15 Minutes of Fame Among the Dutch!

Going along with my ridiculously fortunate entree into Amsterdam, on the third weekend I was in town I went to a party of a great girl, Rebecca, who I met in a cafe in Washington DC 2 weeks before I moved over to Amsterdam. She was so nice and invited me for a fab 4th of July BBQ with other American expats wanting a slice of homelife. At the party we talked with a reporter who was there researching an article she was writing on expats living in the Netherlands. Enter the new, wide-eyed American...

A few days later we all got an email from the reporter telling us her editor was expanding the story and wanted to do individual interviews with us and then send a photographer around to each of us to get some photos. So I had the interview which was fun...and then comes the photographer. My fourth week of work I'm asking my boss if it's ok if a photographer comes into the office to follow me around for the day. Thankfully he didnt' have the "what the hell are you talking about" reaction and agreed. So in comes the photographer - who is fantastic by the way and does really nice work. I was supposed to just be "acting natural" and going about my day but come on - who's acting natural when they know they're getting their photo taken? Most of the time I was thinking "don't blink...don't blink...don't...DAMNIT I blinked!" The day went well despite my tendancy to laugh everytime I saw the camera, but it was fun having a photographer follow me home on the train. ha!

So now the article has appeared! It's in a magazine called Boulevard - a trendy fashion and lifestyle mag which was a welcome relief as I realized when I got into this I had no idea what publication this was going into and feared I was inadvertantly making my foray into Dutch porn!

Check it out - I'm in the online edition as well as the printed mag! www.blvd.nl By the way Rebecca is also in the mag - the sassy one in the red top. I'm going to buy it right now and walk around with it. I wonder if this is a good way to get dates? "Yes, that's me...I'm in a magazine!" Of course I can't read the article as it's in Dutch so it could be about how expat women are ruining the Netherlands and there I am smiling brightly.

So I'll say I knew you all when I was a mere minion! If you'd like to call to congratulate me you'll have to talk to my people...