March 2017 of the Hague

The Magazine of the Going Dutch American Women’s Club March 2017 of The Hague

5 Officers and Chairwomen 6 Cologne Christmas Markets 8 Message from the President 9 March General Meeting 10 Letter from the Editor 12 Ongoing Activities 20 Tours 6 21 One-of-a-Kind Activities Our AWC ladies were all smiles as they headed to the Cologne Christmas markets 24 AWC Red White & Blue Gala with sister club AWC Amsterdam 26 Pearl Waterreus 27 Kids’ Club 28 Calendar 31 AWC and the Arts 32 The Dutch Daily 34 New Library System 36 FAWCO Corner 38 37 FAWCO Foundation Celeste Brown opened up her home 38 Women with Dutch to the Women with Dutch Partners for Partners another great holiday party 40 Sustainable Shopping 43 Announcements 48 Travelling Vegan 50 Becky’s Broken Leg 52 Classifieds 53 Index of Advertisers 53 Rates 54 54 Fall Activities See just a sample of how many activities the AWC hosted in the fall

MARCH 2017 3 Editor Melissa White 2016-2017 AWC Officers Committee Chairs

Design and Layout Activities Open Teresa Mahoney Honorary President Sabine Crowley Assistant Treasurer Laurie Martecchini Cover Photo President Becky Failor At Home in Holland Becky Failor Leiden in May 2016 [email protected] Board Advisor Jessie Rodell Photography Caring Committee Naomi Keip Greetje Engelsman, Melissa White, Vice President Trena Cormier Wikimedia Commons [email protected] Community Service Coordinator AWC Clubhouse Advertising Pamela Pruijs Treasurer Kathy DeBest Johan van Oldenbarneveltlaan 43 Open eNews: Suzanne MacNeil [email protected] 2582 NJ Den Haag Proofreaders FAWCO Julie Mowat Tel: 070 350 6007 Ellen Bolick, Celeste Brown, Jane Gulde, Secretary Ellen Bolick Heart Pillow Jan de Vries [email protected] Diane Schaap, Debbie van Hees [email protected] Holiday Bazaar Mary Ann Nation- www.awcthehague.org Contributors Greenwall Club and Community Development Mary Adams, Jane Choy, Trena Cormier, Library Ellen Bolick Greetje Engelsman, Roberta Enschede, Susan Cave , Mary Ann Nation-Greenwall Going Dutch Magazine Jan Essad, Becky Failor, Eileen Harloff, [email protected] Kid’s Club Open [email protected] Suzanne MacNeil, Seanette Meserole, Mary Membership Coordinator Shirley Ann Nation-Greenwall, Georgia Regnault, Clubhouse Administrator Newlin Anne van Oorschot Dominique Duysens Newcomer Activities Greetje Engelsman, Clubhouse Hours [email protected] Tuesday and Thursday Printer Holly Savoie 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. www.dwcprint.nl Communications Teresa Mahoney Parliamentarian Georgia Regnault Monday, Wednesday and Friday Closed Dues (Effective 2016-2017) [email protected] Programs Suzanne MacNeil € 110 per year (€ 66 after January 1) Public Relations Open € 90 business, professional € 55 valid US military id Front Office Tennis Molly Boed € 35 student The Arts Jane Choy Add € 15 new member registration fee Dominique Duysens Tours Jan Essad, Seanette Meserole Pamela Schellekens Volunteer Coordinator Laurie AWC Bank Account Number Sue Merrick ABN-AMRO Amber Gatewood Martecchini 43.14.21.757 Trena Cormier Webmaster Julie Otten IBAN: NL42ABNA0431421757 Becky Failor Website Assistant Open KvK Den Haag Paula Looijmans 40409274 Siska Datema-Kool Women with Dutch Partners Open

Deadlines: Submissions are due no later than the last Monday of the month preceding the publication month. For example, for the combined May/June issue, submissions are due before Monday, March 27. AWC Mission Statement The AWC is an association formed to provide social and educational activities for American Please Note: Articles submitted to Going Dutch will be published subject to space limitations and editorial ap- proval. All rights reserved; reprints only by written permission of the Editor. Please email to: goingdutchmag@ women living in the Netherlands and to promote amicable relations among people of all na- gmail.com tions, as well as acquiring funds for general public interest. Membership in the club is open Legal Notice: Articles in Going Dutch express the views and opinions of their authors alone, and not necessar- to women of all nations who are friendly and welcoming to American culture. The associa- ily those of the AWC of The Hague, its Members or this publication. tion does not endeavor to make a profit. The AWC is a 100% volunteer organization.

4 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 5 Cologne Christmas Markets Message from the President March General Meeting by Becky Failor by Suzanne MacNeil

“Change is hard in the beginning, messy This great team of To the Moon and Beyond! in the middle, and gorgeous in the end” is ladies will bring A Woman’s Place is in the a quote I like by Robin Sharma. I am sure us a slate of offi- European Space Agency that most Members of the AWC have change cers for our elec- What does it take to put a woman or man quotes that they like, because in moving from tions on April 13 in space? Bérengère Houdou is working to wherever we started to living here has meant that will lead the develop European space travel and make it change. For some of us it has been a short changes in our more competitive so more Europeans can time, almost like a long vacation, when we Club for the fu- explore beyond our home planet. Houdou, are trying to both adjust and absorb all the ture. Please give who is French, has a Master of Science in experiences we can. For others, the time has them your sup- Aeronautics and Astronautics from the been longer and with “going back” always port, including a Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the future. For many of our Members ev- YES if they ask (MIT), where she worked in the Man Vehicle erything changed when they decided that the you to serve. Laboratory on training systems for astronauts. Netherlands is their permanent home. No She lives in The Hague and her CV boasts that matter where you are in your Netherlands Frankly, the AWC is always changing. she has worked as a system engineer on many sions. She also heads related technological, experience, I hope you will find that it is Some changes are big. For example, selling projects for human and robotic space flight at scientific and mission activities. In a BBC “gorgeous in the end.” the old Clubhouse and moving to our cur- the European Space Agency (ESA). article about the feasibility of establishing rent location, and giving greater rights to our a permanent base on the moon, Houdou is Change is easier for me when I focus not Associate Members, such as the ability to vote While at MIT, Houdou used virtual reality as quoted as saying, “We have an ambition to on what I am giving up, but rather focus on and serve on the Board. Some changes are not a countermeasure for the disorientation that have European astronauts on the moon.” what I have to gain. Life in the Netherlands seen by most Members, but are important for astronauts experience working in micrograv- brings so many opportunities and new experi- our future. For example, the Board authorized ity, and helped design and test 3D training Houdou’s works with a dedicated team in the ences that it is easy to feel that I have truly investing funds for greater returns to bring systems for astronauts. As a perk, she took Future Exploration Systems Section at ESA. gained a great deal. The AWC helped me gain more income to cover the costs of running advantage of getting free rides in the lab’s In addition to working with her ESA team, so much from our life here in The Hague. the Clubhouse. Other changes, like the new centrifuge. Once she became familiar with Houdou enjoys mentoring the next generation It helped me with all the change required online library check-out system―THANK NASA, Houdou was fortunate to find a spot of space explorers. “I also believe that it is part by retiring and moving here. From Carol YOU Holly Savoie―make it easier to take at ESA that fit her extensive experience and of my job to attract young men and women Slootweg’s Dutch Products Class, to Jane advantage of your Membership benefits (see returned to Europe to help grow the continent’s to work in aerospace, and more generally in Choy’s art history lectures and museum tours page 34 to learn more). Additional bonuses to role in the field of space. technical and scientific areas. Likewise, the (see page 31 to learn about two tours this AWC Membership include access to Hanos technological challenges for a European moon month), to activities that helped me explore and a discounted membership at the Crowne Houdou joined ESA in 2003 as part of the lander present interesting challenges for young this beautiful area where we live. Plaza Health Club. Human Spaceflight Directorate. As a trainee, engineers who join our team. I hope to give she took part in the development of an experi- them the taste to go on working in the space Now the AWC is changing. I am grateful “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile be- ment for a new life support technology for sector, while they keep me on my toes.” to Suzanne MacNeil for agreeing to chair the cause it happened.” I had to say that again Russia’s Foton-M2 capsule. Reflecting on Nominating Committee who will bring us a to myself when Melissa called to tell me that her opportunities at the beginning of her Don’t miss the March General Meeting slate of new officers. The committee mem- she no longer would be serving as Editor of career, “I was very fortunate to participate when Bérengère Houdou shares her passion bers include: Celeste our acclaimed Going Dutch magazine. I have in such an adventure when I was just 27 and, for space, science and her work on the lunar Brown, Mallery never known Going Dutch without Melissa as at that moment, reaching space became a project, an especially important discussion as Clarke, Marsha the Editor and Teresa Mahoney as the Design reality to me.” Her contributions to human there is a push to open opportunities in sci- Hagney, Julie and Layout Manager (thankfully Teresa has spaceflight include working as a Life Support ence, technology, engineering and mathematics Mowat, Mary volunteered to continue doing the layout for Engineer during the assembly and verification (STEM) for women. Ann Nation- next year). Please read Melissa’s “Ramblings of the Tranquility module connected to the Thursday, March 9 Greenwall, from the Editor” on page 10 to learn more International Space Station (ISS). Social time: 10 a.m. Shirley Newlin, about her difficult decision to step down. I Meeting: 10:30 a.m. Holly Savoie, can’t help but wonder about the changes we Today Houdou is the head of the Lunar AWC Clubhouse Chelsea Wald will see when Suzanne MacNeil, our new Exploration Office at ESA, and is responsible www.groupspaces.com/AWCTheHague/ and Melissa White. Editor, starts working on Going Dutch. >>47 for developing Europe’s lunar landing mis- item/1084843 8 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 9 Ramblings from the Editor by Melissa White

t was with great sadness that I contacted moving back to the US after completing just Teresa Mahoney and Becky Failor and three issues at the end of 2009, Teresa quickly Inow share with you my decision to step volunteered to make the switch from editing down as Editor of Going Dutch after complet- to designing and laying out the magazine. She ing my eighth year in this position in May. was able to apply her years of scrapbooking In fact, tears are now flowing down my face and computer experience to take over from and I suspect this article will take me much Meg, and found that not only did she excel at longer to write than any previous one. layout, but that she really enjoyed it. We’ve been an awesome twosome ever since! Perhaps it’s best to start with a little back- ground. In May 2008, Teresa and I were re- Another twist of fate occurred when our cruited by former Member Susanne Bomhard, printer went out of business in August 2010. whom we knew from the AWC Book Club, Teresa and I were both on vacation at the to assist with the updating of At Home in time, so Leslie took charge of finding a re- Holland, the 11th edition of the AWC’s guide placement. What a great surprise when she to living in the Netherlands. Although we both informed us that she’d found a printer that came from accounting backgrounds and had would do the job in full-color while costing

