Mix and match of events

Good afternoon,

Have a look of the events starting today and in the weekend:

Flying Solo Festival at the MC Theater starts today in Amsterdam till the 2nd of March. It´s a collaboration with the Contact Theater in Manchester and you can expect lots of new talent. Have a look at the program to have an idea of who will be on stage!

This weekend you can´t miss the Oscar Weekend at Pathe de Munt. A day pass for 25€ gives you acces to many films nominated for the Oscars, such as Gravity, The Wolf of Wall Street or Blue Jasmine. tThe first film starts at 10.30am and the last one is at 21.30.

And Sunday, yes more movies! Amsterdam Roest is showing the film Kinshasa Kids, included in their festival Movies that Matter. Free entrance!

So hopefully the weather is bad to motivate all of you to go inside and catch a movie or a performance.

Saludos,

Irene

Moderne Hippies Markt

Good afternoon,

After an uninspired last week (could have also been the grey weather) I went yesterday to the Moderne Hippies Markt at Roest and was really inspired!!!

Roest is a big barn used for concerts, events, art gallery, etc. close to Central Station. They have a bar and terrace (next to the water) with sand (I bet it´s a great thing to be there in the summer, must remember this place!) and they have lots of events, so check their site for the program!

The market was organized by the owner of the blog Moderne Hippies and there were lots of participants!

For you to have an idea, this is what it looked like (yep, very crowded, good thing I didn´t drag my boyfriend along)!

Foto from amsterdamroest.nl

As for what you could get, there were many things that caught my attention:

Bag from LaBeau Bags. They are fairtrade made in Thailand, love those colors! And I think my mum would love them too...

What about this boots!! mix of cowboy meets Native American. They are from Kiboots.

Continuing with the Native American theme, a dream catcher from Icatchy.

And lovely armbands from Riverstones.











It seems to me now that I was on the look out for accessories :)

Saludos,

Irene

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid

Good afternoon,

Right now the Mercedes Fashion Week is on in Madrid. These are some of the designs that caught my attention and why:

Design from Francis Montesinos, love the colors and how the fabric falls!

Image from smoda.elpais.com

Design from Teresa Helbig, I like the retro feel.

Image from smoda.elpais.com

Design from María Barros. The ones who know me won´t be surprised I chose this one (big sweater, great colors and lovely knit)

Image from smoda.elpais.com

Saludos,

Irene

Music for the weekend

Good evening,

I found this list of the best 50 singers/groups of Spanish music. Many groups from the 80s (goodness, that styling!) but a good list for those interested in the "classics". Personal favourite is ´A quién le importa´ from Alaska y Dinarama, it is still used nowadays to say I don´t care what you think of me and she (the singer, Alaska) is considered a symbol in the gay community in Spain.

 I hope you enjoy!

Saludos,

Irene

Ideas for the weekend

Good afternoon,

I am glad to be at home since it´s rainy and grey outside! I have some tips for this weekend, and they are both indoors in case the weather decides to stay like this:

IJ Hallen (Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th) It´s a huge flea market that takes place in Amsterdam Noord, you have to take the ferry but then it´s a small walk. The entrance fee is 4.50€

And on Sunday you can find the Neighbourfood market on the Westergasfabriek with lots of yummy things to eat! Starts at 11.00 till 16.00.

They have a great blog with recipes, check it out here! makes me wanna go even more :)

Saludos,

Irene

Grey...

Good afternoon,

It´s all so grey!!! though today we might have more "light" than normal so I guess I can´t complain, right? At least I have this lovely tulips we got Saturday at the Albert Cuyp market to give me some idea of what is to come (spring, if you forgot with this long winter)

Saludos,

Irene

Salsa!

Good afternoon,

Before I dwell into the title of this post let met tell you, have you noticed how many people are born in February? Last weekend we had two birthday partys and tomorrow we have another one...it doesn´t allow for a lot of wiggle room for weekend planning (aka time to relax). Don´t get me wrong, I love birthdays (specially mine), it´s a nice occasion to get together and catch up with old friends and long distance family members but the Spanish girl in me complains about all the planning... improvise, Dutch people!!

As for salsa, this weekend is the 7th Amsterdam Salsa Festival at the Meininger Hotel Amsterdam City West. Ticket start at 20€ and you can enjoy workshops and performances by national and international professionals. So head over for some booty shaking!

Saludos and plan some time to relax!

Irene