I promised I would tell you the story of the nederlands number 10 jersey and so I will.
Last friday was the game against Brazil. My daughter and I had decided to meet up in Toronto to catch the match before a date with arounna in her bookhou studio. I was a little early to pick up Rebekah so I decided to stop in at one of our favorite Toronto thrift stores to see if they had any liberty clothing. I didn't find any but I remembered that I didn't have an orange jersey to wear. I looked in mens t-shirt section and pulled out the first one I saw. It just so happened to be an official nederlands (dutch spelling of netherlands) jersey with number 10, Wesley Sneijder printed on it. It was well worth the 1.99. My daughter and I took this as a good "omen" , no pun intended. Indeed as we watched the game at a sports bar downtown, he scored both their goals and was the man of the match.
After the game we drove to the studio in a round about way traveling through little portugal where there were many Brazilian supporters. We had fun honking our horn and waving the orange jerseys out the car window. We only got sworn at in Portuguese once and were shown a few rude gestures. Most people cheered us on.
At the studio we instantly converted , arounna's adorable daughter to our beloved orange team. She already had the soccer ball and was really enjoying playing with it. Rebekah worked on a "secret" project, I played with piper and took some pictures of the ever changing, always amazing shop. If your summer plans bring you into Toronto, bookhou should definitely be on your list of must sees. Arounna and John are the nicest shop owners I know and if you are lucky you might even catch them or some one else (like us) making magic.
So today is the semi final game Netherlands vs Uruguay. I pretty excited to wear my number 10 jersey and cheer on my team. I even did a little embroidery last night on the porch to set the mood.
Hup, netherlands, hup!!!!!!
yay. I've been a bit behind the times this week with the world cup. But so glad to hear this result. here, our time zone doesn't allow us to see it at a human hour. all the games are in the wee small hours of the morning..and although I love my soccer, I love my sleep more...esp as it is cold here. Your trip to bookhou looks so special. How good is this blog space of yours, art and sport all in one! x
Posted by: Tiel | July 06, 2010 at 12:47 AM
When I come, you'll have to take me to see Arounna & visit her shop, but then I fear I won't be able to stop buying everything in her shop !
WOW at finding the orange jersey before going to visit her ! What a coincidence indeed !!!!!!
xoxoxo
Posted by: Sonia | July 06, 2010 at 03:12 AM
I will take this as an omen as well as I have Nederlands in our office World Cup sweepstake. I'll be watching closely tonight. Hup! Hup!
Posted by: Fiona | July 06, 2010 at 04:49 AM
Good luck and what a fabulous omen....hope it works a second time. And now that our team are out we are cheering Netherlands on all the way.
Fingers crossed,
Nina x
Posted by: Nina - Tabiboo | July 06, 2010 at 06:46 AM
Hi, I'm from Holland and very glad that you are supporting our team. Have a good watch tonight. I am already nervous about the game. Do you know that our number 10 has a very famous (in Holland and Italia) girlfriend...
Greetings Kitty from kittydewinter.blogspot.com
Posted by: Kitty de Winter | July 06, 2010 at 06:48 AM
Hi! How funny to read you're cheering for us Dutchies! You're not Dutch right? Well, I am, and I'm not really into sports, but tonight I will be watching and cheering on our team: Hup Holland Hup!
Great shop btw, I love that wooden alphabet!
Posted by: Kim | July 06, 2010 at 07:35 AM
I may not be dutch, having been born and raised in Canada but my husband is. Besides Canada and Poland (my fathers motherland) are not in the cup. When it comes to the Womens World Cup I always cheer for Canada!
Posted by: Margaret Oomen | July 06, 2010 at 07:45 AM
Thank yoy for supporting the Dutch team! Keep your fingers crossed! Karen (Orange country at the moment!)
Posted by: karen | July 06, 2010 at 01:28 PM
A perfect day! The elephants are fun. I haven't been following the soccer as much as the hoopla around the soccer!
Posted by: Lovely World | July 06, 2010 at 02:31 PM
okay i might be a better predictor than the famous octopus
both 10 and 11 scored in the second period
Hup Netherlands Hup!!
there will be dancing in the streets tonight
I am so excited to see the final on Sunday
so margie
(still wearing my lucky number 10 jersey)
Posted by: Margaret Oomen | July 06, 2010 at 05:27 PM
yayyyyyy! what a prediction! the elephants are perfect, you got the shoes just right! i spent the game in my bright orange next to a uruguaian (sp?) haha we had some very lively "discussions"... and then afterward i think he asked me out haha, what a funny yet wonderful day!
HUP! HUP!
Posted by: rebekah | July 06, 2010 at 06:56 PM
oh my goodness the shop is gorgeous! as is your blog, glad i found you. and that jersey was a super lucky find. -k.
Posted by: katrina | July 06, 2010 at 09:39 PM