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. ~ Lao Tzu no experience in editing or writing a book, less! Instead of having one cover for the entire we jumped right in with both feet and made a year, we were able to change covers for each great team. After the book launch in February issue and I recruited James to do artwork with 2009, Leslie Collingridge, the Editor of Going photos either taken by myself or our daughter Dutch who was about to transition to AWC Veronica. Some of you might have found the President, asked us to take over as Co-Editors items that he occasionally hid in the covers; and, without much hesitation, we agreed. my daughters’ favorite was the bikini top he In a bit of a fluke of fate, we met former placed on a man walking along the boardwalk Member Meg Tufano that May at Leslie’s at Scheveningen. Board Installation and impulsively asked her to be our Layout Manager. I am very proud of my work as Editor and still love my job, but it’s time to step away. I Meg became determined to transform the need to concentrate on learning Dutch as we then glorified newsletter into a full-fledge make the transition from expats to locals. In magazine (as many of you may know, my addition, I find that I’m losing my patience number one pet peeve is hearing someone more often with those submitting articles, so call our beautiful magazine a “newsletter”). it’s probably time for a mental health break After hearing my husband James mention anyway. Other than being a mother for close that the software the AWC was using had to 20 years, this is the longest job I’ve ever become obsolete, she updated our software had, and the most difficult to leave. Luckily and introduced cloud-based tools for our team for the AWC, Teresa has agreed to continue of three to communicate. It was a difficult first doing the excellent job that she does with few months as we experienced growing pains whomever takes over my position. I do in- and personality clashes, but it was exciting tend to continue writing, and hopefully when too as we saw how our hard work started to Suzanne MacNeil takes over as Editor, she pay off. When Meg announced that she’d be will occasionally publish my musings.

10 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 11 Ongoing Activities Book Club: Daytime The AWC Daytime Book Club is open to Daytime Book Club Planning Ahead: all book lovers and is always open to new Thursday, April 20: The Last Days of Night Members. There is no obligation to attend by Graham Moore every meeting or lead a discussion. We take Thursday, May 25: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir turns bringing a snack. Any questions? Please of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. email Teresa Mahoney at awcthehague. Vance [email protected]. Happy reading!

The March Daytime Book Club selection novel updates us on the lives and fortunes is A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman: of characters introduced earlier: Sully and A million-copy bestsell- Rub, Ruth and Janine, Zack and Rob, among ing phenomenon, this others, and showcases the town’s policeman debut novel by a Swedish as the main protagonist. Richard Russo’s blogger is described as characters are fully developed, and even the quirky, bittersweet, heart- minor ones have a detailed life. Relationships warming, heartbreaking are key; the role of luck in an individual’s life and outrageously funny. is examined and the family backgrounds of At first sight, 59-year-old the major characters are carefully described. Ove is likely the grumpiest Life remains hard scrabble for the citizens man you’ll ever meet. He’s of fictional North Bath in upstate New referred to as “the bitter neighbor from hell.” York, and though the town appears to be Despite the protagonist’s cranky exterior, this dying physically, its people are resilient and is an uplifting tale of love and community. hopeful. Russo’s themes of violence, cruelty Thursday, March 23 and forgiveness appear in this second novel 10 a.m. as well as in the first, but he has added new AWC Clubhouse dimensions to his characters as they confront FREE aging and their own mortality, the decisions they made about the way they chose to live Recap of the December Discussion their lives, and their regrets over squandered Everybody’s Fool: We met for our annual opportunities and a lack of solid achievement. Christmas Luncheon to discuss the December Our group unanimously recommends this selection. The sequel to Nobody’s Fool, the novel. >> 14

12 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 13 while you work. You might even be able to pick up some suggestions from a fresh pair March Birthdays Ongoing Activities (cont.) of eyes. Each week, a different Member will bring a cake made from a never-before-tried Georgia Regnault 4 Continued from page 12 recipe for tasting and critiquing. We’re sorry, Amber Gatewood 12 Book Club: Evening but babysitting is not available and thus we Rachel Swick 12 can’t accommodate children. Questions? Calling all readers! The Evening Book Club Evening Book Club Planning Ahead: Mary Adams 13 Contact: Suzanne Dundas at awcthehague. Jan Mills 15 would love to have you join us this year. We Wednesday, April 12: Barkskins by [email protected] typically meet on the third Wednesday of Marcy Atkins 17 Annie Proulx Tuesdays Shirin Kianmanesh Rad-Hashemi 17 each month, with some alternative dates when 10 a.m. – Noon that is a public holiday or school vacation. Wednesday, May 17: One in a Billion: Leisa Weld 17 The Story of Nic Volker and the Dawn of AWC Clubhouse Whether you come once, or are available to FREE Kathryn Cok 20 join us every month, you are most welcome. Genomic Medicine by Mark Johnson Mary Jo Willemsen 20 Interested, want to know more, or get on our and Kathleen Gallagher Dinner Club Hannah Dean 21 mailing list? Please contact Rebecca Fry at Wednesday, June 14: Eligible by Curtis This is a fun way to share an evening Sarah Dunn 24 [email protected]. Happy Sittenfeld with friends while enjoying a great din- Jaimie Keppel-Molenaar 26 reading! ner. Thanks to Celeste and Jaap Brown Pamela Pruijs-Bott 26 The Sympathizer: for hosting a cocktail party at Marilyn Tinsay 31 The March Evening Book Club selection is We were impressed their home in February. To change The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua by this complex, original novel. The >> 16 Hammer: character development is excellent, and This inspiring account of the the psychological machinations of the victory of art and literature protagonist provide much food for thought. It over extremism was writ- is a war novel, thriller and black satire rolled ten by an American journal- into one, and defies easy categorization. We ist who visited Timbuktu recommend it, especially to those who came a number of times over of age during the height of the Vietnam War. the past 20 years. Joshua Hammer details the incred- Chat, Crafts & Cake ible true story of Abdel Let’s get creative! The AWC is open to all Kader Haidara, a mild- crafters. If you’ve been looking for an open mannered archivist and historian, who later space large enough to lay out that king-size became one of the world’s greatest and most quilt, or need more table space to organize brazen smugglers. In addition to the thrill- your photo albums or scrapbooks, or just ing account of how librarians worked to save need an excuse to stitch, pack up your sup- 350,000 ancient Arabic texts from destruction plies and bring them to the Clubhouse so in the hands of Al Qaeda militants, the author you can chat with fellow AWC Members explores the city’s manuscript heritage. Wednesday, March 15 7:30 p.m. AWC Clubhouse FREE Recap of the December – January Discussions The Girl on the Train: While everyone found this murder mystery entertaining reading, it is largely predictable, easily forgettable, and covers no new ground in the genre. Nonetheless, those who enjoy a breezy, easy read and like stories with multiple narrators will find this book a good choice for a plane ride or rainy day.

