Archives for September, 2008
Korte Vliet at night
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
22/09/2008
10/9/2008
Toverlei weekend
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
So I lost a bet with Pieter and Manuela, who said I would get drunk on Friday night when I had said I would NOT get drunk. I suppose I was begging to loose that bet. Now I have to take them to a sauna someday in 2009. But that’s not too bad!
The weekend was [...]
Toverlei weekend preparations
Friday, September 19th, 2008
The Toverlei weekend in Haarlem starts this evening! I’m picking up Marieke and Joop tonight and we’ll drive to the Fort Penningsveer. As I’ve still got a cold I won’t be partying too much. I want to be fit when I fly to Warsaw next week to meet Aleksandra. We met at John Lennon Airport [...]
Greetings from the couch
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Haar Leven Haar Doden
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Last Saturday I saw a show with Tilly, in the V&D in Leiden. De Veenfabriek performed “Haar Leven Haar Doden”, a play that is performed throughout the warehouse and also in the areas where shopping visitors can’t go. I never knew that this warehouse houses an additional staircase that is reminiscent of old-style hotel staircases, [...]
New books!
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
I’ve spent the better part of this afternoon in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, visiting the Boekenfestijn. John and Anik (and their son Rowan) met me there and they drove home with me. We spent well over two hours roaming the bookstands, going through thousands of titles. Making a first selection is pretty easy; you just [...]
My name is Marco Hokke. My blog is about the things that interest me and things I might forget if I would not blog them.