Antonio's choice
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Dublin | Rotterdam | Paris
More often than expected I have these special weeks when coincidences show up. In 2001 I went to Paris, Caracas and twice to New York. In 2004 I had Birmingham, London, Istanbul and Paris. Last week I had Dublin and Paris!
I went to Dublin as part of my work. I spent two nice days in a fascinating city. A city about to start, a city with great character. A difficult city. As a company, we are trying to get more work in Ireland, it would be nice to be often in Dublin, I'm beginning to know the place.
On wednesday night i went to the Temple Bar area, a nice nightlife city centre with real Irish pubs. On my second day in Dublin I was on my own, so I went to take pictures and look around. They have nice shops there. To my surprise I found a muji shop in Dublin. One of my choices! So I went there and I bought a couple of things for Margreet, and just one extra PP drawer for the house.
After that I flew back to Amsterdam, then with the train to Rotterdam to meet Margreet at home. The very next morning I was taking the train to Paris, to meet my sister, her husband and my little niece, the daughter of my other sister. So I was in Paris on friday's afternoon looking around at the Louvre, being the personal guide of my young niece.
We had a nice weekend. We had different tastes and different interests, but it went well. On sunday I was on my own, everybody was already gone home. I went to Centre Pompidou, bought some postcards, and again something special for Margreet and then went to look at the exhibition at Centre Pompidou.
Later in the afternoon, I had a moment to myself. A wonderful lunch at George's, at the top of Pompidou... this time Monica Belucci wasn't there, but that's another story.
And yes, in Paris I made some shopping at Galeries Lafayette, specifically at Lafayette Gourmet. Dijon's Mosterd, Dragon's Mosterd, Mayyonaisse, Terrine, saumon sauce, etc. Of course, I also went to muji for yet another couple of things; for Margreet and for the house.
It seems as if Paris, the city, is a fixed part of Antonio's choice. But no, this time it was coincidence.....
I went to Dublin as part of my work. I spent two nice days in a fascinating city. A city about to start, a city with great character. A difficult city. As a company, we are trying to get more work in Ireland, it would be nice to be often in Dublin, I'm beginning to know the place.
On wednesday night i went to the Temple Bar area, a nice nightlife city centre with real Irish pubs. On my second day in Dublin I was on my own, so I went to take pictures and look around. They have nice shops there. To my surprise I found a muji shop in Dublin. One of my choices! So I went there and I bought a couple of things for Margreet, and just one extra PP drawer for the house.
After that I flew back to Amsterdam, then with the train to Rotterdam to meet Margreet at home. The very next morning I was taking the train to Paris, to meet my sister, her husband and my little niece, the daughter of my other sister. So I was in Paris on friday's afternoon looking around at the Louvre, being the personal guide of my young niece.
We had a nice weekend. We had different tastes and different interests, but it went well. On sunday I was on my own, everybody was already gone home. I went to Centre Pompidou, bought some postcards, and again something special for Margreet and then went to look at the exhibition at Centre Pompidou.
Later in the afternoon, I had a moment to myself. A wonderful lunch at George's, at the top of Pompidou... this time Monica Belucci wasn't there, but that's another story.
And yes, in Paris I made some shopping at Galeries Lafayette, specifically at Lafayette Gourmet. Dijon's Mosterd, Dragon's Mosterd, Mayyonaisse, Terrine, saumon sauce, etc. Of course, I also went to muji for yet another couple of things; for Margreet and for the house.
It seems as if Paris, the city, is a fixed part of Antonio's choice. But no, this time it was coincidence.....
Labels: Dublin, muji, Paris, Rotterdam
¶ 9/21/2006 01:34:00 PM 0 comments
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Zaha Hadid | Guggenheim | New York
Once again in New York, for the second time with Margreet.
Among the many things that we did, we went to the Guggenheim Museum to take a look at the exhibition of Zaha Hadid's work.
That was inspiring! The wonderful talent of mrs. Hadid and her strong and persuasive character.
And she can paint, think, imagine, propose, convince, draw...
Margreet and I spent a lot of time looking at the drawings, the models, the visualisations. It was nice to have this shared concentration, this shared interest and talk and discuss about it. Good times at the Guggenheim!
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Once again in New York, for the second time with Margreet.
Among the many things that we did, we went to the Guggenheim Museum to take a look at the exhibition of Zaha Hadid's work.
That was inspiring! The wonderful talent of mrs. Hadid and her strong and persuasive character.
And she can paint, think, imagine, propose, convince, draw...
Margreet and I spent a lot of time looking at the drawings, the models, the visualisations. It was nice to have this shared concentration, this shared interest and talk and discuss about it. Good times at the Guggenheim!
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Labels: Architecture, Margreet, New York
¶ 9/07/2006 11:27:00 AM 1 comments
