My 27th birthday celebration!

Dear readers,

Yep, that's right: I celebrated my birthday twice! Why not, right?! :P
This time it was for my friends. I celebrated it in a restaurant in Amsterdam. The food was SO good! Afterwards I went to a a techno party organized by Amsterdam Dance Event. The main dj there was Chris Liebing. It was so awesome! Unfortunately though, it was so so hot in there (it was as if I was dancing in a sauna, so I'm sure I dropped some weight in there :P) that every picture I took resulted in a foggy shot. Bummer!

Hope you like the photos!

Oh, I forgot to tell you what I got as birthday gifts...hmm, you know what: I'll make a photo of all of them and contribute a post to it! So much easier I think!

Love, Melissa

Amsterdam Fashion Week 2012

Dear readers,

Some shots from 4 designers from this years Fashion Week in Amsterdam. Hope you like it!

Love, Melissa

Design by Domenico Cioffi

Design by Domenico Cioffi

Design by Dorhout Mees

Design by Karssenberg-Greidanus

Design by Roya Hesam

Festival!

Dear readers,

I am back from Rome and had the most AMAZING time!!! More about Rome in tomorrow's post, today I wanted to share some pictures from a festival I went to just before leaving to Rome. It's called Amsterdam Open Air and I went with a group of friends and had such a great day full of great music, good vibes, dance, drinks and SUN! I love going to festivals, what about you? To which festivals are you going this year?

Anyway, here some shots of the day!

Love, Melissa

P.S. How cool is the 2nd picture?

Queensday 2012!

Dear readers,

April 30 is a BIG day here in The Netherlands, because it is the late Queen's birthday, which we celebrate in a really ENORMOUS way! I will show you some pictures of it tomorrow, but for today I will only share with you a pastry that we eat today, called "Oranje tompoucen"! Haha, say what? Well "oranje" means orange, because the Royal family's last name is "Van Oranje" and "tompoucen" is just the name of the pastry. Anyway, I am sure you have seen the images of Queensday either online or on the television, so you know the colour orange is a returning theme in everything today, even in this pastry. See for yourself :)

If you are in the Netherlands today and you haven't tried this pastry yet, do so...it is YUMMY!!!

Great party everone!

Love, Melissa

2012 is right around the corner!

Dear readers,

Today is THE day! We're really heading towards 2012 now! How futuristic does that sound! So, this year has been a rollercoaster for me! I have had many not so great personal issues to deal with, but I also had some really great personal breakthroughs. And of course...2011 marked the birth of this blog and my nephew Milo! :) Wonderfull stuff hehe :P

So, I wanted to share with you why I feel it is important for every single one of us to have new year's resolutions. It has everything to do with the Laws of Attraction - everything we bring into the world, we get back! Key here is to actually sit down, think about the things you really want to see happening in your life and to write these down. And not just write them down in haste, NO, really think about the way you want to formulate this. It has to be in a positive and personal way, with positive and specific words AND it has to be in the present tense - as if it is already happening in your life! TRUST ME...IT WORKS!!!

Enough about resolutions! Lets move on to NOW and tonight! What are your plans? I'm going to a friends place in Amsterdam for dinner and some drinks and from there we will all (a group of 8 friends) go to a houseparty called "Amsterdam United", which I think will be an awesome way to start of 2012! Here a video of where you can find me tonight :)

I hope all of you will have an amazing evening with your loved ones and please, watch those fireworks! Also, let me know how your new year's resolutions turned out for you!

Love, Melissa

High tea!

Dear readers,

As told you I turned 26 last Sunday and celebrated it with friends and family. First off, I went with some of my closest girlfriends to this wonderful and delicious high tea in Amsterdam! Check it out!

Such a great time! And we ate so much,from cheesecake to carrot cake, to sandwiches to quiches...YAMMY!!!

Afterwards I went to dinner with my boyfriend and family. No pictures yet, but will post them later!

Love, Melissa

Queensday @ Amsterdam

Dear readers,

This saturday, April 30, my homecountry will be celebrating the birthday of the Queen, well actually, of the late Queen Juliana. Maybe some of you have celebrated Queensday with us while being in The Netherlands. If so, then you know what an amazing national holiday it is. I always celebrate Queensday in Amsterdam and it is so different every single year. But what always remains the same is the joyous sphere, the color orange, the canals full of boats, the loud music and people dancing and being drunk :) What else do you need? LOL! To give you an impression about this day, I attached some photos here and who knows, maybe we will celebrate Queensday 2012 together! :)

Love, Melissa


People celebrating Queensday in one of the canals in Amsterdam


@ Museumplein Amsterdam where all kinds of artists perform


A dog in Queensday costume


Guessing these guys are drunk ;)


People dancing on the streets in Amsterdam


People  celebrating Queensday on a boat