Tag: city life

• Are You Looking For A Sign?

  

  This is it. The divine seeks you, as you seek the divine.

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  9 Jan 2019

  Awareness, Story, Travel

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• Mindfulness and Dignita Hoftuin

  

  I am going to share a secret with you; a delightful hangout joint that serves fresh yummy grub. Dignita Hoftuin right next to the Hermitage museum is my new favorite space in the city. I love the location, the food, and most of all the indulgent very “un-Amsterdam” service. Dignita Hoftuin offers a relaxed vibe […]

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  16 Sep 2018

  Art, Awareness, Customer Review, Food, Photography, Story

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• Day Out in Delft

  

  Delft is such a pretty little town. It is quaint with crisscrossing canals and arched bridges, cobbled pathways, brickwork, delftware, old architecture, quirky leaning Oude Kerk and the shiny towering Nieuwe Kerk, imposing City Hall, and impressive museums. We planned a day out to enjoy the Museum Prinsenhof. One day was not enough, clearly we […]

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  22 Jan 2018

  Apoorva, Art, Audience, Awareness, Customer Review, Food, Photography, Story, Travel

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• Stirring Metaphors in a Glass

  

  In a world that expects wine be a glass of Amstel. On Christmas eve we took a stroll through our favorite street Utrechtsestraat. If you walk along from Hutspot to Rembrandtplein you will trek through this darling of a stretch, which has delightful stores, quaint eating joints, cafes, and bars. It was all dressed up for the […]

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  4 Jan 2018

  Apoorva, Art, Customer Review, Food, Photography, Story, Travel

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• The Boho Life at Hutspot

  

  Hutspot is one of the coolest spaces I have discovered in Amsterdam. It is a chilled-out creative area spread over two levels, in which you can work, lounge, shop, get a haircut, grab a coffee or a snack. It’s biggest plus point is its easy-going vibe. With multiple seating arrangements and a non-conformist atmosphere it […]

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  3 Jan 2018

  Academic, Art, Customer Review, Food, microblogging, Story, Travel

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• Art when Dark: Museum Night 2017

  

  Is it art viewing? Is it a nightclub? Should we dance? Let’s grab a drink! Wanna hang out? Oh look, that’s a Rothko!  This year the Museum Night in Amsterdam was outstanding. The transformation that the museums underwent was fascinating, dramatically turning from once strict sterile environments to wild psychedelic night clubs. We combined the […]

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  10 Nov 2017

  Apoorva, Art, Awareness, Photography, Story

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• Summer Walks and Autumn Leaves

  

  This summer I have enjoyed many long walks with my ten-year-old son Bambi and the discussions have meandered from Roblox Jailbreak to Alvin and the Chipmunks. We have intensely unpacked and debated over the nuances of gaming technology and storyboards as well as arcs of narration in movies. To the extent that we have drawn out […]

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  23 Sep 2017

  Customer Review, Food, Parenting, Photography, Story, Travel

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• Lisbon day 5: Let’s Go to Alfama

  

  Apoorva said the streets of Alfama reminded him of Ajmer back in the day. I could see this, the curling narrow roads akin to gullies, windows that face each other making room for glances or chats, blinking cats that seemed to be in a languid trance, and Tram 28 meandering through like a boa who […]

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  31 Aug 2017

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• A Pictorial Ode to Books

  

  I had written about the Friday book market at the Spui earlier. This time around I managed to get better pictures. This is for my bibliophile readers. You would understand the poetry in these pictures.

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  11 Jul 2017

  Books, Photography, Story, Travel

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