From the monthly archives:
I’m back on the grid! Miss me? I missed you! So I know everyone has been distracted by the horrific and devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean (and rightly so, good god), but folks, I have been shivering in the cold and dark here on the cape of cod. We got blasted with 18 inches [...]
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Here’s another lovely view of the river out in front of our house. It was about 45 degrees the day I took this picture, and a few days later the scene was covered in snow. I really have to get myself a real live camera. And no, I seriously doubt Santa is listening, considering the [...]
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I thought I’d post a couple of Amsterdam photos, since I hadn’t really done that yet, but unfortunately I’m not much of a photographer, so here are a few that came out half-decently. OK, so actually Matt took the pictures, but it hardly seems sporting to just blame him when he isn’t here to defend [...]
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This was our favorite corner shop for delicious sandwiches and even more delicious cheese. (The massive structure just visible off to the right is Centraal Station, the huge and recklessly gothic train station at the topmost of the city.) Please notice that the translation on the awning of “Kaasland” (Dutch for “Cheeseland”) is “Lots Of [...]
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One afternoon late in the week we spent in Amsterdam, we were taking a lovely walking tour (veeerrrrry slowly, in deference to our poor aching feet) of the Jordaan, a gorgeously canal-filled neighborhood in the city near our hotel. We spent a lot of time in the Jordaan, window shopping, dining, and sipping gin and [...]
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