Amsterdam Spring 2021 

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Happy week in Amsterdam great weather and lots of action on my part.

Greetings from Amsterdam my city my life 

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I went to play pool this weekend in the Spijker in Amsterdam Local pool competition 

I did not win first prize but got a key older and some nice pictures of my Amsterdam

Not much rain so far and still chilly but there are small signs here and there of Spring 

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Happy Holidays Everyone From Amsterdam My City My Life 

Lots of food drink laugh and good health 

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Winter is definitely here, the snow was nice but it did not last long.

Some think it is an inconvenience but I think it is great.

There was some ice as well it was wonderful to see the birds walking with their water legs, like humans they were not made to walk on ice.

I did ice skating a long time ago with a help of a chair.

Never again I hope.

I think i have to many plants on the windows.

I would like to change that.

The only problem is what plant should I get rid off.

Sounds very cruel.

I will find a way to close the curtains and at the same time let enough light to come in.

Last wednesday I missed my Eleventh lesson.

It was snowing to hard and I was in the mood for a hot meal and the video game.

But I will make up for it on this wednesday.

One more week and Love is back, that makes me HAPPY, the cats will be happy to, one more person to ask for food.

Maxine is already playing with the new boy,  the last weeks she as lost more weight 

than the 3 years she is on a diet ,Nice.

Time for dinner " Coq au vain"  made it yesterday I have a feeling that it will taste even better today.

Happy winter everybody don't mind the ice and the snow , until today it is still the hottest year since records began.

But it can change depends of how cold December will be.

Burgundy

A day before + 30 min / 1 hour

Ingredients

Ideally a rooster, or 1 or 2 chickens (1.5kg, 3.5 lb), cut into 8 pieces or more
1/2 bottle of full-body Burgundy red wine (or Cotes du Rhone)
6 bacon slices (5 oz), diced
0.5 lb (250g) button mushrooms
A dozen small white onions
2-3 cloves of garlic, mashed
2 carrots, peeled and quartered
Sunflower oil, unsalted butter
Bouquet of herbs: 2 sprigs of thyme and 1 bay leaf, tied all together with string
Parsley 
Salt and pepper

If cooking the same day, add:
1/4 cup of cognac or brandy 
  

Coq au Vin Recipe (serve 6)

Step 1: A day in advance, clean and cut the rooster/chicken in 8 pieces or more. Pour half a bottle of red Burgundy wine over.

Step 2: Add the small white onions, the quartered peeled carrots and the herbs. Cover and put in the fridge.

Step 3: The next day, remove and drain the chicken and vegetables. Put the wine aside for later use.

Step 4: Brown the chicken pieces with oil in a skillet. Remove the chicken. Using the same skillet, add garlic to the vegetables and heat for a couple of minutes

Step 5: Put the chicken and the vegetables in a large sauce pan. Pour the wine and add salt and pepper

Step 6: Bring to a boil at moderate heat.

Step 7: Cover and cook at low heat for 1 or 2 hours

Step 8: Heat bacon, onion and mushrooms in a skillet until brown (10 minutes)

Step 9: When the chicken is ready, add bacon, onion and mushrooms in the pan, cook and stir for 2 or 3 minutes. Taste and correct the seasoning,

Step 10: Add parsley to the chicken when finish. Prepare rice or potatoes to serve with Coq au vin.

Alternate version for cooking the same day:
In step 5, do not pour the wine in the pan now. Pour instead cognac or brandy over the chicken. Ignite the spirit with a match. Be extra careful the heat is off and your face away. Shake the pan for a few seconds. You can now pour the wine in the pan and follow the recipe as indicated.

Wine suggestion: red Burgundy wine, or Cotes du Rhone red, Morgon (French Wine Guide).

Bon appetit!

 

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Tonight I went to a dance party in the coc a place to go on a friday night if your looking to forget and fill yourself with nostalgia to some time in the past before everything became so complicated but did it become more complicated

Or it just changed different era for me 

I changed I'm 10 years older

but the music was GREAT Dj artists should get more recognition we have some good ones here in Amsterdam there was an undeniable essence in the air of the old days on that Club on the infamous warmoesstraat 

Nostalgia can I get that on a Painting?

Curtains are cleaned cats are fighting for food and territory 

I sometimes sit in silence and rumble in my head smoking too much but tonight after that tribal experience on the dance floor Maria once again I ask you bring me back down to *Earth 

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earth |ərθ|

noun

1 (also Earth) the planet on which we live; the world : the diversity of life on earth.

• the surface of the world as distinct from the sky or the sea : it plummeted back to earth at 60 mph.

• the present abode of humankind, as distinct from heaven or hell : God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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Last photos taken this year on Gaivota it's time to clean her

Take her on that last voyage of 2010 to her winter spot

Where she will rest and sleep

Then awaken again when Spring comes back to Amsterdam

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