Glenn Gemeiner foundation

Yesterday evening, we went to the first annual gala night for the research en communication about Streptococcus Pyogenes. It's a life treathening bacteria that we, caretakers and patients need to know more about to rise awareness and react in a very early stage so we can save lives.

We had a wonderful night - delicious food was served - music with life performances - an auction that raised quite a few $$$ ...

And to relax and let go, we danced almost all night long !

Here's a little picture before I went out ... do you see some mischief on my face ... I'm glad I saw it too (again) ...

Have a great Sunday, have some turkey left overs and be happy !

xxx kiss kiss

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So sorry to bother you guys but THIS had to be blogged about !

Passing by many shops this evening, on my way for my chill-out drink at the 'Stadsfeestzaal',

I see the bridal shop on my right doin' some outlet/last stock pieces sale !

Curious as I am and always having a soft spot for a wedding dress, I couldn't resist but checking out...

What do I see ?!!

This absolutely great vintage long party dress ! A MUST HAVE !!

Only 20$...

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Couldn't even be bothered if it wouldn't fit me - I can always manage to make something else out of it...

Let me share this - ( start clapping those little female hands, all together now..)

great expectations ...

today, cause tonight I will be no Thanksgiving-virgin anymore !

The bad thing is, I'm suffering this bad cold slash feeling nauseous this last week.

Sometimes I feel like I have some fever, then I don't and keep just hoppin' around.

Went to the doctor yesterday and we decided together to do a precautionary op early 2011.

Looking at the medical history of my family, it's better to do so ...will tell you more in another post.

I still have a year to adapt to the idea but better then being dead, right ?

I will be 5 weeks out of fight ; 1 week hospital, 2 weeks of total rest, 2 weeks to recover and slowly starting to be active again.

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I wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving today, enjoy and be grateful for the people we love, surrounding us with love too ...

How you doin' ?? (in a Joey Tribbiani voice)

for the record ; this is NOT my arm !

Last year ...

this day, the temperature was somewhere below zero cause it was snowing !

Today was the hottest 21st of November since they started measuring temperatures ...

Maybe time to think about the climat and the way we are messing with our planet ?

The video below shows 12.000 dancing people on the beach of Oostende - making their statement to THINK about the climat !

Dance for the Climate NL - Funny video clips are a click away

Arty Farty ...vampire struck ...

India teached me how to photo-edit some pics ... we are heaving fun ; she's making awesome little movies and me...hihi, I'm making some lugubrious pics here ... that's what hubby called them ...let's just say we are Twilight - New Moon - True Blood inspired ... no worries ...

Wich one you guys like best ? DeadonBed or DeadDaisy ??

I'm going to Tokyo and I'm taking...

a good deodorant cause there seems to be a lack of choice and Tokyo's subways are hot & steamy (you don't wanna end up looking like a dim sum)

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if you're claustrophobic don't get on the tube during rush hour ; 'proppers' are especially hired to stuff all you guys into the wagons ! Watch and shudder : www.youtube.com and search for proppers

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condoms ! If you're a European guy, condom-sizes in Tokyo are for the less fortunate sizewise ...

:-O

The Durex Ambassador feels a bit more tighter in Japan ...

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New socks ! Suppose you meet the love of your live over there ; the inlaws will invite you for dinner and you are supposed to take of your shoes !!

Don't want any embarrassing moments now, do you !

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Beautiful kids

She has 1 of the most beautiful French women as a mum and her father was Italian ...an actor too...

This one's easy...she's lovely isn't she ; she reminds me of her grandmother Tippi ...

I read this article in Instyle UK magazine about girls who's stars might eclipse their famous parent(s)....

I searched some (European) daughters (too) and here's my choice ; do you recognize or see any familiar looks ??

style du soir #1

Look at that skirt !! Nice, eeh ?

Having 'nothing' in your closet makes one very creative .... the purple blouse is in fact a dress and you must have seen it before ....:-)

That's the good thing with very short dresses....Mr Condescending, like it or like it ??

Diane and Dedene...thanks for your comments on the previous post !

Enjoy your weekends !

beste Belgian song of the past 10 years and my new hero(ïcs)

When you open my blog you will hear and see Absynthe Minded on your right...

People could vote for the best Belgian song of the last decade and very surprising, not dEUS but Absynthe Minded won !

