Dear Dairy!

Thursday
After finishing up at the university, you know, returning the books and saying goodbye too your teachers, I went to see Chloé. We took a homemade mani and pedi, and we went shopping for some new cloths for our manhunt. I bought a fantastic dress from one of my favourite brands sass & Bride. I’m in love with this brand since they just started out in Londen (Portobello road market), where I bought my first t-shirt. This rock/sexy outfit is perfect for tonight. (see below)

After dinner at Chloé’s place, we went to a bar called Alto. Alto is a cosy Jazz café with a live band, it is small and mostly very crowded. (Adres: Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 115) Normaly you would walk by it and never go inside or you just walk pass it because it’s so small. Anyway, we had a good time in Alto until I saw my ex-boyfriend Laurens (see previous blog: Sunday, it’s a first! Date: July 6, 2008 for more info about Laurens). I don’t mind seeing him, we still talk to each other and we still have a good relationship. Perhaps to good, because as always I just couldn’t resist him. The crazy thing is, he’s not that good-looking but there is something about him. I guess it is called charisma or something; he never has a problems finding girls to love and like him. Anyway, I promised Chloé that I would be a good girl and just talk to him and nothing else! So we just talked and I tried not to flirt to much. There was no manhunt for the rest of the night, a lot of attention but none looked like Laurens. I miss him!

Friday
Nothing happened with Laurens on Thursday, secretly I wished it did. Today I did a bit of shopping with Kate. She needed some things for her apartment; her huge apartment. So we went to the Ikea, a great shop. I guess you know it, because you can find the Ikea almost everywhere. When you’re done with the shopping you can buy a lovely hotdog for only €1,50 , with drinks included. I mean that’s cheap!! And the hotdogs are very tasteful, that’s important too. After our delicious hotdog we went back to Kate’s house and we made some great Mexican food. with our friend Amy and we had our dinner on Kate’s sunny roof terrace, with a little wine of course!

Saturday
Had to wake up around 7.30 AM, this means after just 3 hours of sleep, to go to work. Laurens had been sending me messages in the middle of the night and called me around 5 AM. He was just coming back from a party and something happened that reminded him of me. Honestly, I think that’s just an excuse to call me. I know that! Anyway, I had to go to work feeling sick from the wine, but most of all from the Mexican food with not much of sleep. Trust me, working feeling like that sucks! But I went, like a good girl, and stayed until they closed. After work I had another dinner party. So I went there, wearing my new dress (again). The dinner party was at Kate’s place (again), because of the weather (it’s very warm in Holland) we had a light dinner. With different salads, sandwiches, cheeses, wine and conversations. Around 2 AM I went back to my place. Witch is about 4 minutes by bike, a very normal way of transportation in Amsterdam. You see bikes everywhere, it is crazy! I love my bike, it’s an old one and not really pretty but it’s the best bike ever!

Sunday.
Had to work again, but had some more sleep than last night. I needed that sleep very badly. Luckily Laurens went to his parent, so he did not send messages non stop threw out the night and he had an early night as well. I just had to work for 5 hours, this Sunday, so I had some time to sit outside in the lovely sun. The weather has been great the last week, around 27 degrees, lots of sun (and sometimes a bit of rain, witch sucks.). After work I joined my friend Charlotte (See also my blog: Sunday, it’s a first. Date: July 6, 2008 for more about Charlotte) in the Vondelpark. A very famous park in Amsterdam and a great place to enjoy the sun. We had dinner in ‘t Blauwe Theehuis in the Vondelpark. A simple restaurant, with a very simple menu but the food is really good and I love the location (Address: Vondelpark 5). In the summer you have steak of the grill with a salad and baby potatoes or salmon with a lovely salad for only €13,00. On Sunday from 2 PM they also serve great finger food.
After dinner we went back to Charlottes’ place and we watched a DVD, Vantage Point, very good movie. I recommend watching Vantage Point!
Around 1 AM, I got tired and I went home. At least that was my plan! On my way home I saw Laurens. I stopped with my bike to say hallo. We talked and all of a sudden he kissed me. I kissed him back, of course! What happened the rest of the night? I’m going to keep that for myself. All I’m going to say it was a great night, no regrets and I went back home around 3 PM the next day.

Today.
I had a great night and a great day, after spending the night with Laurens. Before I went back home, I first made a stop at patisserie Kuyt, for a delicious chocolate tart. Somehow everything seemed to sparkle more, there was more light and everything seemed more delicious. That can only mean one thing: Guess I’m in love…

-X-
Julie

Extra note: I got an email a couple of day’s ago, how I could buy so much expensive clothing. To answer that question: I have a job in fashion, witch gives me a discount on clothing from time to time. When I went to university I just worked 1 or perhaps 2 day’s a week, but now when I’m free from the university I can work a bit more and get more cash for clothing. Next to that, I have very nice parents who love their only daughter very much. Hope that answers your question!

