Sunny and delightful

Today was such a lovely day in Maastricht!
/picture via angela & ithyle

And the weather forecast made me smile:


From sunny and mild we are progressing to sunny and pleasant in order to finish on Monday by feeling sunny and delightful!

So pretty!!

Thanks to my friend Fabio I saw the movies of Vimeo festival and I loved this one.

Have a lovely Saturday everyone!

Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo.

Sth About Holland

Looking through my profile on Facebook I found back a note I wrote one and a half years ago "12 reasons why I like Holland". Now, facing my moving back to Poland within 3 weeks of time, is I think a good time to post the note here!

1. For the average height. 185 for guys, 171 for girls. Would I have a life in, let's say, Wietnam (respectively162 and 152)...?

2. For the sincere highest appreciation for anything that could be called sun.

3. For teaching me how to bike properly. Anyone who thinks he knows it, I say, come over and try it here. Try in heavy rain, with wind blowing straight into your face, up the bridge (cause there are no hills). In a skirt. Tight skirt, I suggest.

4. For having no hills around - biking wouldn't be possible. For hiking, Belgium is round the corner.

5. For lazy Sunday afternoons in Coffee Lovers. Actually, Coffee Lovers could be a reason in itself.

6. For Stroopwafels. Full of calories, but so freakin' good!

7. For continuous misspelling my name and/or address on the tickets from a police.

8. For daring to play Dutch carnival/oktoberfest songs at the parties in the bars. First found it annoying, now amusing.

9. For no dubbing in TV. Germany has a lot to learn in this respect.

10. For the greatest celebration in the year..... when Santa is coming to town (three weeks, by the way).

11. For the funniest sound of bye - "OI OI"

12. For no longer "you, in Maastricht" but "we in Maastricht".

PS: Small correction about reason 8: I still find it annoying. I must have been in a really good mood when writing that note, haha! The rest of the reasons still valid!

Look after yourself

Two days ago I had a traumatising experience. I was robbed when biking home from the city in the middle of the night. Living for almost two and a half years in Maastricht, that is widely perceived as one of the safest places in the world, I used to make fun of people who would ask me if I am not afraid to bike alone back after dark. I used to make fun of it, because I couldn't imagine what could happen to me.. I'm a fast biker, I can drive over anyone who wants to stop me on my way, that's what I used to say.

Well this post is to tell you all (especially girls) that bad things can happen and they happen fast and unexpected. No matter how fierce you are, better ensure that nothing happens to you. Until you experience it, you cannot imagine a feeling when u are suddenly attacked by a stranger in the night.

So my appeal here today to all of you. If you don't like to ask guys for favors, just take the taxi home.

Autumnish

I saw some shots from Karen Walker collection via one of my fav blogs Turned Out by Maya and I had to check out the autumn/winter collection.

See for yourself below, but I really adore it. The fabrics, the brown flats, the huge caps, but especially the outfits with over-knee socks. Probably because I keep on buying the over-knees and I never have guts to actually put them on :)



The collection sets me in a very autumnish mood and makes me think of this song



Have a good Sunday everyone!

As I got older

... recently I have celebrated my birthday - and I was lucky enough to celebrate it in Poland and in Holland! Good planning, huh? :)

I got amazing presents from my dearest in both countries! I will not post the pictures of all of them, but some of them are just so decorative, that I had to make a picture and show it to you!! As you will see from the pictures, there is a new brand Maison Scotch in Maastricht, that we are recently highly influenced by!

Lovin' it

Dries van Noten collection Fall 2010

Right in time when I should start dressing smartly as a mature consultant that I am soon to become



PS: News of the week: time of the hair buns is over! Garance said that and if she says it, there is nothing left to do but to believe...

Close, but not stilleto :)

Hahaha, I just took this quiz recommened by How About Orange.

Try it yourself, it's quite tricky! I got 4 out of 6 right, which means that I am close, but not stilleto. Still, I am so lucky that I did not go below 3 - being designer DNA defficient would just ruin my weekend! :)

Have a great weekend everyone!

Unfortunately the end of the summer is approaching... It is not happy news but my itinerary for September is nice enough to keep me looking forward to the beginning of autumn.
Even though, it is nice to look back at the summer photos to realize, we have done a lot of cool stuff together!

Alexa Chung for Madewell fall collection

Hmm... It is a bit playing with my own feelings, when I watch the previews of the fall collection of Madewell by Alexa Chung. Even Madewell prices are not very affordable for me plus it means again shipping from US... Probably not gonna happen, but still, so nice to see those pieces!