When: June 6, 2006 (or 060606)
What: lamb chops with a bean/veggie concoction and lovely fries
Wine: an acceptable Rioja Reserva, of which the details escape me
Where: restaurant Burger's Patio, Amsterdam
With whom: Jos
Whatelse: vibrant conversations encompanied a first course of lamb-ham (loverly) and an accidental Pinot Grogio. We touched upon living conditions, careers and our kids. The scanned Polaroid above (not the main course) was taken by Asaf, a bloke, I guess, trying to get a life together by shooting pcs in Amsterdam nightlife and probably from the Indian peninsula or Sri Lanka.

When: June 5, 2006
What: home made meatballs, cauliflower and potatoes with gravy
Wine: 2005, merlot, bin40, Lindemans, Australia (nice for any occasion)
Where: home
With whom: my family
Whatelse: a lazy day with a visit to the World Press Photo 05 exhibition, a fleamarket and a walk in the forest

When: June 4, 2006
What: crayfish salad
Wine: our Chard mate from down-under
Where: Bertien's mom's place in Gorssel
With whom: Lynda, Olivier, Bertien, Mare, Jeroen, Ole, Karine and Tine
Whatelse: a wonderful afternoon and the first day of the year we were able to have dinner outside and all that with lovely people on a location very un-Dutch in its calmness and nature-feel, where Mare and Olivier had the best time playing together

When: June 3, 2006
What: oven baked chicken, with leek
Wine: still on the regular Lindemans chardonnay
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse: a day mostly spent shopping in the neighbourhood, but also visiting Andreas, Myra, Thomas, Jasper and their new-born daughter Chiara: what a sweet and incredily small child! After dinner I went to the movies and saw The Da Vinci Code: how incredibly boring.

When: June 2, 2006
What: saussicons with salad
Wine: our Chard mate from down-under
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse: it was lovely

When: June 1, 2006
What: wonderful "sliptongetjes" with the best spinach in the world and rice
Wine: our chard friend by Lindemans
Where: home, Amsterdam
With whom: my family
Whatelse: sometimes I forget to bring my camera, sometimes I forget to take a picture, but this time I took it too late. Anyway, it was a lovely dinner.