Tips from the T-List

Willem -Alexander now King of The Netherlands By a simple signature from his mother, Queen Beatrix, under an abdication declaration, Willem-Alexander became King of the Netherlands in the Amsterdam Royal Dam Palace today at approximately 10.35 hr AM local time. Thereafter the new King will be inaugurated... (more...)

Brass Balls – Arthur Frommer I post this in my What are you Thinking About? category. Why? Read the intro for an explanation. I mean I don’t want to be disrespectful towards Mr Arthur Frommer. Not at all. It is the first thought when I learned today from the NY Times that he has bought back... (more...)

How to open your Wine without a Corkscrew Want to open a nice bottle of wine without a corckscrew? Watch this little video which shows your the trick that doesn’t make you push the cork into the bottle. It is in French, but easy enough to understand the trick How to open your Wine without a Corkscrew... (more...)

Clothespins Wrapped Trees by Gerry Stecca Now that is something else than knit covering trees: Covering trees with clothespins. I came across Miami, Florida, based Gerry Stecca via his first Kickstarter Project where he seeks funds for wrapping 4 trees in front of a newly opened museum, the Forth... (more...)

De Correspondent – Dutch News Crowd Funding Success We all know the paper press is in Dire circumstances. To Paywall or not to Paywall your content? What about the Paper Guidebooks apparently going down the drain now that Google has announced to ditch the paper Frommers Guidebooks. What will happen... (more...)

My 5th Twitter Birthday Fun to see how many ages internet wise I’m around on Twitter. Would love to see my archives once. It seems in some parts of the World they are available for downloading Update Registering with Twitter — Guido vanden Elshout (@HappyHotelier) March 12, 2008 I was able... (more...)