For one long weekend I wandered the streets of a strange American city without shelter, money or phone. I saw the misery and despair I expected, but also experienced freedom, raw intimity and even a tiny crush. Read more
My work out goals: to be relaxed, fit and bikini-ready year round. In that order! For the Dutch edition of Grazia Magazine, I kept a fitness diary, during what was probably my busiest fitness week of the year. Phew! (in other words: it may seem that way, but I’m NOT a fitnorexic) Read more
Magazine 'Happy in Shape' cornered me on the red carpet to ask me about my diet and fitness routine. Reading back the article, I must say that I seem pretty happy and in shape! Enjoy the translation: Read more
VROUW magazine asked me what I like to bring on holiday, then made this beautiful colorful page out of my list. So here’s what’s in my suitcase… Read more
Recently, I, together with actress Victoria Koblenko, supermodel Kim Feenstra, and tv host Zimra Geurts, got in touch with my inner Marilyn Monroe for Linda Magazine. Maestro Marcel van der Vlugt had us make love to his camera and the formidable Karin Kuipers asked us questions like: Do we consider ourselves sex bombs? And: How often do we make love? Read more
“We are moving to Holland,” I anounced when I was about 6 months pregnant. My American future husband, knowing better than to piss off a woman under the influence of pregnancy hormones, immediately agreed. He had actually come to like my proud little country: the tolerance, the herring, the bikes, the beautiful women riding those bikes. (not to mention the rather suggestive way said women eat said herring) Read more
Bright young twins Anne and Esther Vedder (25) have been making jewelry as long as they can remember, following in the footsteps of their creative mother who brought the girls along to jewelry making workshops when they could barely walk. Almost two years ago the duo came up with a brilliant concept: Read more
This is what I kept envisioning when I found out I had won 2 nights at the 5-star Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit: my butt in that lotus shaped pool chair. And yes, it was as decadent and divine as I imagined (my butt can confirm this). Read more
“If you look closely, you can see the imprint of her heels in the foot mat of her Renault Floride. She must’ve have pushed hard with those mean Fifties queenie-heels.” Wait a minute, Grace Kelly had a bit of a temper on the road? Which means she was…. actually human? Read more