Do it like Diane

You might not know it, but... I'm a Diane Kruger fan! Ok, she's sort of an icequeen when it comes to her acting (hello, emotions?) but GOOOOD, this woman has IT! As in: the looks and the sense of style. My cousine Serafien - I have a big family if you were wondering - who married last October (I showed one picture of it here) will marry again (with the same husband from her marriage in October, to be clear) for church in May. It's the event in our family this year, so everyone (at least the women) is already searching for a dress and shoes and all the other stuff. I found my dress this weekend at Clinic, Antwerp. A very cool store with lovely clothes! The dress is from the brand Traffic People, but I won't say more (I have a few family members who read my blog too). But I l.o.v.e. it. Anyway, I can hear you thinking: "What has Diane Kruger to do with all this?". The answer is: one of these 6 pictures will be the ultimate inspiration for my hairdo on May 19th! What's your favourite? I do have a sort of 'favourite' but I'm still open for your suggestions...

Pasta alla puttanesca

It might look a bit unappetizing... but this pasta alla puttanesca I made tonight, was delicious! And: ready in a minute. What do you need? Spaghetti, ansjovis, green olives, capers, garlic, tomato pieces in a can, parmesan, olive oil, pepper, salt and something to make it a bit spicy (I used some paprika flavor). How do you make it? Shred the garlic cloves and bake them in some olive oil. Cut the ansjovis in small pieces and add it to the garlic. Add the tomato pieces and stir well so they 'melt' a bit. Cut the green olives in small pieces and add it to the sauce. Leave it simmering and add some spicy flavor. When your pasta's almost ready (al dente!), you can add the capres to the sauce. Stir some more, add some salt and pepper and serve (with some parmesan flakes). Enjoy your meal!

Mother & daughter in London - pt. 3

Excusez-moi for letting you wait so long for the last part of these London-posts (haha, how self-imortant of me, like you are all desperately waiting behind your screens to read my new posts - not) but I had a sort of 'offline-weekend' going on. Anyway, here's the last part of 'Mother & daughter in London'. Enjoy!

My mom loves to go to Boots when she's in England, so we went to a Boots-shop in London, of course! And no, Boots is not a shop where they sell shoes (and boots), it's like the English (and better) version of Kruidvat with a drugstore in the basement. When I saw a 'hair donut' hanging between the hair accessories, I had to take it with me (never saw it in Kruidvat). And when I arrived in our hotel room, I had to try it! Do you like it? I definitely do!

Because we wanted to grab a quick bite before going to the musical (now you know the answer to my question: "Why am I so dressed up?") we entered Pepe, a little Italian takeaway-restaurant. Don't be deceived by the word 'takeaway', 'cause these pizzas were lovely!

57 St. Martin's Lane, London, WC2N 4EA

info@pepe-food.com

www.pepe-food.com

I can hear you thinking "Watching a musical in London? So touristic!". But in fact: it wasn't touristic at all. Okay: Leicester Square, where you can buy the tickets, is very touristic (and so not my thing). But I didn't felt like a tourist when I was sitting in my red seat in the burlesque-like theatre. And when the curtains opened, I watched the musical Chicago for two hours with a smile on my face. The dancers, the music, the whole atmosphere... Did you ever saw the movie Chicago? It was exactly like that, but so much better!

Saturday, also (sadly) known as Departure-day, was all about culture and History with a capital H. On the program: British Museum. It wasn't that far from out hotel, so we walked trough the beautiful streets and found the biggest and oldest museum of the world...

Mama and me!

How impressive it was at the outside, the inside was even more impressive. Unbelievable what you can find there and how old everything is. The oldest objects (stone tools) are more than 1.600.000 years old! But also seeing the Egyptian mummies, Rosette's Stone, Lindow man and a part of the Parthenon... it was all a-ma-zing. If you want to see everything in the British Museum you should visit it every day for a month or so, but we only had a few hours so we had to make choices in 'where to go'. We wanted to see the big things (such as Rosette's Stone), but we also payed a visit to the Mexican and Mayan part of the museum ('cause we've been to Mexico a few years ago).

Thanks to me we were a bit too early at St. Pancras - I said to my mom it was better to leave early so that we wouldn't get into trouble if there were delays with the tube or something and our luggage was heavy (from all the shopping) so that wouldn't be quite handy if we had to hurry. Briefly: we had to wait a while. So we went to Le Pain Quotidien for a Moccha and a hot chocolate before we boarded for Brussels... And that's how my fantastic citytrip ended. See you soon, my lovely London!