May 1, 2012
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
So, the day after Queen's Day turned out to be a rather normal day again. Gone was the orange everywhere, gone was most of the rubbish in the streets (most, though definitely not all) and back was office life. Most European countries have a public holiday today (Labour Day) but not so the Netherlands. We were back at work...
The most exciting part of the day turned out to be the evening when Hanno and I went to a theatre very close-by. The theater is called Engelenbak (roughly translated as box of angels) and every Tuesday they organise an Open Bak (yes, open box) evening. The purpose of Open Bak is to give performers a chance to show their material to a small audience (about 50 people), to try the effect of jokes, to see if their songs are understood properly, to check the engagement of the audience with whatever is performed on stage.
Each Open Bak has about 6 segments of about 10 minutes each, and the performers of each segment are introduced by a more or less well known artist (tonight it was a well-known Dutch stand-up comedian called Lebbis) who also does an introduction and an after-talk. Because you never know what you're going to get, and because of the variation in the performances (tonight included a French chanson-team, an acrobatic team, a singer and a stand-up comedian for example), attending the Open Bak really is a lot of fun. Hanno and I did this regularly ages ago, but this was the first time in years we were back at Open Bak. I think it's a tradition we should be starting again!
The other exciting this was what you see in the picture above: asparagus! White asparagus to be more accurate. I love them, and this is the season for them, plus they are low-carb as well. So many reason to enjoy them with my dinner tonight!
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