John and Sarah's trip to the Netherlands for An Abundance of Katherines (2007)
story · status: followed over 4 videos (2007) · last event: update (2007-05-24)
In May 2007 John and Sarah travelled to the Netherlands to support his novel An Abundance of Katherines. In Amsterdam John did his happy dance, and his Dutch publisher in Rotterdam asked him to do it again outside a restaurant.
Told alongside: John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007)
About: Sarah Urist Green, Netherlands, An Abundance of Katherines, Amsterdam, Rotterdam
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-05-18 | told | John and Sarah leave for the Netherlands to support his new novel, a trip postponed from March by his orbital cellulitis. | Brotherhood 2.0: May 18: How to Write a Book Proposal 00:00:00 |
| 2007-05-22 | update | John reports from Amsterdam: museum visit, happy dances, and a city cleaner and more beautiful than he expected. | May 22: Brotherhood 2.0 in Amsterdam 00:00:09 |
| 2007-05-23 | update | Hank hopes John and Sarah are having a marvelous time in the Netherlands. (hedged) | May 23rd: Miniature Soccer Team 00:02:45 |
| 2007-05-24 | update | John's Netherlands trip continues: attentive kids, bitterballen, and happy dances requested by his Dutch publisher in Rotterdam. (playful) | Brotherhood 2.0: May 24: How to Happy Dance 00:01:47 |
What is said about it
6 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-05-18 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 18: How to Write a Book Proposal — John says the trip was planned for March but he couldn't go because he got orbital cellulitis. — 00:00:00
- 2007-05-22 · May 22: Brotherhood 2.0 in Amsterdam — John: One of the most fun things they did was a contemporary art museum, where a video shows a spaceman and the Buddha looking at each other. — 00:00:35
- 2007-05-22 · May 22: Brotherhood 2.0 in Amsterdam — John expected Amsterdam to be a drug-addled den of iniquity, 'Las Vegas, but with legal weed', but finds it one of the cleanest, most beautiful cities he has visited. — 00:01:11
- 2007-05-22 · May 22: Brotherhood 2.0 in Amsterdam — John says he and the Yeti keep talking about moving to Amsterdam, though he insists Indianapolis is the Amsterdam of central Indiana. (playful) — 00:01:49
- 2007-05-24 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 24: How to Happy Dance — John says the kids shown were quite attentive, and some of them seemed to speak English better than he does. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:03
- 2007-05-24 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 24: How to Happy Dance — John: At a café John eats a bitterbal with mustard, which amuses everyone there; he finds it delicious. (playful) — 00:01:20