vliegende schotel, admiraal de ruijterweg 331
• sla
• stach, nieuwe hoogstraat 1 (lentil salad)
• toos & roos, berenstraat 28 (moroccan chickpea soup)
• vegabond, leliegracht 16

eindhoven

• kazerne, paradijslaan 2 (green asparagus risotto)
• lucifer, kleine berg 45 (spelt bread avocado sandwich)
• the happiness café, nieuwe emmasingel
• usine, lichttoren 6 (bruschetta)

• la tortue rouge - a dialogue-less animation (with a studio ghibli stamp)
• lush's karma komba shampoo bar
• butterfly lavender
• 'falafel tof', marvellous falafel bar in antwerp (hoogstraat 32)
• exhibition: 'on the verge of insanity: van gogh and his illness' at the van gogh museum in amsterdam (til 25th of september)
• etsy shop 'japanesekokeshidolls', sells dandy handmade wooden dolls
• fruit pigmented lip & cheek cherry stain from brand '100% pure'
• post-impressionism + fauvism
• typical 1950s train cases (preferably red)
• vintage jean paul gaultier see-through tops with odd prints
• vegan bibimbap
• vegan gözleme (turkish flatbread, spinac...

• documentary: 'voices of finance'
• lush's 'sexy peel' soap
• sanseverias
• faux boas and feathers (for decorating!)
• swallows (birds)
• yogi tea's ''ginger hibiscus bio''
• short story: 'where the world begins' by truman capote
• vegan millefoglie
• surrealistic film: 'el ángel exterminator' by luis buñuel
• nakagen capsule tower (1972) in tokyo, japan (metabolistic architecture)
• l'autre chose (fashion brand)
• blumarine fall-winter 2013/2014
• fernando pessoa!!!!! (poet)

• ice cold mango daiquiri (jamie oliver magazine)
• corn soup
• roll-on perfume 'tilly', colette
• PARIS
  • dried prunes with pits (pruneaux d'agen) from intermarché
  • pret-a-manger
  • à la mere de famille
  • freperies
  • maids in slippers with poodles
  • men with three-day-old stubbles
  • epiceries with magnificent mangos for sale
• ss16 collections
  • loewe
  • roksanda
  • chloé
• who's that girl skirt

• anemone
• angelica
• cyclamen
• daisies
• edelweiss (hello 'sound of music')
• foxglove
• gentian
• glacier buttercup
• globe flower
• grass of parnassus
• lemon balm
• loosestrifle
• marguerite
• primula
• rhododendron
• saxifrage
• thisle
• violet

paintings

• a reading by thomas wilmer dewing, 1897
• annunciation by sandro botticelli, 1489
• de hemelvaart van maria by peter paul rubens, 1626
• dimanche d'été à la grande jatte by georges seurat, 1886
• foundling girls by sophie anderson, 1877
• galante conversation by gerard her borch, 1654
• gotländskt landscape by ivan aguéli, 1892
• het aardse paradijs met de zondeval van adam en eva by jan bruegel de oude, 1617
• hooiwagen drieluik by jheronimus bosch, 1500
• hotel room by edward hopper, 1931
• interior in nice, the siësta by henri matisse, 1905
• la donna velata by raphaël, 1515
• la primavera by sandro botticelli, 1482

• 'inequality: what can be done?' by anthony atkinson (manifesto, soothe chasm between rich and poor by elevating the bottom)
• planning trip to paris (departure: 8th of may)
• portobello mushroom burgers
• una giomata particolare (starring: sophia loren)
• PARIS!!!!!!!!! may 8th til may 11th
  • lime trees, plane trees
  • vanilla polished apartments
  • balustrades with ivy plants
  • 'les deux magots' (jean-paul sartre drank his café here)
  • sandwicheries, crêperies, terraces, brasseries
  • croque monsieur
  • pyramids of macarons at ladurée
  • sheer symmetrical jardins (gardens)

loving

mon chéri, ami, coeur, tresór, amour, lamb, little doll, dove, dreamboat, bonbon, my petit four, kitten, bunny, hermoso/a

neutral

miss, lady, damsel, mademoiselle

chap, gent, fellow, bloke, personage

diledantte (expert of art) connoisseur (expert of food)

tongue-in-the-cheek jocular

feline lady (supple as a cat) danseur (male ballet dancer)

flâneur (stroller)

mod (modernist, part of a 'gang', ubiquitous during the 60s, rival of the rockers, pill-boxing, jazz music enthusiast)

catastrophist (doesn't believe processes on earth will be gradual, rather: a fatal occurrence is bound to happen)

negative

poseur (attempts to impress others)

fashion:

• alexander mcqueen: savage beauty ⇨ victoria and albert museum, london
• chinese whispers: tales of the east in art, film, fashion ⇨ metropolitan museum of art, new york city
• dries van noten: inspirations ⇨ MoMu, antwerp
• fashion clash ⇨ SAM-decorfabriek, maastricht
• jeanne lanvin ⇨ musée de la mode, palais galliera, paris
• new for now (changes in fashion throughout the centuries til the 20th century) ⇨ philipsvleugel rijksmuseum, amsterdam
• regard sur la collection agnès b ⇨ muséa d'art moderne, bruxelles
• vivienne westwood: cut from the past ⇨ danson house, bexleyheath

paintings:

• mark rothko ⇨ gemeentemuseum, den haag (the hague)
• rubens and his legacy ⇨ royal academy, london
• ''the secret of dresden'': rembrandt, canaletto etc. ⇨ groninger museum, groningen

films

• a pigeon sat on a branch reflecting on existence, roy andersson
• boyhood, richard linklater
• birdman, alejandro gonzales
• das leben der anderen, florian henckel von donnersmarck
• deux jours, une nuit luc and jean-pierre dardenne
• don juan demarco, jeremy leven
• her, spike jonze
• ida, pawel pawlikowski
• il conformista, bernardo bertolucci
• inherent vice, paul thomas anderson
• intouchables, eric toledano
• jfk, oliver stone
• la grande bellezza, paolo sorrentino
• la meraviglie, alice rohrwacher
• loin des hommes, david oelhoffen
• love is strange, ira sachs
• under the skin, jonathan glazer
• still alice, wash westmoreland
• the 100-year-old man who climbed out the ..._felix herngren_

• 3.1 phillip lim
• af vandevorst
• agnès b
• ann demeulenmeester
• avelon
• barbara bui
• céline
• chloé
• dries van noten
• gant
• giancarlo petriglia
• haider ackermann
• hermès
• hudson
• ilja visser
• junya watanabe
• karl lagerfeld
• kenzo
• kris van assche
• loewe
• marlene birger

do-it-yourself:

• boil: orange slices, add ginger and almond extract
• boil: dried lavender, nutmeg, cloves and add a cinnamon stick

affordable

• bergamot orange
• cedarwood
• chamomile
• geranium
• hammam secret fragrance sticks, rituals
• jasmine
• karma soap, lush cosmetics
• patchouli
• peppermint
• rosewood
• sakura scrub organic rice and cherry blossom, rituals
• sicilian mandarin
• spearmint