The World Expo 2010, previously called World Fair, circus was hosted in Shanghai. "Better City, Better Life" has been a tag-line for the past years, while Shanghai upgraded its public infrastructure (new subway lines, much improved motorways, upgrading the taxi's, educating the residents on foreign cultures and building a vast and impressive site in the middle of the city). And Shanghai delivered - an impressive event, tens of millions of visitors from around the world, and an almost flawless organization. Click here to read more »

The premiere of Sex And The City 2 was a good reason for Proximus to throw a party in Brussel's Kinepolis. And to be clear: the Proximus event guys and girls did a better job than the people making the movie. A bit unfair judgement, I agree, but I'll remember the event a bit longer than I will remember the movie. Proximus had dressed up the Kinepolis entrance and the entire stairwell, as well as the event room at the exit. Good looking boys and girls were hired to play some of the SATC2 types, hot girls showing off the latest fashion and real hunks ready to take you out. Plenty of picture opportunities, with readily available photographers, and everything executed in a professional way (I wouldn't like to see the bill :-). And of course there were the SATC2 gift bags - exactly three different ones - for all the Promimus guests attending the premire. The only down point ? The movie itself - more than two hours worth of product placement with the soundtrack as the most interesting part of the movie. Click here to read more »

On May 22nd 2010 downtown Brussels was the place to be for the bi-annual Zinneke Parade. This year the theme was "Aan Tafel" - and the preparations officially started back in January ... just like for carnaval, organizations prepare their costumes and floats. The result ? A colorful three hour parade with artists, costumes, acrobats, facepainting, and much much more. You can find my event pictures in my Flickr account. Click here to read more »

Also in 2010, you can try luxury hotels in Brussels for a discounted rate - 100 Euro in a 5-star hotel for 2 people including breakfast - during several weekends. The only catch: you need to live in Brussels... Click here to read more »

Norah Jones opened the Gent Jazz 2010 festival on July 7th - in the nice historic setting of De Bijloke in Gent. Nice weather, good accomodations (including the sound system) which made for an enjoyable evening. Certainly a better setting for Norah Jones then Vorst Nationaal where she played a few days earlier. Her concert at Gent Jazz covered both her popular hits as well as a broad selection of her latest album - without being a spectacular concert it was still one I'll remember for the combination of the music, the atmosphere, the venue and the nice crowd. Click here to read more »