14 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 15 AWC Member, will teach Pilates classes at the AWC Ongoing Activities (cont.) Clubhouse. You will be monitored and corrected to Continued from page 15 enjoy responsible, safe and effective Pilates training. Ladies’ Night Out at the Movies Email Ineke to sign up for things up a bit, our next gathering will be these classes and pay her at a restaurant. Look for an announcement What are your plans on the first Monday directly. Bring your own in eNews or on Facebook for the date and evening of each month this Club Year? towel; Ineke will supply location. Register through GroupSpaces or Joining your fellow AWC Members for a mats and props. All levels contact Krishna at kthakrar2000@gmail. fun night out at the movies, of course! We’ll are welcome. Participants com to join in the fun. meet in the lobby of the theater (either Pathé should arrive at the Club Spui, Pathé Buitenhof, or Filmhuis Den Heart Pillow Project at 10:15 a.m. so class can Haag) and buy our own tickets. Rebecca start promptly at 10:30 a.m. The AWC is in its 9th year of making Fry coordinates this activity, and chooses we will enjoy Indonesian food on Friday, Wednesdays heart-shaped pillows to support the arms a movie beginning as close to 7 p.m. as April 7. 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. of breast cancer patients in local hospitals. possible. There is no need to sign up, and Wednesday, March 8 € 15 per class Members Each pillow is made with tender loving care, all are welcome. The time and movie listing 12:15 p.m. (€ 20 per class nonmembers) wrapped in a plastic bag tied with a beautiful for that month will be announced through Cortenaer Bar & Restaurant Min 6 / Max 10 bow and a message signed by a volunteer. eNews. Questions? Contact Rebecca at Kortenaerkade 1, Den Haag Contact: Ineke at No sewing skills are needed; just the ability [email protected]. Registration deadline: March 6 [email protected] to cut, stuff or wrap! What a wonderful way Monday, March 6 www.groupspaces.com/AWCTheHague/ >> 18 to meet new friends while contributing to a www.groupspaces.com/AWCTheHague/ item/1101621 worthy cause. The emails we receive are so item/1076853 touching and show that women are linked Out to Lunch Bunch Pilates everywhere to this terrible disease. We are Pilates is a form of exercise developed by proud to provide women with something If you’re interested in making new friends Joseph Pilates which emphasizes body devel- not only practical, but comforting as well. and exploring new restaurants throughout opment through core strength, flexibility and If you can cut fabric, stuff fiberfill, thread a The Hague, then this is the group for you! body awareness. Pilates works the deeper, needle or tie a bow, we need you! No sign-up Rather than setting one specific day of the more stabilizing muscles of the spine and is necessary. For more information, contact month, we will change our days each month the abdominal wall. Doing Pilates makes you Jan de Vries at awcthehague.heartpillow@ in order to accomodate a variety of schedules. stronger, longer and leaner. Ineke Latour, gmail.com. If you have a favorite restaurant in your certified STOTT Pilates® Instructor and Tuesday, March 14 neighborhood you’d like to share with the Noon – 2 p.m. group, please contact Greetje Engelsman AWC Clubhouse at [email protected]. FREE Visitors Welcome Join us on International Women’s Day for www.groupspaces.com/AWCTheHague/ lunch at Cortenaer Bar & Restaurant (www. item/1073456 cortenaer.nl). The restaurant is situated in a new building on a historic spot opposite the Royal Stables. Dutch architect Jan Wils (1891- 1972), an admirer of the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, designed the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam and furniture for the royal family. In 1931, he designed a revolu- tionary building in De Stijl (The Style) style for the insurance company OLVEH. That building was demolished in 1969; in its place is a new building of 149 apartments and the restaurant. Join us for lunch, at your own expense. Please RSVP on GroupSpaces or contact Greetje at [email protected]. Next month

16 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 17 Wassenaar Coffee & Conversation Ongoing Activities (cont.) Do you live in Wassenaar and environs and provide information as to the hostess of the Continued from page 17 long for the camaraderie of the AWC with- month and directions to her home when you out driving to the Clubhouse? One of the sign up. Tennis League Tuesdays (except specific holidays TBD) Members living north of The Hague will Thursday, March 2 The AWC Tennis Group plays doubles every 1 – 3 p.m. host a casual coffee at her home on the first 9 – 11 a.m. Tuesday in Warmond. Ladies move up and down Dekker Tennis Courts Thursday of each month for Members and FREE the courts according to a ladder tennis system. Veerpolder 14, Warmond prospective Members. Suzanne Dundas will The emphasis is on having fun! The league is € 275 Members (€ 325 nonmembers) available for all levels except true beginners. If you are interested in being placed on the Walkie Talkies waiting list to become a regular player or Taking a walk with friends is the perfect way to would like to be on the sub list, contact Molly start your week! Join us for an energetic walk Boed at [email protected]. and talk. We meet in front of the Clubhouse each week and then walk to a variety of des- AWC Guest Policy tinations between the beach, woods and city. Guests are welcome to participate in AWC Occasionally, we take longer walks which we activities and tours on a limited basis. As announce on the AWC Facebook Group. Sign up for this group on GroupSpaces.com to get a nonmember, a guest is limited to attend email updates or email Emily van Eerten at two functions per calendar year and will be [email protected] or Greetje Engelsman charged an additional nonmember fee. Only at [email protected]. Members are entitled to use babysitting Mondays 9:30 a.m. services. FREE

Cancellation Policy Members may reserve a spot for an AWC tour, activity or event in advance. Payment is required within five business days of the reservation or before the deadline date (whichever is sooner) oth- erwise your name will be moved to a waitlist. It is the responsibility of the Member to notify the Club at [email protected] to cancel a reservation prior to the cancellation deadline. Please note that there will be NO REFUNDS (no exceptions) after the cancellation deadline. Members may find a substitute in lieu of cancellation provided that arrangements are made with the tour, activity or event organizer. Members shall be held responsible for their guest reservations in accordance with this policy.

18 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 19 RSVP for all tours directly on AWC GroupSpaces.com. Tours Direct any questions to One-of-a-Kind Activities by Seanette Meserole [email protected] by Trena Cormier Polish Pottery and Spa Tour to Boleslawiec, Poland RSVP directly on AWC GroupSpaces.com. Direct any questions to Are you curious about all the hype surround- It will be a long bus ride (about seven hours), [email protected]. ing Polish pottery, just can’t wait to add some but this will allow us plenty of time to chat, Payment must be made within 5 calendar days of reserving or your name will be moved to original pieces to your collection at a fraction play games, and get to know each other bet- a waitlist. Payment can be made in the Front Office by PIN or by bank transfer to the AWC of the retail cost, or just want to get away ter, or just take a nap. Plus, we need the bus account NL42ABNA0431421757. with a fantastic group of women for a little to help get our heavy purchases home. Come bit of shopping, a workshop tour and a spa join the shopping fun! afternoon? If so, please join us on our three- Elections in the Netherlands International grapes varieties as well night trip to Poland. Our proposed itinerary: Have you ever wondered what the Dutch indigenous grapes grow on the territory and elections are all about? Curious about who produce high quality wines, well appreciated What makes Polish pottery so special? Along Day 1―Travel Day: Lunch and dinner at will be elected and how the Dutch system on the international wine market. Do you with being extremely durable, it can be used stops along the way. differs from the US system of elections? feel adventurous and want to experience in the oven, microwave or freezer, and is Find out what is going to happen when the something new? You are warmly invited to dishwasher-safe. Patterns can be mixed and Day 2―Bolesławiec: We will shop at a few Dutch vote on March 15 by attending this taste and discover high quality Romanian look beautiful on your dining table or dis- factories that offer traditional Polish pottery special class with Greetje Engelsman as wines at our wine tasting offered by Cristina played on shelves. I’m completely hooked options like those at the Bunzlau Castle Outlet she explains the huge differences between Andriescu, owner of Roemwijn (www. and am sure you will be, too! We’ll have an Store in Nijkerk. We will have breakfast at the elections in the Netherlands versus the US. roemwijn.nl) and WSET Level 3 diploma opportunity to not only shop, but also view hotel, and lunch and dinner in town. Wednesday, March 1 holder from the Wine & Spirit Education the pottery making process and even stamp 10 a.m. – Noon Trust. Roemwijn imports wines directly our own pottery. Day 3―Bolesławiec: You will have a choice AWC Clubhouse from the winemakers. We will taste five to of shopping on your own, attending a work- FREE six wines, all of which will be available for We will be traveling by motor coach to the town shop tour and two-hour pottery class or an www.groupspaces.com/AWCTheHague/ purchase. Please note that we are not serving of Bolesławiec, which is known as Miasto afternoon at the spa (please note that spa treat- item/1092591 dinner, but will have small bites on the table. Ceramiki or Town of Ceramics. Bolesławiec ments are extra). We will again have breakfast Saturday, March 18 is in southwestern Poland and just 25 miles at the hotel, and lunch and dinner in town. 5:30 – 7 p.m. (40 kilometers) from the German border. AWC Clubhouse There are more than 40 Polish pottery facto- Day 4―Travel Day: Final breakfast at the Members: € 10 or € 15 for couples ries in Bolesławiec, but we are culling through hotel. Lunch and dinner at stops along the Nonmembers: € 15 or € 20 for couples the websites of many of the manufacturers way back to The Hague. Maximum 26 and will visit 5 or 6 of the best and most Cancellation deadline: March 11 highly recommended by numerous bloggers This tour includes: transportation by motor www.groupspaces.com/AWCTheHague/ and travel sites. coach, three nights’ accommodation in a sin- item/1100723 I am pleased to be assisted with planning this gle room, three breakfasts at hotel, pottery trip by Suzanne MacNeil and Sue Merrick. class or spa entrance fee, and drivers’ fees and >> 22 gratuities. We are also hoping to include some group lunches and/or dinners. Please note that the prices shown are estimates based on 15 travelers and are subject to change depending on the final number of travelers. Please check Tasting of Romanian Wines GroupSpaces for current information. Did you know that Romania has more Monday, April 3 - Thursday, April 6 than 6,000 years of wine making tradition, € 600 Members or Spouses making it one of the oldest wine countries (€ 650 nonmembers) in the world? Romania is an old world Minimum 10 / Maximum 20 wine country like France, Italy, Spain Cancellation deadline: March 13 and Germany. It is the 6th largest among www.groupspaces.com/AWCTheHague/ European wine-producing countries and item/108377 ranks 13th in worldwide wine production.