Litlle bit of everything

Hallo everyone,
After 6 days at my grandparents is time to return to the “big” city. Had a good time, did some basic shopping with my grandma and some study-talking with my grandfather. I just heard that I did not get into medical school this year, so I need to come up with something else. The problem is, I have no idea what else I want to study or do.

Anyway, I’m happy to be back in Amsterdam! Last night I had to baby-sit, a girl, (2 years old) called Gabriella. While babysitting (baby is asleep, I read a book/ watch TV), I was reading The nanny diaries. A funny and easy book to read. I was wondering this book is “the real thing”, Gabriella’s mum said it isn‘t, but I think it is true. At least a bit. At page 38 there is a schedule with after school activities of the boy. Monday: Music lessons and something called mammy and me. Thusday: swimming. Wednesday: PO and Karate. Thursday: Piano lessons and French class.. And the list is not over yet. Poor boy, wondering if Gabriella will have a list like this one day. At least I know now, that I’m not going to be an Au Pair in France ( or anywhere else for that matter)

After reading some more pages, I went online and found a very funny video of George Clooney new Martini commercial. Or at least I think its the new one, I haven’t seen it before. George is going for a Clark Cable look with that moustache. Very Gone with the Wind of him. Funny video as you can see below.


Don’t have any pictures of my latest shopping sprees, but if you want to read about fashion have a look at: http://www.girlwiththepinkdress.blogspot.com/.

Sorry for the short blog, but I have a party to go to.. Chloé and me have some man hunting to do. Stay tuned for more...

xx Julie!

Another week, another blog.

Friday, party time!
My parents are like most parents, they just love to go on vacation.. They took this morning’s flight to Italy and they will be back in about 3 weeks. Like every good girl would do, I decided to give a big party. Starting me and the girls hanging at the pool, putting on our lovely dresses (See picture below! Like Sienna Miller, I’m also a big fan of Matthew Williamson) and make up on. Later when all the guests arrived, we had a big barbeque and a party inside,with cocktails of course!.

Saturday, pff.
I'm all still a bit sleepy and perhaps a still a bit drunk from last night. It was a great party and everybody loved my dress! A very important thing of course, just kidding. We had a good time, what am I saying a great time!. One thing I don’t like so much, about party’s, is the mess that’s left after it and therefor I spend cleaning for the rest of the day. As a little pick me up, one of my friends invited me for dinner.. We had pizza in the best pizzeria of Amsterdam, called Renato’s. On the karel du Jardinstraat 32, very close to my apartment and I must say they have the best pizza’s ever made! Google it if you want, and you’ll find nothing than good reviews. After dinner we went to a party in Paradiso, a club located in the centre of Amsterdam (Leidseplein). On Wednesday and Thursday there are a lot of students, on Saturday a mixed crowed. A lot of concerts and events are hosted in Paradiso as well (like this Satuday).

Oh, btw, it’s a memorable day because Angelina Jolie gave birth to THE twins! A boy and... a girl.

Sunday, a good time to relax.
Even more sleepy today, and hungry again. After a quick breakfast I went to the place were you can buy the delicious bread and pastries/cupcakes etc. A Dutch bakery called
Bakken met Passie, location: Albert Cuypstraat 51, Amsterdam. It’s a 5 minute walk from my place, so I go there quite early (for me, around 8) and they just opened the store (Not this Sunday). You walk in and you can see all the flesh baked breads right in front of you, and you just want to eat them all. Then you realise that every bread has a lot of carbs in it, so you just choose one.
Later today, when it stopped raining and the sun came out, Kirsten (the model) and me went to have some drinks on a terrace. A common thing to do in Amsterdam, we went to the Marie Heinekenplein. It’s a square, like Rembrandtplein and Leidseplein, but with less tourists and closer to my place. We just sit there for an hour or two, getting a bit of a tan), before I went back home to write this blog. On my way back home I went shopping, but did not find anything. Maybe next time I‘ll have more luck. All I have to do tonight is relax and pack my bags because I’m going to stay a couple at nights with my grandparents in the country. They don’t live in the city, so it’s a good place to just relax and of course get a bit spoiled by my grand’s!

X! Julie

Sunday, it's a first!