Well, when I hear that song - I must say - the listeners and people who voted the Studio Brussels poll, have made a very good choice...

Absynthe Minded has currently a very good new song Envoi ; the lyrics are based upon a poem written by the great and late Hugo Claus...

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and now for some shallownes : girls all over Antwerp must be waiting in line at the Hennes store. I read there's some policy and bracelets that allow you to buy only 1 pice at a time and for some resctricted time too....What's this ?

Has the iron curtain re-appeared again ? Or the Berlin wall ??

No way I'm gettin' in line for shome Choos !

I bought some penny loafers instead at COS.

No line up - a very friendly sales assistant who helped me out with the sizes and advice.

Alexa Chung was my inspiration and hey, I feel like I'm 16 again ! I used to wear those in highschool...

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and ahum, Mr Condescending...if my skirt was any shorter...I could get arrested for immodest behaviour (LOL)

When you're not searching...you will find anything you like !

Was peeping into 1 of the Hennes stores in our town this morning and tried on this t shirt with a Balmain feel to it but on my way out to the counter, I saw this beautiful golden 'brokaat' skirt I saw many times in mags presenting Hennes ads but never, ever saw it for real ...

I thought, yeah right, this is it, just the 1 piece and probably a size 0 - wich I am not - but give me some credit here, I am almost 40 (4 months to countdown) and had 2 babies ...

But on Friday the 13th, it was just my luck, my size - and back to the fitting-rooms for a squeeze into it and hell yeah, it fitted like a glove !

Me so happy...!!

Here it is ; the picture shows a model with MY skirt on and some items I added to make it look more Dominica-like...

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Have a great weekend - thanks for reading this shallow post, but shallow can be alimentary for the brain sometimes .... he he 

so small....

My world seems very small lately ...by that I mean that on several occasions, sad and happy ones, I seem to bump into the same people over and over again.

I've told you guys before that a lot of sadness and grief hit our little community and I was captivated and entangled by it that I had to say STOP before I submerged in a downwards going spiral...

Only a month ago we were 'celebrating' the memory of Glenn Gemeiner at this memorial ; last Friday I was honoured to 'celebrate' the life of Caroline, only 33 years old who's lost the battle against the big C(ancer)...

When I looked around in that church, I saw so many faces that I see popping up every day or week...and we were al united in grief and were overwhelmed with the songs her best friend Tanja sang live that morning...

I've been humming Sweet Caroline for days now ; it's in my head ...I need to take some distance but I can't, not yet anyway...every day that passes will soften the sharp edges from that acute pain called grief...

Anyway, I had to drag myself outside today...and luckily my BFF called and made me go outside !

We had our laughs and coffee and hey, I saw a familiar face or 2, and in nice circumstances ....

So that says something right ? 

It's not all about bad things but sometimes about shallow things like coffee, cakes and seeing old workmates again ....

Funny when they ask you 'how you're doin' and you just need to say ok even if your heart says not really (but you don't want to bother people with sad stories) 

Hopefully many more shallow moments will occur ; God knows I crave them !!

Splash award

I've been honoured with the Splash Award by that Girl Ang of lovely blog Creative Soulful & Sexy (what's in a name)

Thank you so much in giving me this award and I should do the following according to the rules of this award :

a) choose 9 other blogs to forward the award

b) post the award and links on your blog

c) link back to my blog

My 9 favourite blogs for Faces and Places of Antwerp are :

(in fact, I love all your blogs, not just these 9...)

1. Soyez la bienvenue chez moi because we all love a bit of France too, don't we ?

2. Cooking Blind cause I see Diane a bit as a surrogate mum for me and she has the best humour and advice all in one person...(I wish she would be my new nextdoor neighbour, the app is for rent Diane, think about it !)

3. Vermiljoen cause I like creative girls and certainly when they come from Gent (gij zijt ook een snelle zenne !!) She will never surrender to mainstream cute !!

4. cause we need to add a guy too, Jack Daniel is a very talented photographer

5. Booky is the cutest Donut Girl ever and she's bubbly and witty too

6. Richard has a great blog and never uses a picture ; check out this talented designerman from NYC

7. Do you like Peach Tart ? She makes a great pie but only for close family and friends ! She does write a wonderfull, witty and sexy blog ! Highly recommended !