20 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 21 Thursday, March 30 holic options). A vegetarian option is available if 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. reserved in advance; please note any food aller- One-of-a-Kind Activities (cont.) Gabrielle van der Winden’s Home gies when registering. During our 2.5-hour tour Continued from page 21 With Color Analysis: € 50 Members of the city, we will ride through Scheveningen, (€ 55 nonmembers) the Statenkwartier and the Centrum. Please note Pampering Party at ASPA Your Color Silk Scarf Workshop Scarf only: € 35 Members that the fee is nonrefundable unless your spot(s) Couldn’t make it to our Limburg Spa Trip We all have a piece of clothing that just (€ 40 nonmembers) can be filled. last month or to our Polish Pottery Trip next doesn’t work for us because the color isn’t Minimum 4 / Maximum 5 Saturday, April 1 month, but still want to indulge in a little “me” right. In this workshop taught by AWC Cancellation deadline: March 14 Meet at 5:45 p.m. for a 6 p.m. departure time with friends? Not to worry—the AWC Member Gabrielle van der Winden, you www.groupspaces.com/AWCTheHague/ Kerkplein, Den Haag has you covered. We’re partnering with ASPA will get a color assessment for your most item/1103129 € 78 Members or Spouses Holistic Beauty and Wellness for a Pampering complimentary colors. You will then be given (€ 83 nonmembers) Party at their new location in Statenkwartier. a corresponding set of textile dyes to make Private Dinner on the Hoftrammm Minimum 22 / Maximum 44 your own 100% silk scarf at this workshop In May 2014, the Hoftrammm rumbled into Nonrefundable Pick a minimum of two 30-minute treatments in Gabrielle’s home-based workspace in existence (www.hoftrammm.nl). Once just a www.groupspaces.com/AWCTheHague/ from the following list: Wassenaar. If you have had your colors ana- regular tram, it is now a culinary tram, complete item/1076636 lyzed before, you can come make a scarf in with a WC and seating for 44 diners (8 tables for • Speedy Facial (€ 35): Facial cleanse, colors of your own choosing. You don’t need 4 and 6 tables for 2). The Hoftrammm follows a exfoliation, customized mask and a thrill- to be extremely creative or an expert painter to scenic route through The Hague while serving ing scalp massage. Suits all skin types. create a beautiful scarf. Gabrielle will explain a four-course gourmet meal designed by Dutch The result? A fast, radiant effect for truly different kinds of painting techniques. As silk celebrity chef Pierre Wind. The Hoftrammm is relaxed skin. is a natural product, the result will always be literally a “moveable feast.” • Speedy Manicure (€ 30): Nail shaping, wonderful. While the scarves steam to set cuticle care and polish application. the paint, you can watch a demonstration on The AWC has reserved the entire Hoftrammm • Speedy Pedicure (€ 40): Nail shaping, how to tie a scarf. You will go home with a for a special AWC event. Dinner will include an cuticle care, dry skin removal and polish. personal color-card and a beautiful 100% silk aperitif, bread, appetizers, a main course, dessert • Swedish Massage (€40): Back, neck and scarf in your best colors. and unlimited drinks (wine, beer and non-alco- shoulders. Enjoy a glass of Prosecco while chatting with friends. Please note that payment must be received by March 8 in order to book the treatments; refunds will only be offered if we can fill your spot from a waiting list. Wednesday, March 22 5 – 8 p.m. ASPA (New Location) Antonie Heinsiusstraat 60, Den Haag Cancellation deadline: Tuesday, March 8 www.groupspaces.com/AWCTheHague/ item/1101319 € www.aspadirect.nl

ASPA Antonie Heinsiusstraat 60 2582 VV Den Haag +31 (0)65 11 37 656 [email protected] NEW ADDRESS from 7th March 2017!

22 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 23 by RWB Committee 2017 Red, WhiteSaturday, May & 13 Blue Gala Hilton The Hague Zeestraat 35, Den Haag 6:30 p.m. – 1 a.m.

he American Women’s Club of The Hague has a long history of philanthropy, whereby we have Ttouched and improved lives in our community in The Hague and beyond. The tradition of giving back has been the primary focus of our organization since its inception and continues to this day with the generous support of our Members. Since 2002 alone, our charity galas have donated over € 1.5 million to our beneficiaries. Please join us for this fun evening with an auction, dinner and dancing. Tickets are € 95 for AWC Members or partners and € 125 for nonmembers. For additional information, please visit www.redwhiteandbluegala.com. For questions or to volunteer to assist the Gala Committee, please email [email protected]. Red, White & Blue Gala Beneficiaries Our 2017 Red, White & Blue Gala will benefit our three wonderful beneficiaries:

Center for Personalized Cancer Treatment works toward the goal of making all cancer treatment individual, targeted to each cancer’s specific genetic defects. This approach will not only be more effective than today’s standardized treatments, but will also mean fewer of the unnecessary side-effects that chemotherapy brings. SPOSA Child (Save and Protect our Sexually Abused Child) was established in August 2010 as an independent, small, non-profit charity foundation. Through the gift of education, its mission is the rehabilitation and healing of sexually and physically abused children on the island of Negros in the Philippines. Stahili Foundation uses education as a tool to end exploitation, keep children in a family together and break the cycle of poverty in rural Kenya. All proceeds will go to support the organizations indicated above. Please support RWB Gala as an individual with the purchase of a single ticket or table sponsorships. The RWB Gala includes a Prosecco reception, cash bar, silent and live auction, live band and wonderful dinner.

24 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 25 Honorary Member Pearl Waterreus Kids’ Club by Julie van der Wolf by Trena Cormier

earl Waterreus came to Holland from Washington, DC. She did not come as an Spring Party & Easter Egg Hunt accompanying spouse, but in the employ of the head of the Marshall Plan for Calling all kids: the Easter Bunny is coming Precovery in Europe. The Marshall Plan was an American initiative from 1947 to the AWC! Hosted at the AWC Clubhouse, to 1954 to aid Western Europe in which the US gave over $12 billion (approximately we will have a party with yummy snacks, fun $120 billion in current dollar value) in economic support to help rebuild shattered crafts and games. The Easter Bunny will make economies after the end of World War II. “If you are going to Europe and want an appearance, and your photos will help to me to come with you, you have to bring Pearl” spoke her employer´s wife. Thus prove “there really is an Easter Bunny.” We she accompanied them from Washington DC to The Hague to work on an amazing will enjoy hunting for hidden Easter eggs economic and social plan that reached into all levels of Dutch society as well as and each child will take home an Easter bas- that of many other countries in Europe. ket containing some small gifts/toys/treats. Children of all ages are welcome. Please note The Marshall Plan team was housed in a small office next to the US Embassy, the number and ages of the children when and Pearl’s friends were made through the Embassy in those early years. Even registering through GroupSpaces. Feel free though she did not know how to cook, she offered to host a farewell dinner for a to invite your friends! If you have questions couple who were leaving Holland. She engaged a friend to help her prepare the or want to volunteer to help with this fun dinner, then she opened her apartment to the couple’s friends. Among the guests event, contact me at awcthehague.firstvp@ was Joop, “Joe” as she called him, with whom she would spend the rest of his life. gmail.com. Together they raised three children. After Joop retired, they moved to France for Saturday, April 8 30 years, only returning to Holland in 2005. 3 – 5 p.m. € 8 per child or € 15 per Member family When Pearl joined the AWC in 1955, ladies in hats and gloves met at elegant (€ 10 per child or € 18 per nonmember get-togethers at one of the hotels. She typed the AWC’s first “bulletin,” as it was family) called then before eventually evolving into Going Dutch. Malou, one of her oldest Cancellation deadline: April 3 friends in Holland, describes Pearl’s love of the theater at that time. She organized www.groupspaces.com/AWCTheHague/ a theater group and Malou noted “ìt was her life.” That theater group eventually item/1099222 grew into the Anglo American Theater Group that exists to this day. In recent years, the door was always open to her apartment at Maison Gaspard. Pearl was a large presence with a booming voice and a face that would light up when she saw you. A wonderful memory let her recall your connections and this would lead to stories of her early days in Holland. My connection with Pearl and Joop date to the mid 1960s. Already by 1948, Joop became an “Old Timer” in Hunky Dooly Dispuut, a fraternity at Tilburg Economic Hoogeschool, later my husband´s alma mater. In 1961. the first year student members of Hunky Dooly were invited to a garden day at Joop and Pearl’s house in Scheveningen. This was not a garden party; it was hard work in the garden! With a nice dinner and good company as the reward, Ben and I have kept this tradition alive in more recent years. When Ben and I married in 1966, Pearl was ever so pleased to welcome another American to her group of friends. We remember her presence with fondness. Pearl passed away on January 17 at 93 years of age. She is survived by two daughters, one daughter-in-law and one grandson. Correspondence address is Obrechtstraat 322, 2517 VG Den Haag

26 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 27 March 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Looking Forward to a 1 2 3 4 Busy Spring: Discussion: Elections in The Wassenaar Coffee and Netherlands 10 a.m. Conversation 9 a.m. April 1: Private Dinner on the Hoftrammm Pilates 10:15 a.m. AWC Board Meeting 10 a.m. April 3-6: Polish Pottery Trip May 13: AWC Red White & Blue Gala 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Walkie Talkies 9:30 a.m Chat, Crafts & Cake 10 a.m. Pilates 10:15 a.m. Coffee 10 a.m. Guided Tour of Voorlinden March General Meeting Museum 11:30 a.m AWC Tennis 1 p.m. Out to Lunch Bunch 10:30 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Lunch Noon Ladies’ Night at the Movies 7 p.m.

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pilates 10:15 a.m. Walkie Talkies 9:30 a.m Chat, Crafts & Cake 10 a.m. Heart Pillow Workshop Noon Romanian Wine Tasting AWC Tennis 1 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Evening Book Club 7:30 p.m.

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Walkie Talkies 9:30 a.m Chat, Crafts & Cake 10 a.m. Pilates 10:15 a.m. Daytime Book Club 10 a.m. AWC Tennis 1 p.m. Pampering Party at ASPA 5 p.m.