Good morning! Well, yesterday was a great night.. One of my friends Kate, slightly older than me, moved in with her boyfriend and they gave a big housewarming party, in there huge apartment! Seriously! (Yes, I have been watching Grey’s Anatomy). We’ve got lost trying to find the bathroom, and they have 3 of them. How hard can it be to just find one?! Anyway great party, great bar and a, of course, a great barperson. Very HOT!


Let me tell you some things about my friends. Well you have Kate, 25 years, living with the boyfriend. We watch football (Or I believe its called soccer in the USA/UK?) together, eat brownies and have strange nicknames for each other. I’m not going to write them down, because of the following: One night after a dinner party we went for some (more) drinks in the Utrechtsestraat (cozy street, with bars and restaurants). When we were walking, we saw a copy shop (ß read carefully, good!) and there was a bulletin board with cards with names on it. Names that parents give to there baby’s, and of course we went looking for the most stupid and weirdest names. That we found immediately, and we use those names for each other.. But I don’t want to hurt those parents whom chosen those names, so I keep them to myself for the moment.


After I had fallen a sleep again this morning, I woke up by my cellphone. Chloé was trying to call me. Chloé is 20, know her from the UVA (University of Amsterdam). She’s the friend I go men hunting with. But she recently got a boyfriend, so we need to find something else to do, or we’re just going on a man hunt for me. Chloé is the girl with whom I go out to dinner with about 2 or 3 times a week. I know it’s quite a lot, but I really can’t cook and honestly I don’t like it either. I’m spoiled, I know! I remember the first man hunt very well, it was in the Chocolat Bar (www.chocolate-bar.nl). We went there often for drinks. We opened the door and it was full of people, not all very attractive I must say. But there was one we both liked, we set our eyes on him and his friend who more belonged with the rest of the crowed (if you know what I mean). We came up with the following story: After asking if we could share a table together, she would go to the bathroom leaving me alone with the boys and than I should try to talk to them. And that’s what happened, it was fun. We exchanged phone numbers, started to send messages to each other. I ended up “dating” the cute guy, named Laurens, for almost 6 months. It wasn’t very serious, but it was fun. Later on he told me, that they new all along that me were faking the whole “toilet break” scenario. I do feel a bit stupid when I reed the story now, but still with a big smile on my face.


After my late breakfast with Chloé, I got a call from 3 other friends asking if I would like to go shopping. As a real shopping addict, I immediately said YES! Charlotte, Hannah and Kirsten are my girlies. We know each other for years, we’re best friends.. The four of us are like the characters of Sex and the City, we know each other threw and threw. We might not talk to for a while but when we meet again it’s fun as always, like nothing ever happened. I know more than a million story’s about them, about all the things we’ve done and seen. The holidays we spend together, or just the average day at school, everything is fun with them. Charlotte, 20, single, went nuts when she found out that sex and the city the movie was arriving, she almost rented the entire cinema, invited all her friends (in fashionable outfits) to come and see the movie. Hannah, also 20, still lives with her parents, the first with a diploma in fashion, everyone loves and are jealous of her curly hair. She’s the one I mostly go on vacation and take trips with. Kirsten, 20, is a model and just moved in with her boyfriend in his apartment. She’s the one who always has a million things to do, always knows the best party’s and guest list, the most expensive clothing etc. She’s like Samantha in sex and the city, she looks a lot like her. Hannah and Charlotte are more like Carrie.


First, we went to the coffee company, for a good cup of coffee. We sat there eating brownies and drinking coffee, looking into some vogue’s for inspiration and chatting about all the things we want to buy.
We went shopping, and I bought a couple of great things..

I bought this cardigan, from DKNY, and I’m going to wear it with my gray sass & bride jeans and a basic top from the Mango.

The 2nd thing I saw, was this dress.. I have a beach party coming up and I still needed an outfit. When I saw this one, I fell in love with it right away. This Floret bustier dress from Chloé (the brand, not the friend) and my white shoes will look gorgeous together, a trip to the tanning salon and some summer-jewellery and we‘re good to go!

Later on I bought some small things and a couple of bracelets at a vintage market, very cute, and we went to the coffee company again. The rest of the evening was relaxed, I went for a manicure and bought some food at Indonesian takeout and went back to my apartment. Walking by the apartment of my ex, Laurens, I heard they where having a big party. Anyway I was happy to be home and went to eat my dinner in bed. I have to say I don’t like to eat in my bed, but sometimes its just the most relaxing thing you can do. In the meantime I watched an old classic: How to marry a millionaire, with Lauren Becall, Marilyn Monroe and Betty Gable. It was a relaxing Sunday, had fun and I hope you 2; reading my blog. See you next time.

Toedeloe.. XOXO (gossip girl :P)