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Amsterdam
Every note filed under amsterdam, newest first. The full Journal holds the rest.
August 2026
August, and Turning a Year
On the month I keep open on purpose: a diary without names, the appetite that follows the counting, and the dark coming back a few minutes a night.
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August 2026
The Hotel Bar, Chosen Well
The room where an evening actually starts, and the three things I look for before I sit down. On the hotel bar as the honest beginning of a first night in Amsterdam.
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July 2026
A Dinner Date in Amsterdam: Where I Would Take You
The city takes eating seriously and lights itself beautifully after dark. How to choose the table, the neighbourhood and the pace for a first dinner date, by someone who sits on the other side of it.
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March 2026
Discretion in Public: A Date That Looks Natural
Will anyone be able to tell? No, and the reasons are worth understanding. What a room actually sees, my half of the craft, and your much smaller half.
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