Old Amsterdam

Cream toned window bars. The glossy black iron. The burgundy bricks. Amsterdam is inspiring, also for New York apperently. Amsterdam makes me miss NYC. Please take me there in September.

ElmlidOld Amsterdam

The search is over.

It took 2 years and I think we will get along well. He is now pimped up with a vintage saddle, leather handles, suitable bell, latex straps and traditional pedals. Thank you Ido for helping out! And thank you Mapa for the Xmas present. And thanks Niels for taking him with you in your car to Berlin. I can’t wait…

ElmlidThe search is over.

This is no time off.

I just woke up. Grab your computer. It is Wood Wood Showroom in Amsterdam. But it still feels like holiday. Enjoy your day. I will.

ElmlidThis is no time off.

How do You like your bed sheets?

When I was in Kindergarden, and around 5 years old, our teacher asked us how you know that someone is a really good friend of yours. My friend gave him the answer straight up. “When you know what type of bed sheet someone likes, then you know it is a good friend. I like mine to be really soft, but … Read More

ElmlidHow do You like your bed sheets?

Kloosterstraat 2, Antwerp

In the same street you find a number of great vintage stores, both interior and clothing. The interior has its price and bargins you make somewhere else. The city seem to have a love for Eams lounge chair and Swedish countryside furniture from the Gustavian period ( 1772-1785). The Gustavian colortones goes in a light gray and white scale and … Read More

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Kloosterstraat, Antwerp

Every visit to Antwerp contains at least one lunch at RA. Excellent is all I can say. Anna and Roman has done a great job.

ElmlidKloosterstraat, Antwerp

rue de Flandre, Brussels

Another address not to miss is this small street in the Flamish district of Brussels. Celine from Mapp gave me the tip in January. Try “le Pré Sale”, the fish restaurant  with white tiles. Really nice. When I was there in March I sat next to a very very old woman. She was dressed up in her fur and her … Read More

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Blaesstraat, Brussels

The best Vintage shopping I ever experienced, has been in this street. Please do not miss it. And if you, like me, prefer the Belgian bedsheets and need to find pillows that suits the cover I can really recommend the interior shop in the beginning of the street. I have no Idea where you would eat in the area, and … Read More

ElmlidBlaesstraat, Brussels

Belgium

Like most people I have a place where I forget time and space. A place where you do not really want to live but where you connect with something in yourself that you really really like. Where you do not mind spending weeks with no friends around you. Where the butterflies in your stomach plays tricks on you and where … Read More

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My Nose is the only guide I need.

I think I have never in my life thought and talked so much about food as the last 1,5 week. And that says a lot about how much I am thinking about food right now. First in Bangkok. Running around the city to enjoy the best of the best. From high to low. And back up to high again. The … Read More

ElmlidMy Nose is the only guide I need.