tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029266128054490930.post182887350433552977..comments2023-03-21T23:25:26.003+01:00Comments on A Baker on a diet (pure hell begins): Blog #3 My new Mantra.......I LOVE Holland (Especially Trixie!)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09382425175833913850noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029266128054490930.post-5863408529769608322009-10-21T08:35:28.238+02:002009-10-21T08:35:28.238+02:00Hm. Dog Walker. Manny. Does Trixie need either for...Hm. Dog Walker. Manny. Does Trixie need either for the royal staff? Or, you can try the Conan O'Brien approach, if you can manage to make yourself look like the queen. He turned a (very) passing resemblance to the President of Finland, Tarja Halonen, into an official state visit. And, of course, there's always the head-on approach. "Hi, I'm an American blogger writing about Dutch culture, and I would love more information about the royal family, and perhaps a chance to meet some of the Queen's staff..." (Flatter and gawk once you get to meeting A, meeting B might just happen. European Royals from small countries just love to entertain Americans.)<br /><br />Good luck, and keep the funny coming.TWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07880352691004740903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029266128054490930.post-29235973343660866222009-10-13T18:20:19.151+02:002009-10-13T18:20:19.151+02:00Great post kid! I'm sure by now the secret ser...Great post kid! I'm sure by now the secret service are on to you and if you ever run into Trixie you should walk slowly toward her with your arms held high justin case. <br />I thought you were kidding that day in the old palace, quote "Ahhhh! I feel at home here, this is where I should live, I wonder what the rent is"?<br /><br />Keep em' coming and I'll see you next month.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03969311056559280539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029266128054490930.post-57356304012096148522009-10-07T06:19:20.049+02:002009-10-07T06:19:20.049+02:00"I have always felt that I was in some way me..."I have always felt that I was in some way meant to be Royal"...OMG...Lloyd did this to you with those damn salons didn't he?? DIDN'T HE??<br /><br />You don't mention Haagel Slaag in your list of faves. How can THAT not make it on the plus side?<br /><br />You make me laugh!<br />xo<br />Tiffy-pooMama Llamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302618031644442237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029266128054490930.post-14853609799201985642009-10-06T06:18:25.758+02:002009-10-06T06:18:25.758+02:00Hi Ken!
A suggestion: why don't you have your...Hi Ken!<br />A suggestion: why don't you have your orange Trixie outfit ready at all times so that the next time you hear the Queen's helicopter's flying overhead, you'll be ready! <br /><br />Thanks for the laughs! It took me a while to read through this as I was laughing so hard imagining you in some orange checkered shirt! Oh dear! Looking forward to your next adventure!<br /><br />BTW...why don't you just become a dog walker for a job? You can communicate with the animals, right? ...and they don't eat mayo! Or do they there?<br /><br />AmyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995283127618564946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029266128054490930.post-39980804476862133272009-10-06T00:05:33.142+02:002009-10-06T00:05:33.142+02:00Ken, I, like you, would love to meet the Dutch roy...Ken, I, like you, would love to meet the Dutch royals. They are really an attractive family, and your good erstwhile friend Trixie seems imminently approachable. I'm sure she'd love to share some herrings and mayo with you! You are coming right along with your Dutch enthusiasm. Are you living in the Hague? Be sure and let us know about the cheeses of Holland. . .yum! When we lived in Germany, all the diary products in the commissary were from holland, and they were wonderful (and inexpensive).<br /><br />I'm going to dinner tonight with Paul and Natalie Hutzler (my niece) and her new boyfriend. I'll fill them in on your latest.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168579703184450645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029266128054490930.post-20511625119374414222009-10-05T23:04:17.280+02:002009-10-05T23:04:17.280+02:00Well done! Your keen eye for the GOOD things (an a...Well done! Your keen eye for the GOOD things (an aunt used to tell us, "Think about the GOOD things" when we were in the midst of an all out brawl) seems to come natural to you. LOVED the blog, herrings, Trixie and all. Imagined myself standing right next to a smelly herring stand with a packet of mayonnaise. Hmmmm...I've got to go wash the dogs.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889619964732409633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029266128054490930.post-7471706619659654022009-10-05T19:13:05.252+02:002009-10-05T19:13:05.252+02:00Bravo Ken. I'm happy you're looking on the...Bravo Ken. I'm happy you're looking on the bright side of things. lol<br /><br />I was just IM'ing with an Argentine friend of mine who is living in Dublin right now for work and he had come back from a weekend in Amsterdam visiting our friend who is also VERY Dutch (you know... nice mixed in with a bit of egotistical prick?). We were talking about how neither one of us could bare to live there. <br /><br />My heart truly does go out to you as my stomach turns with the memories of mayo and herring. I use to like both before I visited Holland for the first time.<br /><br />Good cheese though...PharaohNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573251283329648455noreply@blogger.com