26 27 28 29 30 31 Walkie Talkies 9:30 a.m Chat, Crafts & Cake 10 a.m. Pilates 10:15 a.m. Your Color Silk Scarf Workshop 9:30 a.m AWC Tennis 1 p.m. Guided Tour of Slow Food: Still Lifes in the Golden Age Spring Ahead for 5:45 p.m. Daylight Savings Time

28 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 29 AWC and the Arts by Jane Choy Guided Tour of Voorlinden Museum RSVP for all Arts Activities directly on Opening its doors in September 2016, AWC GroupSpaces.com. Voorlinden is a private museum for modern Direct any questions to [email protected] and contemporary art at a magnificent estate in the dunes of Wassenaar. Businessman and Guided Tour of Slow Food: Still art collector Joop van Caldenborgh realized Lifes in the Golden Age his dream: a museum of international allure This spring, the Mauritshuis is treating vis- that houses his renowned collection. The itors to appetizing tableaus and richly laid attractive building offers a space for Van tables. Slow Food: Still Lifes of the Golden Caldenborgh’s rich and surprising collection, Age will trace the development of early meal permanent works of art made especially for still lifes in the Netherlands featuring some 25 the museum and temporary exhibitions. Every paintings. The key piece in the exhibition is aspect of the museum has been designed to the still life by Flemish painter Clara Peeters enhance art. The natural stone and transparent that the Mauritshuis acquired a few years ago glass walls enhances the experience of nature and is shown here. Her work anticipates that inside the building. The exhibition rooms are of later Haarlem masters such as Pieter Claesz illuminated by ever-changing natural daylight and Willem Heda, the best-known represent- that brings the artwork to life. The garden, atives of the genre. These artists painted their designed by the internationally known garden meal still lifes with astounding details that architect Piet Oudolf, is visible from inside as make the viewer’s mouth water even to this well as outside so there is a pleasant interplay day. If you don’t have a Museumkaart, save between art, architecture and nature. time by buying your entrance ticket online at www.mauritshuis.nl. After our guided tour, we can have lunch (at Thursday, March 30 own expense) in the lovely restaurant which is 6 – 7:30 p.m. (Meet at 5:45 p.m.) on the grounds. Please note that this museum Mauritshuis does not accept the Museumkaart. Museum Plein 29, Den Haag Friday, March 10 € 10 Members (€ 15 nonmembers) PLUS 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Museum entrance fee (€ 14 or free with Voorlinden Museum Museumkaart) Buurtweg 90, Wassenaar Minimum 12 / Maximum 15 € 10 Members (€ 15 nonmembers) PLUS Cancellation deadline: March 14 Museum entrance fee of € 15 www.groupspaces.com/AWCTheHague/ Minimum 12 / Maximum 15 item/1103124 Nonrefundable www.groupspaces.com/AWCTheHague/ item/1099165

30 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 31 Other Items of Interest American Embassy: The American Embassy The Dutch Daily on the Lange Voorhout in The Hague has been named a National Monument. The building, by Eileen Harloff designed by architect Marcel Breuer, was erected on the site of the Hotel Paulez that I begin this first column written in 2017 with He and his father approached 3FM radio sta- was destroyed in 1945. From the beginning best wishes to AWC Members for a new year tion and asked to be part of their Serious the Embassy was strongly criticized for its of good health, happy relationships and stim- Request program, an annual fundraising event severe appearance that did not fit in with the ulating new experiences. Next, my thanks for the International Red Cross. This event other buildings in the neighborhood. Many to President Becky for her kind words with involves two or three DJs being locked up for people feel that when the Embassy moves later regard to my efforts to let you know what’s six days in the “Glass House,” a small radio this year to its new quarters in Wassenaar, the going on in the wider Dutch world beyond station placed in a prominent place in a dif- building should be razed and replaced by one

The Hague. I also want to express my admira- ferent Dutch city each December. During this / ANP Kuypers Valerie by Photo that would blend in more closely with the rest tion and appreciation to Editor Melissa and time the DJs exist on nothing but lemon juice of the neighborhood. The city, which owns the Design & Layout expert Teresa: for their years and broadcast continually―playing requests his usual spots, and it was discovered that he building, is now faced with the decision of its of producing a magazine that tells—in text in exchange for a donation, holding online was in the hospital. A collection was taken future. Will it become a hotel or a museum? and in pictures, in such an attractive way— auctions, and receiving well-known perform- up among his admirers to help with the bills. (My vote is for the latter.) the story of what the AWC is and does. ers to sing, dance or just chat. They also take After Chuck died in early January, the search Dirty Money: In the past year the Dutch “Serious Requests” for people seeking help or began for his family. It was discovered that he Government has retrieved € 402 million from A Child’s Last Wish requesting particular services. Tijn said that was born Charles Edward Deely III in Detroit, criminals, more than twice the amount it recov- Since our last issue, newspapers have contin- he was aiming to earn € 100 to help children Michigan in the 50s. Contact was made with ered in 2015. The largest amount was from a ued to print stories about normal and excep- with pneumonia; similar to an ice bucket chal- his brother, Patrick, who saw to the expenses telecom business that gave a bribe to the daugh- tional people, places and activities that affirm lenge, he challenged people to donate € 1 to of his cremation and the return to Michigan ter of the President of Uzbekistan for an order that life wherever you are has its ups and have their nails painted by him or by one of of his ashes, which were to be buried in the for a mobile network. It seems to be difficult to downs. One of the feel good/feel bad stories their own friends, or to donate € 10 to skip cemetery alongside another brother and his get fines from criminals, but the government is was about six-year-old Tijn. He was diag- the polish. Tijn was a big hit with the two parents. A memorial service, led by newspa- determined to do its best in the future. nosed with brain cancer, was treated and was 2016 Glass House DJs, and was invited to per columnist Sjaak Bral, was held for Chuck in remission until last May, when the cancer set up shop with them. A hole was bored in at the Paard van Troje (Trojan Horse), a well- Beware of the Fox: In December, the reappeared. He can have one more round of the house through which people could place known music venue in The Hague. Various Loosduinen police issued a warning on treatment, but if it is not successful, noth- their hands, and Tijn went to work, stopping people spoke about their personal relation- Facebook that there was a “tame” fox wander- ing more can be done. Tijn is interested in only for time to eat. As Tijn’s story was broad- ship with Chuck and their appreciation of his ing about in the dunes. Readers were warned children in other parts of the world who have cast, he began to receive help from around music through the years. Among the music not to approach the animal, however attractive illnesses for which they cannot get treatment the country―even mayors and members of played was one of Chuck’s favorite pieces: it might be, as a fox bite can result in serious and thus prevent these children from reaching Parliament were seen flashing their painted Rockin’ in the Free World by Neil Young. infection. the age of six. He wanted to do something for fingernails—and he was a success with the them and thought of raising funds by painting college crowd as well. As a result of Tijn’s ini- people’s nails. tiative, a whopping € 2.6 million (and counting) have been given to Special Request for help for other children. Out of the mouths, and actions, of babes! Farewell Chuck At the other end of scale there was Chuck, a street musician who since 1994 could be found sitting on a stool almost daily, outside of Den Haag Centraal or on the Grote Marktstraat. In a growly, gritty voice he sang along while strumming his guitar, reminis- cent of Bob Dylan and other classic rockers, with a container for donations at his feet. Many people knew of him, but almost none knew him. Around Christmas he was not at

