Back from a family holiday in France where we spent two weeks in a rented castle. It was great fun and we lived and ate like kings. The girls each brought a friend and KH and his wife Karin from Frankfurt, as well as my brother-in-law Gerrit and his daughter Inès from South Africa later [...]
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A French Holiday
Posted in Family, Friends on July 19, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Starry Night
Posted in Food & Drink, Friends on February 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
For his 40th birthday and because we both like to eat well, I invited my friend and business partner to one of Zurich’s most exclusive (and some say most expensive) restaurant, Petermann’s Kunststuben. This venerable establishment has been around for over over 20 years and proudly displays two Michelin stars.
We decided to get the menu, [...]
Next steps
Posted in Friends, Hospital on January 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday’s MRI showed some minor growth at the bottom of the tumour cavity. According to my doctors this is no surprise, but the small amount of growth seems to indicate that the chemotherapy with Temozolomide is working to some extent. Nevertheless, we will prepare to go one step further:
Next Monday I will check into a [...]
Texas Chili for a Streetparty
Posted in Family, Food & Drink, Friends on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For our traditional streetparty I cooked up a chili again, which was sold out much to soon; must make more next year!
Texas Chili
5 kg of beef (breast or neck, not too lean) cut into 2 cm chunks
6 large onions, chopped
6 stalks celery, chopped
4 large green peppers, chopped
4 large sweet red peppers, chopped
4 jalapeño peppers, deseeded [...]
Slowhand in Zurich
Posted in Friends on August 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thanks to my friend Julie who managed to get tickets, we went to the Eric Clapton Concert in Zurich on August 20th. This must have been one of the best!
Clapton and band started out with a couple of soulful songs, of which “Here but I’m Gone” was the most stunning performance in my humble opinion. [...]
Thursday, June 5th 2008
Posted in Family, Friends on June 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Dear Friends,
Just to let you all know, I’m fine and will be able to go home tomorrow!
I’ll report more news next week (including the story on how I got 7 holes in my head for my operation).
Thanks for all your help, support and thoughts!
Love,
Tom
Sunday, June 1st 2008
Posted in Family, Friends on June 1, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Ah, what a glorious sunrise over the lake! It’s 6 AM, the water is as flat as glass, and there are no boats yet to stir its surface.
I thank you all my friends for your concern, your offers of help, your kind, wise and funny words of support and for being… well just friends. This [...]