8. Karl Edwin Guerre shows us people with swagger and inspires us in being creative and never to be mainstream at all !

9. Met Vic through Diane and I must say, I almost always wet my pants when I read and enjoy her blog !

I know so many other great blogs but maybe you guys are just the closest to me ...

Thanks for sharing all your great stories !

D.

Some extra chains (the girl from the beads store will think I fancy her...)

Hi again ! Here are some of my latest ; I admit, when I'm into something I'm completely obsessive !

I can do this for hours and hours ; the very nice girl from the beads store must think I'm mental !

I promised her that I couldn't keep coming in for the rest of my life, as school will begin again next week and I don't have time anymore to pick up more beads (instead, have to pick up Mr. Sebastian from school)

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So the Frida chain was baptised 'Frida in Chains' thanks to my dear fellow blogger Diane.

Come up with something good for these 2 numbers and you will have your 15 minutes of fame (well at least in my little shop)

haha....ok, he's popular !

found this cute 1 in my mailbox this morning ... checked it twice and daily for the last week, and hurray, deary deer arrived today !

Now, proudly showing him off on my chest, to make my very basic outfit more colourful...he's already gone....tripping on the coat of a little 3 year old girl....

Hope she's happy with him ...:-)

Artsy fartsy, keeping myself busy...

Not only do I handle fabrics but also beads....

Since our winterhour changed here, it's getting dark already at 5PM ; so that's a bit difficult to work with detail and fabric for me since I don't have my own sewing space in our house ....

I'd like to work on those things on Sundays, when everyone is still asleep and only my 2 cats keep me company, quietly and approvingly.

So for the fun of it, I made some pretty chains this past week and I'll post one of my favourites...

I also like to give the chains names, hey, maybe I'll even post them on Etsy or something, why not ...;-)

If you come up with a good name for this chain, I'll use it ! So be inventive !

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Yesterday I received an e-mail that came in, at the right moment.

As you know by know, I need some space and fun things to concentrate on.

Well, a couple of months ago (August) I posted a suggestion on the Sissy-boy website and yesterday this guy mailed me Sissy-boy were considering my suggestion !

Wooehaaaa ! yay !

Me so happy !

I feel like I've been nominated for an Oscar, hehe...

Fall (in my head)

I just checked a few of my fellow blogsfriends posts and I really must say I'm so happy I 'know' you guys !

Yesterday I was talking to JFK Jean via Twitter about me clearing my head and even though convo was short, it was a huge relief to know people want to listen.

I posted a message on my Facebook page ; recapitulated it said I needed some space...

Not that I never want to open my eyes again but the past year meant grief, troubles and death for so many of my friends and acquaintances I was puttin' myself aside in helping everyone out that I forgot to take care of me.

This weekend it became clear my body was ringing the alarm bell.

My mind and mental health are screaming for clarity.

I REALLY need some space, shallowness and good vibes.

I'm not selfish but I'm afraid I won't be able to be a comforter and a shoulder to cry on if I'm not taking this space here.

I wan't to be able to be a good person, someone that actually is doing something when people are in distress and need.

But I don't have a plug to upload myself every night...I'm afraid, I'm only human.

So I keep it light and Twitter and read your fabulous stories and me, I'm concentrating on my project.

Friday will be a final stop ; it's the funeral of somebody that was very brave.

That's the last thing I will do before I require some space.

"Ik ga er even tussenuit" what means something like I'm going on a break (a mental one)...

just to re-boot...SO keep posting those wonderful interesting, funny and hilarious blogs of yours, God knows how I need them now ! Distract me with all your convolutions of what's on your mind and what you like to share with the world !!

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Meanwhile I wanna share these pics of the square in front of my house ; aren't those trees and leafs at their best ?

I love these colours, even more when the sun is playing with them...

Looking for ...

something very specific I saw in a Dutch mag : a squirrel bake mold !

Yep, got this into my head and I'm searching town and country (and the internet) to find me this cute number !

Pretty soon there will be Christmas-markets to visit and the ladies from the Parents for Moral association are doing this every year too and I want them to have some of my DIY-stuff (take advantage of me ladies, now that I'm in this crea-mood) to sell !

But this mold is very difficult to find so I'm using my overseas connections here !!

Anyone can help me out ?

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Also take a look at these very cute numbers to stir up your baking-skills !!