32 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 33 “Don’t say a word, Long-Suffering. Not Madame President wafted through here yester- Clash of Cultures in the AWC Library going to happen. Not on my watch, anyway.” day with an architect, looking at expanding the kitchen into Biography and Travel. We have to by Mad Marian, the AWC Librarian Undiscouraged, Long-Suffering, know- modernize so that we can continue to exist!” ing the remedy for any crisis, switched on the kettle and brewed a proper pot of tea. “Listen, Even dinosaurs can see sense when threat- Mad. This is important. Technology has taken ened with extinction. Mad mulled over her over the publishing world and has even found cup of tea. “All right,” she sighed. “But only its way to our small library here. We need this. if you can make this app so simple it could be Our readers need this and they will want it, understood even by school children. “ even if they don’t know it. Our library needs this. We must keep our readership active and “Funny you should mention that,” said involved. Too many other Club entities are Long Suffering, “because this app was de- eyeing our space. Heart Pillows could fill every signed for classroom libraries. It is so easy light switched on suddenly in the AWC smartphones while sitting on the sofa at home.” shelf. Melissa has 75,000 back issues of Going to use even first-graders can do it. And here’s Clubhouse basement, throwing harsh She was effervescent. Dutch that she’s got to put somewhere. And how.” Aillumination over boxes, yoga mats, a surplus refrigerator and two dishevelled char- Mad was not. This was it: Armageddon. To Download the App and To Return a Book acters sharing a cuppa. Mad Marian, the AWC The electronic age was insinuating itself into her Check Out a Book Librarian, and her friend, Johannes Gutenburg, precious paper-based, Dewey-oriented, hard- Repeat Steps 2 – 4 but click on Return. were reminiscing about old high school crushes backed library and she was having none of it. 1. Using the App Store or Google Play, Select your name. A list of book(s) that you and the depredations of electronic publishing search for the Classroom Organizer have checked out will appear. Select the title on the book trade industry. Long-Suffering rolled her eyes. Dinosaurs. app you wish to return and click Done. They were all alike, this older generation. You 2. Download and open it 3. Enter the login information: Classroom To Search for a Book by Author “Mad!” cried a voice from upstairs. “There’s could offer them the option of locating their or Title someone to see you up here. Can you come up?” device, charging it, downloading a title, paying ID: AWC Password: password (“Not for the book, waiting for Amazon to fulfil the exactly rocket science there,” snig- 1. Using the App Store or Google Play, “On my way,” sighed Mad. “What now?” order, and then reading the book by swiping gered Mad. “Shut up,” said Long- search for the Classroom Organizer app She bade farewell to Johannes, promising to a sticky finger across the screen—all from Suffering.) 2. Download and open it meet him later for a drink. your own sofa. So convenient. Or, like Mad, 4. Click on Menu 3. Enter the login information: Classroom you could pick up a free library book in your 5. Choose Checkout ID: AWC Password: password (“Not “It’s Steve Jobs,” said her Long-Suffering hand, flip open the front cover and start to read. 6. Scroll for your name in the Select a exactly rocket science there,” sniggered Assistant crossly. “And do something with However, you would also have to put on your Student box Mad. “Shut up,” said Long-Suffering.) your hair. People can see you.” coat, go to the clubhouse, chose a book from 7. If the book you want has a publisher’s 4. Click on Menu nearly 2,000 titles, enjoy a free cup of coffee or barcode, then choose the Scan Book 5. Choose Manage Library Mad Marian wondered what would induce tea and maybe a chat with a friend before you option. Position the phone over the 6. Click on View Library one of the most lauded technology entrepre- could start to read. No choice really—it was barcode so that it can be photographed 7. Fill in your search details and click on neurs of the 20th century to rock up on her winter and the weather in The Hague was dire. and click on Scan Book. (Please note: Search. If the title appears, we have the doorstep. She was wary, thinking nothing good the AWC barcodes on the inside cover book and it is available. You will have could come of this. “I’ll see you later, Steve,” said Long- will not work with this system.) If there to return to the Checkout option in the Suffering as she pushed Mad into a corner. is no publisher’s barcode, type in the menu as described above to check the Huddled over a smartphone, Long- She walked Steve to the front door. “I think we keyword from the title. The title of the book out. Suffering and Jobs were intently focused on the have mastered the concept and will be able to book should appear. images flashing onto Long-Suffering’s screen easily teach our Members how to use it.” She 8. Click on Checkout. Please note: the Library’s extensive collec- as Jobs’ fingers flew over the keyboard. They popped him into Fritz’s taxi and turned back tion of DVDs will be available for electronic urged each other on with muttered jargon: into the clubhouse. check out and return in the near future. download here, Google that again, go to search, then click done and, worst of all, upload. Now the hard work was to begin. First of “An additional benefit of this system is that from your sofa?” demanded Mad. “Another all, how to persuade Mad that this new app our readers can search for titles while sitting thing that readers had bloody well better “Look at this!” cried Long-Suffering. was a great way to increase people’s interest in on their sofas at home,” added Long-Suffering remember is that this library runs on an “Steve has found an app for us that will allow and use of the library. And secondly, to show helpfully. honor system and books should be returned our Members to search for a specific title in the Membership how simple it was going to in a timely manner. This may be your library, our collection and check out books on their be to use the app. “What is this obsession with doing everything but the books are MINE!”

34 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 35 FAWCO Corner FAWCO Foundation Fundraiser by Karla Kahn and Julie Mowat by Mary Adams

Good Luck Michelle! The FAWCO Foundation is celebrating 50 years of giving. Join us in Mumbai on April 1 for Foundation Night to commemorate your Federation of American Women’s generosity to women and girls all over the world. Clubs Overseas, a United Nations Your Projects, Your Passions, Your NGO with consultative status with the Foundation Fifty Years of Giving: In 1967, The Foundation UN Economic and Social Council received our first recorded donation of $200. Almost 50 years later, FAWCO Clubs and The www.fawco.org. Foundation raised $172,000 to support economic empowerment for survivors of human trafficking in developing countries via the The Selection Committee for the FAWCO open, interactive manner allowing ample Target Project: Free the Girls (2014-2016). Target 3.0 Project proudly announced time for questions and answers. Please let That represents an overall growth factor of the three shortlisted proposals and one Julie know if you are interested in having 860% of FAWCO generosity to women and of our very own is in the running! AWC our Club participate. girls worldwide. Member Michelle Oliel is the co-founder of Stahili Foundation. Their proposed project Handbag Auction We hope you can join us on Foundation Night, “Threading the Future” focuses on educa- Looking for the date for our annual Handbag where you can start your evening enjoying a tion and empowering of female heads of Auction? This year’s fundraiser will be as cocktail and our Lucky Dip. This year, the households through vocational training in fantastic and “bubbly’ as ever, but will be Lucky Dip items are especially designed by This year, our high-end raffle is an ele- tailoring and business skills. The Target held in the fall. Interested in helping plan the NGOs working with AWC Mumbai. The theme gant emerald and diamond cluster ring with a Project winner will be announced later this Club’s favorite FAWCO fundraiser? Contact of the silent auction is “Small and Precious” central oval emerald month at the Annual FAWCO Conference Julie at [email protected] and designed with fashion and quality in mind. surrounded by ten in Mumbai, India. During dinner, learn more about how your brilliant-cut dia- generosity over 50 years has made a difference monds and a small Regional Meeting in the world. AWC Member Celeste Brown baguette-cut dia- Although the dates have yet to be announced, will be our auctioneer for the live auction. We mond at each shoul- the location for the next FAWCO Region IV have a theme of “Golden Memories” with der. The dimensions meeting has been revealed to be Antwerp. international destinations carefully crafted to of the emerald are 6 x 7.8 x 4.4 = 1.14 car- All AWC Members are welcome to attend. create your own special moments with fam- ats. Estimated value of the ring is $2,830. Stay tuned for further information. ily and friends. Go to www.fawcofoundation. org to read the catalog and learn how you can We are proud to announce that The US Tax Reporting Assistance use our closed bidding system to bid from Foundation will launch the next Backing Confused about the new expat tax reporting home if you cannot join us in India. Women Campaign to support the selected obligations or estate and gift taxes? Expats 2016 – 2019 Target Program (Empowering are finding it increasingly difficult and over- Consider being a benefactor to increase your Women and Girls Through Knowledge and whelming to comply with US tax laws. Even odds at winning the raffles this year! We Skills) when the selected project is announced the most sophisticated and knowledgeable have a beautiful quilt that celebrates educa- in Mumbai. The Backing Women Boutique expats are struggling to comply without the tion with the schoolhouse block. “Four Walls is currently stocking new merchandise and help of an international tax expert. FAWCO with Tomorrow Inside” is 63”x75” and con- developing fundraising starter kits for clubs. can help! Esquire Group will be giving infor- sists of 38 blocks from 21 FAWCO Clubs, For more information, contact Sahar Ellahak, mative US tax presentations to FAWCO including FAUSA. You do not have to be The FAWCO Foundation Target Fundraising Club Members on a range of tax related present to win. The drawing will take place Coordinator at targetfundraising@ topics. The presentations are given in an on April 2. fawcofoundation.org.

36 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 37 WWDP by Julie Otten

As these photos show, AWC WWDP (Women with Dutch Partners) had another fun holiday party hosted at Celeste Brown’s house. Thank you, Celeste! And thank you all for making it such a nice evening together. After being in Holland for nine years and meeting many wonderful new friends through various women’s groups, I noticed a need for a general worldwide WWDP group (non- affiliated with any clubs). So with that thought in mind, I’ve created a WWDP Worldwide Facebook group open to any woman anywhere in the world who has a Dutch partner: www. facebook.com/groups/womenwithdutchpartners. If you are a fellow WWDP, I invite you to join and invite your friends who perhaps are in other women’s clubs or are not in any club, but have a Dutch partner. Pass the word.

38 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 39 Sustainable Shopping by Paula Daeppen & Anne van Oorschot

FAWCO’s Environment Task Force sends Rule 1: Less is More! out a bulletin each month with information Buy only what you really need and fight and ideas on a relevant environmental issue. food waste: Up to 50% of all food produced In addition to myself (Anne) as head of the is lost between field and plate! This immense group, eight other women—all members waste of resources and energy leads to unnec- of clubs around the world very much like essary destruction of nature, loss of biodiver- our AWC—contribute their knowledge and writing skills to create the bulletins. Paula Daeppen, from AWC Zurich, provided great information for a recent bulletin with clear explanations and easy tips to help us make better choices in the grocery store. Using these Five Golden Rules of Sustainable Shopping, you too can discover how easy it is to take positive action to make your shopping more sustainable. Our consumer choices have a definite effect on the environment, and that is true of our choices in the grocery store as well. How we shop and what we eat have a huge impact on our environmental footprint (see www. sity, water pollution, and poisoned soil and footprintnetwork.org) air. Over one billion people worldwide go The production of 1 calorie of meat requires monkfish, sole and turbot. Large predatory hungry while elsewhere food is thrown away. approximately 7 calories of plant material; fish such as red tuna, various types of sharks, Understanding the resources that go into When food is wasted, all the resources to 2.2 pounds (1 kilo) of beef requires about and rays are threatened with extinction. our meals and the relationship between grow, package and ship it, along with massive 22 pounds (10 kilos) of grain in the form of Trawling destroys valuable habitats (corals food and climate can help us make better amounts of water, are wasted as well. This feed. Animal products cause substantially and seagrass meadows). Fish farms use fish choices. When we buy food, we should think contributes to a squandering of energy and greater greenhouse gas emissions than do meal to feed, for which huge quantities of about how much energy was used to pro- natural resources. Learn more from the Food vegetables: that 2.2 pounds (1 kilogram) of wild fish have to be caught and processed. duce, transport and store it, how low on the and Agriculture Organization of the United industrially produced beef is as detrimental Often antibiotics and drugs are used that pol- food chain it is, and whether it was grown Nations at www.fao.org/food-loss-and-food- to the climate as a 155-mile (250-kilometer) lute the seas along with the waste produced organically or with chemicals. We also need waste/en. trip by car. by the fish and uneaten food pellets. If you to consider the social costs of production eat fish, choose local fish and fish caught and whether rainforests were destroyed in Rule 2: Regularly Eat a With sustainable and species-appropriate in the wild. the process. Vegetarian Meal animal husbandry, the influence of cattle Eat less meat: The livestock sector causes on the Earth’s climate can be considered Rule 3: Shop for Seasonal and Five Golden Rules of 14% of the planet’s greenhouse gases (source: differently. Free-range animal husbandry Regional Products Sustainable Shopping Greenpeace), while the shipping and refriger- on pastures contributes to the preservation Non-seasonal produce is shipped long dis- ation of meat products also consumes massive of grasslands, which in turn absorb quite a tances or grown in heated greenhouses, caus-

