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

Malaga 2012

Dear readers,

I still owed you the photos of my birthday trip to Malaga, so here they are! Hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed the trip! What a way to celebrate your 27th birthday, right? :) So thankful to my parents for giving me such a great gift for my birthday! Speaking of which, I threw another birthday party for my friends last week. Will post some photos of it soon!

Talk to you later!

Love, Melissa

Sitting on a terrace in the main shopping street of Malaga

We stayed at a friends house and loved their decor

Enjoying a walk down the beach

Malagueta: the name of the beach

Malaga's harbour

My mom, my sister Claudia and I

Visiting some friends in Entrerios (near Marbella) 

I also adored their interior

Walking the dog in a forest nearby the house

Lunch @ Club Mediterraneo de Malaga

Dinner with friends

Malaga!

Dear readers,

I am turning 27 this coming Tuesday, October 2 and as a pre-birthday gift my parents decided to give me a get-away to...MALAGA!

Honestly, I can REALLY use the time away to enjoy the sun, the beach, good food, some shopping, quality time with my family and who knows what else!

I am leaving today and I am going for 5 days, but I'll make sure to post regularly on this blog.

Talk to you soon and as always, if any of you have great tips for where to go in Malaga, let me know!

Love, Melissa

Michelin star workshop!

Dear readers,

My boyfriend celebrated his 32nd birthday on July 6. As a present I gave him a cooking workshop under supervision of a Michelin rated chef, since my boyfriend LOVES to cook and his dream is opening his own restaurant some day. I couldn't think of a better gift :) Anyway, we had such a lovely day! We learned so much from this experience and we really enjoyed having a sneak peek in the kitchen of a Michelin star restaurant, learning their tricks and skills.
We prepared a three-course dinner and everything was SO delicious!

To have an impression of our workshop, below some photos. Enjoy!

And of course, the results:

Starter: Steak tartar

Main course: Red mullet

Dessert: Tomato and strawberry and strawberry and tomato

Has any of you ever done a workshop like this? If so, did you like it?

Love, Melissa

Tissot!

Dear readers,

A late birthday gift, but one of the best so far: a Tissot watch!

I fell in love with this watch from the moment I saw it displayed in the store.  You cannot really tell from the photo, but the inside is pearl-shell which looks so chic! And of course, nothing can beat a Swiss clockwork, so hoping this watch can stay with me for a very very long time! It's a classic!

Do you also love it?

Love, Melissa