Crisis Sales

I’ve seen more sales in the stores near me over the last months, some were pitched as “post Christmas” or “end winter” sales and some didn’t really have a theme.
I’ve also seen a few businesses, ones that I’d already thought of as marginal, having closing down sales.
This is the first time I’ve seen a sale [...]

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Your Favourite Street and Shop

You can now vote for your favourite street and shop – from whichever city in the Netherlands. (Vote now – it closes on 11 Decemeber). The page is only available in Dutch, so I’ve added some instructions in English.

Choose your city from the first drop down list.
Chose your favourite street from the second drop down [...]

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Freaky Friday

There’s a weird store on the corner of of Singel and Lijnbaanssteeg that used to sell just paintings and now sells all sorts of weird stuff – but I think this is the weirdest.
And no, I didn’t ask the price.

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Visionary

In HEMA they have a selection of cheap reading glasses , they’re displayed according to how strong the glasses are. Below the display is a jumble of discarded glasses, as if the people returning them couldn’t see where to replace them.
I tried a pair on, and tried to put them back on the rack, and [...]

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Souvenirs

I spotted these cows in a souvenir shop on the Dam. We bought a tacky salt and pepper set in the form of a Dutch kissing couple for some friends getting married.
No the photo is not upside down, the cows really are on the ceiling.

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I love South Africa

I also love chutney, and I had just bought the Mrs H. S Ball’s tomato chutney on the left at Eichholtz when three South African guys turned up at my side. Big guys, grew up eating braai and playing rugby.
“That’s South African, it’s great stuff” said one.
“But you should try the original” said the other, [...]

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