1. Less is more! Only buy what you really amounts of energy. Commercial fattening of lot of CO2. In the interest of sustainability, ing more damage to the environment than need. cattle and poultry utilizes 80% of all agricul- those who do not want to forego meat should free-range products. They may be produced 2. Regularly eat a vegetarian meal and try tural land and almost 10% of all fresh water. choose organic local meats. using chemical fertilizers, pesticides and to consume less meat and fish. Conventionally raised animals are often given large quantities of water, whereas regional 3. Buy seasonal and regional products. imported fodder (maize and soya). The culti- Eat less fish: According to the WWF, 85% products are predominantly produced in bal- 4. Watch your labels: chose organic, fair vation of soya causes rainforests to be cleared of commercially exploited fishing grounds ance with the seasons. If you choose products trade, and sustainable fishery. and irrevocably destroyed. Manure and liquid are already or soon will be overfished. This that are organic, you are guaranteed more 5. Avoid products containing palm oil. manure pollute our soil and water. includes halibut from the Atlantic, cod, sustainable and poison-free production. >> 42 40 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 41 Sustainable Shopping (cont.) Announcements Continued from page 41 Rule 4: Watch Your Labels WWF). Read the small print on the packages, Comic Con Coming to Rotterdam Choose organic, fair trade and sustaina- prepare your own food instead of buying ble: Products with such labelling must com- convenience products, avoid margarine ply with guidelines so that the consumer is and pay attention when buying cosmetics. choosing a product with added value that The good news is you don’t have to give benefits the environment and/or the health up all products containing palm oil, as it and working conditions of the laborers. In can be produced in a responsible manner additional to the Fair Trade label found in that respects the environment and the Dutch stores, the UTZ label certifies sus- communities where it is commonly grown. Lovers of movies, TV shows, gaming, com- tainable farming. Look for the RSPO or Green Palm label ics, superheroes and pop culture will be gath- to ensure you purchase products made ering at the Ahoy in Rotterdam on Saturday, Rule 5: Avoid Products with certified sustainable palm oil. www. March 4 and Sunday, March 5 for Comic Con. Containing Conflict Palm Oil saynotopalmoil.com A wide range of stars from famous movies All of us use palm oil on a daily basis, hidden and TV shows, such as Game of Thrones and be held at the Amsterdam RAI. As the larg- in a variety of products, examples of which Vote with Your Fork! Dr. Who, will be present. You can meet your est watersport exhibition in the Netherlands are shown in this photo. Unaware of this, we Let your local farmers know that organic is heroes and participate in a number of activi- with over 250 exhibitors and 40,000 visi- inadvertently contribute to the destruction the way to grow. Besides being better for ties, such as photo shoots with Hollywood tors anticipated, it features a huge range of of tropical forests that are cleared for palm the environment, organic products are not stars, Q&A panels, signing sessions, work- boats, nautical accessories, sportswear, vaca- oil plantations leading to the destruction of genetically modified. Organic meat, poultry, shops, demos and live acts. Get your ticket tions and water sports services. There is free habitats for orangutans, tigers, elephants eggs and dairy come from animals that are at www.comic-con.nl entrance for children under 17 who will enjoy and rhinos. Palm oil is used in food, mostly not fed antibiotics or growth hormones and the Water Fun Zone where they can surf on reported as “plant oil” or “vegetable fat,” in are generally more nutritious. Organic farms Amsterdam Boat Show real waves. For more information and baked goods, convenience meals, margarine, also help promote biodiversity, and create From Wednesday, March 8 – Sunday, March discounted advance tickets, see www. >> 44 ice cream and sweets. Chemically altered less water pollution and soil damage. 12, the HISWA Amsterdam Boat Show will hiswarai.nl palm oil is used to produce soap, detergents and cosmetics, where it often appears on labels as Cetyl Palmitate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, or Isopropyl Palmitate (source:

Interesting Links Water footprint: www.waterfootprint.org Ecological footprint quiz: www.earthday.org/take-action/footprint-calculator/ World Wide Fund for Nature: www.wwf.org AWC Members once again gathered in large numbers for the Sustainable Agriculture: www.greenpeace.org/usa/sustainable-agriculture/ Thanksgiving Day Service in Leiden

42 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 43 St. Patrick’s Festival kids have their very own dedicated date with Announcements (cont.) activities aimed at 4- to 12-year-olds. Every child and each parent will need their own ticket Continued from page 43 which includes entrance to all locations, par- ticipation in all activities and use of historic Amsterdam Coffee Festival and authenticity. Even contemporary works buses between the city center and further afield This festival from Friday, March 10 – Sunday, are vetted and checked against The Art Loss museums. Please note that the Museumkaart March 12 at Westergasfabriek celebrates Register. Enjoy the stimulating atmosphere is not accepted for this special evening and Amsterdam’s vibrant coffee and food scene. full of dealers, collectors, academics, art crit- activities will be geared towards a Dutch audi- ics and curators from major museums around ence. For a list of participating museums and to the world. If you’re unable to attend, consider buy tickets, go to: www.museumnachtkids.nl. purchasing the catalog which is a work of art in itself. For more information, go to www. Keukenhof Opens tefaf.com. Each year more than seven million flower bulbs are planted in the historic park in Lisse, DFAS Art Lecture which opens its doors for the spring season Maria Sibylla Merian: Illustrator, Scientist on March 23. The central theme for 2017 and Explorer Maria Sibylla Merian (1647 – 1717) was a German-born naturalist, scientific illustrator, It features artisan coffee and gourmet food and descendant of the Swiss Merian family, stalls, tastings, demonstrations from world- founders of one of Europe’s largest publishing class baristas, live entertainment and music houses in the 17th century. Leaving behind in uniquely themed areas. The event is part her marriage and work as a successful flower of Coffee Week NL 2017 aiming to raise € painter, she sailed to Surinam in pursuit of 40,000 by donating 50% of ticket sales for rarities of flora and fauna, and produced the Project Waterfall, which provides clean drink- famous Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinam. ing and sanitation projects in coffee produc- Her illustrations were sought by collectors The Grote Markt will be transformed into the is “Dutch Design,” characterized by Dutch ing countries. Advance tickets are available and royalty throughout Europe, while her “Groene Markt” to celebrate all things Irish. sobriety combined with innovative solutions. online: www.amsterdamcoffeefestival.com. scientific observations stunned the world. There will be an Irish market as well as Irish The flower mosaic depicts a Mondriaan Lecturer Twigs Way has a PhD in medieval dancers and bands. painting combined with designer chairs. The TEFAF – The European Fine Art Fair to 18th century parkland. After being mis- Friday, March 17 mosaic is planted in two layers, providing a The world’s leading art and antiques fair will taken for a garden historian, she designed Grote Markt, Den Haag longer flowering period in the spring, with be held in Maastricht from Friday, March 10 courses on garden history for the University 3 – 11 p.m. 80.000 tulips, muscari and crocus. www. – Sunday, March 19. of Cambridge. Non-DFAS member fee is keukenhof.nl This massive fair features 50,000 art objects €12. www.dfas.nl Museum Night for Kids from 275 dealers from 20 countries in a space Tuesday, March 14 On Saturday, March 18, around 20 museums Movies That Matter Festival as large as 7 football fields. What sets this Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and cultural institutions in The Hague and The Movies that Matter Festival, an initiative fair apart from others is that, despite the Lecture begins at 8 p.m. Voorburg will specially open for the youngest of Amnesty International, takes place Friday, dealers being the world’s finest, each item Cultural Centrum Warenar cultural night owls. Initially combined with March 24 – Saturday, April 1 at Filmhuis Den is still investigated for its quality, condition Kerkstraat 75, Wassenaar the regular Museum Night, for the first time Haag and Theater aan het Spui in The >> 46 TEFAF: Cohen & Cohen Cohen TEFAF:

44 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 45 Announcements (cont.) Message from the President (cont.) Continued from page 45 Continued from page 8

