OLIEBOLLEN TIME

In Holland, New Year’s Eve means eating ‘oliebollen’ all day long. Instead of writing down the recipe for you, we thought it might be more practical to show you a video of how it’s done. If you are in a hurry, watch this one. If you got plenty of time on your hands, you should watch this video.

THANK YOU!

Before we leave you for the new year, we would like to thank you for this great year and all of your love, support and feedback. We’re looking forward to the next year, where more exciting things will come up. So keep a close eye on our blog. For now, have a great New Year’s Eve with lots of champagne, see you in 2012!

Love,
Scotch & Soda

HOLIDAY TO DO’S #3

This will be the last chapter of the Holiday To Do’s, we hope we gave you enough inspiration to survive your Christmas holiday!

A must-do before the end of the year is compose a list of New Year’s resolutions. At the Scotch & Soda office we’re already in the middle of it, here’s our list (draft version) in case you need some input.

- Eat more
- Drink lots of fresh ginger tea (good for your everything!)
- More fun
- Visit a restaurant of every different kitchen
- Watch more art-house films
- Explore the world
- When in doubt, always go for it
- Get a puppy
- Cook more
- Eat more chocolate (for the feromones!)
- Visit more concerts
- Learn to surf
- Be on time for Lowlands Festival tickets

The Nemo Science Centre in Amsterdam has a special holiday programme, with lots of cool activities. You can test your Christmas dinner left-over’s, make your own toys and learn how to make or stop a fire. It’s actually meant for children, but we bet it’s fun (and educative) for everyone. Visit Nemo’s website for more info.

Tonight, you can find us at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, where New Cool Collective will perform. If you haven’t seen them play before, don’t miss this! With a mix of jazz, dance, latin, salsa, afrobeat and boogaloo they’ll make sure we want to dance non-stop.

HOLIDAY TO DO’S #2

We hope you enjoyed yesterday’s tips. For today we have another trio of ultimate holiday activities, have fun!

A little while ago, Dutch tattoo-hero Henk “Hanky Panky” Schiffmacher opened the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum. Tattoo machines and hand tools, photographs, flash, drawings, statues and even human tattooed flesh (!) are part of the grande collection. We bet you’ll want some ink too after visiting. Go to amsterdamtattoomuseum.com for more info.

In the mood for some ice-skating? In the Westergasbriek in Amsterdam there will be a 500m2 rink where you can perform (or practice on) your moves. There will also be drinks, cheese fondue and live music. Meet you there? Go to the website for more info.

If you’re looking for indoor entertainment, organise a tv-show marathon! Definitely something we will be doing. Some of our favourite series: Dexter, Gossip Girl, the Killing, Fringe, New Girl, the Walking Death, Mad Men, the Wire, Modern Family, Homeland, Game of Thrones, Californication and Sex and the City (even if that will be the 73rd time we see it). Did we forget one?

HOLIDAY TO DO’S #1

This week, we’ll provide you with a couple of fun holiday activities - some of them more active than others. We hope you’ll like it, enjoy!

A film we’ve been looking forward to is ‘Carnage’, the latest masterpiece by Roman Polanski. Four great actors, one set, and a lot of conversation. This movie promises to include humor, insanity and violence. We can’t wait! Watch the trailer here.

To burn a few of those Christmas calories, go to Tango Magia, the 14th international tango festival in Amsterdam, which will transform the city into “Buenos Aires on the Amstel”. The festival offers workshops for all levels, live performances and a Tango Café. Visit the website for more info.

And for those of you who prefer to stay in and be a true couch potato: we have the perfect activity where couch, being lazy and a semi-social activity are combined. Wordfeud! We’re totally hooked, are you?