2016-03-19 18:53
So work means taking the subway—either a joy or my ungluing, depending on its reliability. Now I’ve taken the subway in New York City, where my daily commute was much, much longe… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
While speaking Dutch is not obligatory in the Netherlands, I am doing my best to wrap my tongue (not to mention throat) around this guttural language. Once a week I take a fluency course at… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Long hiatus again—never good for a blogger—but today got me thinking that Holland still has much blogging fodder to offer me. I’ve been quiet in recent months as the nov… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Last week, I worked at the annual Vurige Tongen poetry festival held at Ruigoord. My boyfriend owns a bus and we've sold food and chai at the festival for several years now, but this time I… Read More
2010-04-25 08:56
No one said learning a foreign language was easy, especially when you’re an adult whose head is full of decades of information, memories and trivia. Sometimes it feels like there&rsq&hellip…Read More
2010-04-15 18:32
I am by no means a car fan--this here girl drives a bike. Still, I've been noticing car names around Amsterdam recently and some things simply don't translate (or translate well.) Over the l… Read More
2010-04-04 09:08
On most days, I have to really motivate myself to go jogging because this means combatting rain, wind and whatever elements Mother Nature would like to throw my way. (I'd say like most Dutc… Read More
2010-03-29 16:20
I've had a year or two hiatus--not good in the blogosphere, where everything changes like a New York minute--but now I'm back, re-establishing my blog and observations. What can I say? I was… Read More
2006-07-17 18:51
Just when Amsterdam decided to go tropical, I'm actually spending the summer in California, a.k.a. HOME. Ticket was booked, so I flew but realize I'm missing something historical because wea… Read More
2006-07-09 13:03
This city is incredible when the sun shines. Everyone ditches whatever they're doing to be outside, and Vondelpark (which lies just around the corner from me) becomes a hive of activity. Wit… Read More
2006-06-23 15:03
My relationship is suddenly falling apart and I'm beginning to wonder if it's as simple as something like herring. The Dutch love herring so much they celebrate the opening of herring season… Read More
2006-06-19 17:19
Remember John Travolta’s Pulp Fiction line about how the Dutch eat French Fries with mayonnaise? “I seen ‘em do it, man. They fuckin’ drown ‘em in that shit.&rd&hell…Read More
2006-06-15 16:55
After a 5-day heat wave last week, the Netherlands has returned to its somber, chilly self, dropping about 10 degrees C overnight. Still wavering over putting my winter's jacket in the back… Read More
2006-06-14 12:04
This is a sight you don't see everyday: bicycle trudging in Amsterdam. 750,000 people live in the city with an estimated 600,000 bikes, making it clear what the city’s most popul… Read More
2006-06-14 11:42
From Den Haag--a sign of the times? Don't you love the camera below. 24/7 surveillance in this 24/7 world Read More
2006-06-01 10:47
So we're at home entertaining and I offer a friend of my boyfriend's a cup of coffee. She declines. A few months back, I made her a cup American style (while an Italian might complain it was… Read More
2006-05-26 12:00
Yesterday I came biking home at the perfect hour. The sun was actually shining (something that usually happens between 5 and 7 p.m. for some odd, though predictable reason), I had just inter… Read More
2006-05-20 13:36
So, perhaps I contradict my last posting ("if you haven't got anything positive to say, don't say anything at ALL!) but I just gave a speech in my Dutch class about aspects of the Dutch char… Read More
2006-05-12 13:14
I'm a terribly blogger--why else have such a long hiatus between entries?! But I've been caught up in my life, something that happens distinctly outside the Internet, and so haven't made the… Read More
2006-04-18 08:41
My culture shock/reassimilation continues. After fixing my Dutch partner a bloody mary (which he commented was like drinking an odd, alcoholic soup), we sat down to play Scrabble. In Dutch… Read More
2006-04-11 08:09
After much too long a cyber hiatus, I'm back and all over my PC. I had a magnificent vacation--so good I somehow forgot I lived in Amsterdam and had to return to a cold spring and eventually… Read More
2006-01-27 09:03
I'm out of town for a month or so, with irregular Internet access. So infrequent postings but I have every intention of continuing! So stay tuned Read More
2006-01-22 13:02
From the foreign hostess’s perspective, I’ve found feeding the Dutch, whose culinary habits rival the Poles for bland, stodgy food, an on-going challenge. That’s because th… Read More
2006-01-15 21:18
Having spent several nights indulging in my ultimate weakness--watching MTV--I've been thinking about sex (unavoidable in just about every video shown on TV), especially in regards to the di… Read More
2006-01-05 12:30
Understanding the social relations and political backdrop of a new country always presents a challenge. While the Dutch are reticent to admit it, they’re actually quite racist--or beco… Read More
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