The Color Purple

Thursday, August 29th, 2013

The Color Purple is a musical theatre adaptation of Alice Walker's best-selling novel. I saw the movie a couple of years ago and it left somewhat of an impression. Loving the previous productions I saw at the Menier Chocolate Factory I wanted to see their latest production as well. 

The Color Purple takes place between 1914 and 1945 in the southern states of the United States. It tells the story of Celie (Cynthia Erivo). After giving birth to two children fathered by her step-father she is married off to Mister (Christopher Colquhoun). Mister originally wanted to marry Celie's beautiful sister, Nettie (Abiona Omonua). But her father wants her to become a teacher. Celie wants to protect her little sister and so she obediently marries Mister. Mister is in love with jazz-singer Shug Avery (Nicola Hughes) and he beats up Celie for the sheer fact of her not being like Shug. Shug tours the country with her singing act and is known for her flings and several illegitimate children. Celie and Shug fall in love but soon Shug leaves again to sing. But before she leaves she finds the many letters that Nettie send to Celie, and Mister had hidden from her.

Celie and Mister. Pa (Neil Reidman) is seen in the background.

Vintage Holiday Pictures

Sunday, August 18th, 2013

Some time ago I bought this vintage Holiday photo album on my favorite Dutch secondhand website. The album contains photo's from 1911 to 1934 and has lots of family photo's and little remarks scribbled on the pages.

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Nederlands: Een tijdje geleden kocht ik op marktplaats een oud fotoalbum met vakantie foto's. Het album bevat foto's die werden gemaakt tussen 1911 en 1934 en staat bol van de familiekiekjes en kleine aantekeningetjes.

My month in instagram pictures

Tuesday, August 13th, 2013

Review: Een georganiseerd weekend London met Opportunity travel aka Ycare

Monday, August 5th, 2013


Een zeer uitgebreid verslag van mijn weekend Londen. Mocht je geen behoefte hebben om de hele review te lezen dan kun je door de kopjes die ik in deze blogpost gebruik makkelijk scannen. Ik hoop dat mogelijke toekomstige klanten van Ycare/Opportunity Travel iets aan mijn review hebben.

Otis op de Parade

Sunday, July 28th, 2013

Dit jaar staat er een voorstelling van M-lab op de Parade. Ik ben dol op de Parade en dol op M-lab dus die voorstelling moest ik zien! Otis was eerder te zien in M-lab maar ik had geen mogelijkheid om er heen te gaan. Gelukkig kon ik op de Parade (helaas in ingekorte vorm) Otis alsnog gaan zien.

Tag: And that's who I was

Saturday, July 20th, 2013


After the ...and that is who I am tag I had the idea of doing a tag about who I was as a child. I couldn't really find one and so I thought: I'll make one myself! Probably don't have enough followers to make a really successful one, but I would love it if any of you would copy it to their own blog (with a link to my blog pretty please. Although I love all 30 of you dearly, I wouldn't mind it if more people read Wit).  As I love old photographs, feel free to add as much photos as you can. I hope you'll like it. Here it goes: 

When asked "What do you want to be when you grow up?" what would 4 year old you have answered? 

I think that back then I wanted to be a bunny with a drum. Like the ones in the Duracell batteries commercial. I think it had to do with the pink color.

Did your parents ever bring you to a photographer while you were a kid? 

Yes they did. Although I wasn't to happy with that according to the photos.

Shop my closet

Monday, July 8th, 2013

Female readers with size L (40), XL (42 or 44) or XXL (46) please continue reading. All other readers, sorry this post won't be interesting to you at all. Because I'm selling a lot of my clothes (including a lot of never worn, new clothing). Lots of dresses, a couple of tops and some skirts.

The Book of Mormon

Friday, 28th June, 2013

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The Book of Mormon tells the story of elder Price and elder Cunningham. They are teamed up to go on their mission together. They'll go to Uganda and try to convert as many Uganda people as they can. When they arrive their luggage is stolen by rebels from the ruling warlord of the village they are staying in. They are enthusiastically welcomed by the inhabitants of the village but they don't seem interested in the message the elders have to tell. This is confirmed when Price and Cunningham meet the other elders that are stationed in Uganda.

Free handmade fonts

Saturday, June 22nd, 2013

Ik maakte een paar fonts op m'n iPad en wil die graag met jullie delen. Futura Hand is te hier te downloaden. De code die je nodig hebt om hem te downloaden is 1013. Elegant Hand download je hier met code 4160. Scribbly Serif by Hand kun je hier downloaden met code 4705. En het eerste font dat ik maakte (hence de naam) Ipad's Font 1 vindt je hier en kun je downloaden met code 6037.

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Engels: I recently made a couple of fonts on my iPad and I thought I'd share them with you. Futura Hand can be found here and you'll need the following code to be able to download: 1013. Elegant Hand can be downloaded here with code 4160. ScribblySerif by Hand can be found here and you'll need code 4705. The first font I made was (hence the name) Ipad's Font 1. You'll find it here and you need code 6037. I hope you like them. 

Leeds Castle

Monday, 17 June 2013

In Leeds bij Maidstone in Kent staat Leeds Castle. Henry VIII (jep, die koning in The Tudors) liet zijn ex vrouw Catharine of Aragorn en hun dochter opgesloten worden in het kasteel toen hij een andere vrouw wou trouwen. In 1926 werd het kasteel eigendom van Lady Baillie. Zij liet het verbouwen en voorzag het kasteel van alle moderne gemakken zoals electriciteit en riolering. Dit zonder het middeleeuwse uiterlijk van bijvoorbeeld balken te verwijderen. De balken werden alleen vervangen door holle balken zodat er plaats ontstond voor de elektriciteitskabels. Lady Baillie nodigde haar vrienden uit op het kasteel, hieronder bevonden zich vele Hollywood sterren, wereld beroemde sporters en andere celebs.

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English: In Leeds near Maidstone (Kent) you can find Leeds Castle. Henry VIII imprisoned his ex-wife Catharine of Aragon and their daughter in this castle when he decided to marry another woman. In 1927 the castle became the property of Lady Baillie. She renovated the entire castle and installed plumbing and electricity. She invited her friends, most of them were Hollywood stars, famous sportsmen and other celebs, to the castle.