Last year I bought the Disney Store Boogie Boys bag, which is just part of their own label. Bert was rather doubtful about it, and convinced it would fall apart after a month, 3 tops. But other than a hole in the fabric of the zipper, which was my fault entirely and doesn't hinder use of the bag at all, it's still like new and I stand by the review I wrote about it last year.
So when this year a Hocus Pocus version of that bag, by Loungefly, appeared on the Shop Disney UK site (probably on other EU Shop Disney sites, too) I couldn't resist. I love Hocus Pocus, and I figured that having a second/spare of the bag I use pretty much year round would be a good idea.
After all, if the Disney Store label bag was top notch, the Loungefly one had to be at least just as good right?
Well...
Because I wasn't bored of museums yet (I still am not btw), and I discovered that La Pisicine in Roubaix had not one but three temporary exhibits on, I asked Bert if we could go.
Last month, on August 16th, Bert and I drove to Lille (seeing the trains weren't running due to engeneering works) to see some bits of Lille 3000, the three-annual art event held in the town.
This one was themed Eldorado, and there was a list as long as my arm of things to do in greater Lille (not just Lille, but also the surrounding towns).
On Wednesday, September 11th, my friend Claire and I met up in Antwerp Central station.
I had asked if she wanted to come along to Museum Plantin-Moretus with me, because I wanted to see the expo De Grotesken (The Grotesques).
Claire had already seen it, but as it was super busy when she went, she could stand seeing it another time to see all the elements she missed due to crowdedness.
FIY, I was just making random faces in the expo photo set-up because I could, there's no other reason to it :).
Welcome to the 40th and, for the foreseeable future, last edition of BCM.
Yes, that’s right, BCM is going on a hiatus.
We might be back in a while, but we might also not be.
The reason is simple: I have other things, such as my education (you don’t even want to know how many classes I have missed because of BCM ><), I have to prioritise right now, and putting together a magazine is simply not combinable with life at the moment.
Considering I can’t guarantee quality anymore, I rather put this on hold.
If I bring it back, it will be full force again, but I’m not doing a half assed job. We’ve been around for over 7+ years, and I wish to profoundly thank all the friends I’ve made being editor in chief, the cool people I’ve met, everyone who helped this together, be it translators, management, artists, record company folks, my amazing crew and especially our readers.
Make sure to keep an eye on the socials of our crew members, because they’re bound to be doing more amazing things in the future!
Nevertheless, this one is packed, 100+ pages packed, with reviews, interviews, make-up tutorials, travel photography and a ton more.
And you can still win stuff! So check that out!
It’s been a blast, but sadly all good things must come to an end!
From the bottom of my heart: thank you for being with us!
Also guys, please, no DMs to keep asking questions about this.
There's no big drama, there's no fight or disagreement with anyone.
There's no personal politics in play.
It's honestly like I said, I want to focus on painting, and I just don't have the time to properly commit myself to it.
Choices must be made, and I choose art :).
It's the god honest truth to it, and there's really nothing else behind the hiatus. So if someone does insist on attempting to pry for something that isn't there, I will simply reply with the link to this post ;)
Now that that's all said: grab your FREE copy here :)
