Yet another picture from Alexa Chung's Insta... I can't remember a life before or after... One for every day! While the countdown for a New Year has begun, here are some blogpost ideas for the new year... 365 BLOGPOST IDEAS  A blog manifesto Let the inspiration inside you guide you The Incomplete History of Fashion Fashion and museums (or: Why museums can('t) do fashion right) The 'art' of fashion  The 'art' of knitting  The 'art'...

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Picture from Alexa Chung's Instagram Woman: I am from a small town and I can tell you exactly what that means. JO: Well that's exactly what I want you to do. Woman: It's real people, real values, common sense... JO: Can you be more generic? John Oliver (The Daily Show) And other generic sentences... Although I can hardly remember anything that happened from September onwards, I thought it to be fun to reminisce a little...

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Still can't decide what to get? Maybe these books are more your cup of tea... VAN GOGH'S EAR by Bernadette Murphy Do you like severed ears and mental breakdowns? Or to put it more politely: do you like a mystery to be solved around one of the greatest, if not most famous artists in this world? Well this is your chance! In this book Murphy describes her reseacrh into -what can only be described as-...

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Last minute Christmas shopping? Why not give a book! Everyone likes a book, right? I mean, there ar so many different kinds of books out there. For instance... WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Brontë This year I've been on a roll when it comes to reading books. I found that reading during train rides calms me down. Although it heightens the fear of missing the right stop. Although, to be fair, the right stop for me...

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The winner takes it all The loser standing small Beside the victory That's her destiny ABBA - The Winner Takes It All   And the winner is... [Click here to go to the giveaway] [which is closed now, btw, but, like, maybe you want to look at what you could've won if you had participated... I don't know why you would want to do that either...] Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, cats and dogs,...

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It is strange how we hold on to the pieces of the past while we wait for our futures. Ally Condie This post comes to you in 4 parts... It's the first day of December. I've got two words for you: Michael. Bublé. I think, and Mr. Bublé knows it, the Christmas album is the best idea he has ever had. Because, although I'm quite scrooge-esque towards Christmas, the soothing warm sound of Mr. Bublé's...

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Somewhere there's a secret road To take me far away I know But til than I am hollow Jake Bugg - Trouble Town The first and most probably last concert of the year.  *happy face* *sad face* Last Friday I went to see Jake Bugg at the Melkweg in Amsterdam. It was magical. It was fantastic. He was everything I wanted him to be (that's to say: he played all the songs I wanted him...

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 The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree  is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. Burton Hillis It's the time of giving... It's December! (minus a day or two) You know what that means, right? CHRISTMAS! Oh my giddy giddy gosh the world is turning too fast, time has been mixed up and I'm getting seasick. How can it be that I am already thinking about Christmas? I...

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It is so complex no one dares to say 'let's make it simple'. Rik Wouters Welcome to Antwerp, where the wind is tough and the streets are... well... tougher... Last Sunday me and 'tha gang' went to Antwerp. Why? Why would I leave my house on such a ghastly, windy, horrifying day? Elementary, dear Watson! Educate yourself! Blow up a train! (that is a train of thought: break out of your daily pattern and go...

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