Hague. This festival presents around 60 human artists and the collectors of this world-famous A big change over the last few years has Barbara Fasting rights feature films and documentaries from surrealist art. The majority of the works have been a major reduction in the number of ex- Sheila Gazaleh around the world. Many of these films will rarely or never been exhibited publicly and pat staff working for Shell and other oil and Eileen Harloff be screened for the first and only time in the will disappear behind closed doors again at gas companies. That has resulted in families Lucille Heineken Netherlands. Most film screenings are followed the end of May. returning earlier than expected to the US, Georgia Hodge-Manos by an in-depth program which might be an as well as fewer new families coming into Naomi Keip introduction, debate or talk show. Most films The Hague. We have seen well over 40 of Paula Looijmans are in English or subtitled. For the program and our Members depart in the past year. That Glenda Ohr tickets, go to www.moviesthatmatterfestival.nl meant big changes for them and losses for Georgia Regnault us. We had become friends, and we miss Jessie Rodell Mad About Surrealism them. They filled vital roles in the running Carol Slootweg Masterpieces from four famous European of the Club, and we have had to find others Gail van der Feltz collections by such artists as Salvador Dalí, to take on those roles. Happily, we have new Rose Mary van der Hout René Magritte and Max Ernst will provide an Members who are joining the Club bringing Anne van der Steur unequalled overview of surrealism in Museum their new expectations and contributions. I Julie van der Wolf Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam want to welcome: Francesca van Duren through May 28. This exhibition will shed Debbie van Hees-Cascio light on the world of dreams, fantasy, mad- Couple aux têtes pleines de nuages by Salvador Marcy Atkins ness and the unrestrained passion of both the Dalí,1936 Jaime Clark “When life gives you ten reasons to cry, Hannah Dean show life you have a hundred reasons to Nina du Pre smile!” When I broke my leg in December, Wilhelmina de Marchi Griep I felt I was given ten reasons to cry. Then Michele Jacquemain AWC Members gave me a hundred reasons Julie Jones to smile. I am so grateful for the outpouring Tammy Kirk of concern, phone calls, email messages and Elizabeth Little meal deliveries. If you want to read about Elaine Pimm my oops and recovery, go to page 50. Roser Pujol Melissa Rider “When the winds of change blow, some Suzanne Standing people build walls, and some people build Rachel Swick windmills.” In this country that relied on windmills to pump water from the lowlands, In our ever-changing lives there are we, who call this our adopted home, need to marriages, births and, sadly, deaths. One of build those metaphorical windmills to make our Honorary Members, Pearl Waterreus, sure that the winds of change are productive passed away in mid-January. Julie van at the AWC and in our personal lives. der Wolf shared some memories of Pearl on page 26. Honorary Membership is be- Looking forward to the sharing the future stowed on women who have been continuous with you, AWC Members for 25 years. They have not changed their Membership and have sup- ported the AWC through all its changes. I want to thank each Honorary Member for their long and continued Membership and service:

AWC Members marched in peace rallies in The Hague and Amsterdam Mary Bos-Wittschen Roberta Enschede Becky 46 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 47 becoming more common around the world, Do Your Research Travelling Vegan many pizza places now offer vegan cheese Don’t forget to check if your airline offers as an alternative. French fries and falafels vegan meals, which can be surprisingly tastier by Veronica White are also options that are widely available and than regular vegetarian meals. While you’re normally vegan. abroad, you may be in places where you find it difficult to find forms of protein that are com- “How can you live without cheese!?” I’ll let restaurants that cater to vegans and vegetar- Keep Vegan Snacks in Your Bag mon at home. For example, hummus, which you in on a secret: it’s not as hard as you’d ians. You can view nearby vegan restaurants Vegan snack bars, such as the ones made by is often eaten by vegans as a protein-filled in various categories, such as Bakery, Chinese Nakd (available at Albert Heijn), are a great or Organic, and then can read reviews, book- back-up to keep in your bag for when you mark the restaurant or use a map to navigate get hungry. Small but full of protein, these there. While fruit bars are a delicious way to refuel while there are on a hike or any time you’re out and about. plenty of restaurants in which you can ask spe- cifically for a vegan meal, there’s something great about being able to order one straight think. Since the beginning of last year, I have off the menu—and this app will help you adopted a “flexitarian” diet in which I try my find places where that is possible. Packing snacks for a day out is also a great snack in Europe, is almost impossible to find best for environmental reasons to stay away way to avoid spending money on overpriced in Japan. It’s up to you to do your research from foods which contain animal products. Pizza is Always an Option snacks in tourist areas. and find out what local foods will provide While I am not yet a dedicated vegan, my Whenever I tell people I’m going to order a you with enough protein. Don’t worry—it’s Make Translation Cards to Show not hard! younger sister has been for over a year, so vegan pizza they stare at me, baffled. “But a Waiters I spoke to her about what it’s like to travel pizza without cheese is just bread and tomato If you’re traveling somewhere where you Favorite Vegan Stops Around the vegan. Although it’s commonly believed that sauce” is the most common response I get. World it’s incredibly difficult, from what we’ve This is where they’re wrong. Yes, a pizza think translating your dietary requirements learned together, it’s really not as hard as without cheese is different, however, it’s just may be difficult, consider printing off a trans- Camden, London: Cookies and Scream lation card where you state what you cannot Bakery (www.cookiesandscream.com) you might think. as good. Just top it up with extra vegetables www.vevay.net and you won’t even miss the cheese. No mat- eat in both English and the language of your Frankfurt: Vevay Restaurant ( ) destination. This card can be shown to wait- Norwich, UK: Bia Kitchen Vegan Diner Veganism is not just a fad diet—for many it has ter where you travel, Italian is often avail- www.biakitchen.co.uk become a way of life. Like vegetarians, veg- able, so if you decided to order a pizza, just ers at restaurants so they know what you can ( ) and cannot eat. Having the Google Translate Shoreditch, London: What the Pitta Vegan ans don’t consume any meat, chicken or fish. request it without cheese and there you have www.whatthepitta.com Vegans, however, take it one step further than a wonderful vegan meal. As vegan diets are app on your phone can come in very handy Doner ( ) vegetarians and don’t consume products pro- as it allows you to take photos of menus or duced by animals: no dairy and no eggs being the backs of food packages to get translations the main differentiating factors. There are of ingredients. many reasons for switching to a vegan diet, with some of the most common being ethical, health and environmental concerns. Here are some tips and tricks to help you stay true to your vegan diet while you travel. Consult Happy Cow The Happy Cow app and website (www. happycow.net) are great ways to find local

48 GOING DUTCH MARCH 2017 49 Since cars aren’t allowed in the Delft My accident happened just days before Market Square, I was happy to learn about the December General Meeting. Trena the Delft City Shuttle (www.delftcityshuttle. Cormier stepped in to handle the meeting My Broken Leg nl). It came in very handy. The ladies at the without hesitation, and word of my accident by Becky Failor café Van 9 tot Zeven (www.van9totzeven.nl) quickly spread through the AWC. I cannot explained how Hugh could get a ticket for express the gratitude Hugh and I felt for all the the shuttle and the shuttle could take me to outpouring of care and good wishes. Sunita know I am not the only AWC Member where his secretary was waiting in her car. Menon organized a food brigade that de- to have broken her leg or ankle. I re- livered delicious meals every other day for I member Seanette Meserole with her weeks. Through her excellent planning and great kneeling walker joining us on our the gracious gifts of time and yummy food by Jewish Quarter and Royal Palace tours after more than a dozen AWC Members, we had no she broke her leg zip-lining in early 2015. food worries. Hugh had a big burden caring Roberta Enschede broke both ankles a few for me. So relieving him of meal planning, years ago, but you’d never know it to see shopping and cooking gave him less to think her now. Both of these ladies have been so about and more time, especially at the end of encouraging during my recovery. As one of the day when I was often not feeling well and the most recent AWC Members with this he was tired. The variety of the meals was a type of injury, I’m going to share my story. delight. Hugh would say “And for tonight’s I sincerely hope that between the time that can imagine that gray stonework can become I am sure I helped give the other passengers gastronomic delight we have …” Each meal I finished writing this and the magazine ar- very slippery when wet. When I turned my in the shuttle an extra story to tell about their was designed to be easy to serve. I remember rives in your mailbox, no one else has this bike on this stonework toward the bike park- ride around Delft. one night he said “there is even rice already unfortunate experience! ing, down I went. made.” I live close to Delft and often ride my bike I received fabulous and attentive care by there. It is such a diverse city with a centrum A kind passerby got me and my bike right- all the staff at Renier de Graaf Gasthuis in It was so much more than just the food. that is quintessentially old Dutch. I wanted a ed, and even locked up my bike in the fietstal- Delft. I was doing pretty well until the doctor When each of you came, you arrived with few “Dutch-y” souvenirs for a gift and knew ling. At first, I thought I had just sprained my showed us the x-rays and said surgery would a smile, a hug, and a “how are you doing?” that Delft has shops that sell the sort of kitschy ankle. I called my husband, Hugh, to explain be necessary. What, really? How could I feel There were phone calls each day offering stuff I desired. So I thought nothing of head- that I did not think I should ride my bike home sorry for myself when just before me in the even more help and good wishes. I did not ing to Delft on my bike. The one thing I did and asked if he could arrange to come get me gipskamer (where casts are put on) was a feel lonely or abandoned. Thank you. differently on this cold, moist December day and my bike. Thinking that my injury wasn’t girl about five years old getting a bright pink was to park my bike along the Stadhuis. In too serious, I did my souvenir shopping and cast that went from her toes to her hip. She While I am writing this well before pub- the summer and warmer weather, this is too hobbled to a coffee shop to wait. However, as was told, “Je bent zo dapper.” (“You are so lication date, I am still wearing my cast and crowded, but I thought today I would get closer I waited, my leg started to swell. As it became brave.”) So I had to be brave too. FritsTaxi counting the days until it is off. I know there to my destination. In this photo taken a few increasingly evident that the pain was in my (www.fritstaxi.nl) arranged someone to take will be physical therapy and more healing to summers ago, you can catch a glimpse that the leg and not my foot, I came to the realization us home. Hugh prepared the sofa bed on our come. By the time you read this in March, I area around the Stadhuis is attractive, but you that I needed to go to the hospital. ground floor and got me set up in my tempo- hope to be back on my bike―but that is prob- rary “bedroom.” One week later, I had my ti- ably optimistic. I will get back to cycling, and tanium plate and screws installed. This photo will ride again to Delft, but next time, I plan shows the before and after x-rays. to park closer to the Oude Kerk!

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