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 of [...]
Archive for December, 2004
Rockets’ red glare
Posted in Uncategorized on 29 December 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Take me to the river
Posted in Uncategorized on 22 December 2004 | Leave a Comment »
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 way [...]
Bikes, bikes, so many effin’ bikes…
Posted in Uncategorized on 22 December 2004 | Leave a Comment »
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 himself.
But [...]
Kaasland
Posted in Uncategorized on 22 December 2004 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Footsore and fancyfree
Posted in Uncategorized on 22 December 2004 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Telegram for Mongo
Posted in Uncategorized on 22 December 2004 | Leave a Comment »
A view of one of the canals in the Jordaan. Matt got a kick out the fact that this particular canal boat was a delivery boat, much like a floating UPS truck. I wish we had gotten more shots of the houseboats that lined the canals in this area, as there were some real doozies, [...]
The canal vs. the can
Posted in Uncategorized on 22 December 2004 | Leave a Comment »
A representative row of canal houses on the Singel. Would I live in one of those? Um, yeah, sure. Ya talked me into it.
On a side note, I just have to add here that the bluegrass show I’m listening to is currently playing a song that goes “I met my baby in the port-a-john line, [...]
pretty pictures
Posted in Uncategorized on 20 December 2004 | Leave a Comment »
This is essentially the view out my front door — maybe just a short walk away from the front door. This picture was taken during an extraordinarily high tide. Usually you can actually walk all the way out to that picnic table in the distance — without getting wet — and make [...]
Epiphany
Posted in Uncategorized on 17 December 2004 | Leave a Comment »
I have never liked chocolate.
I remember being at a birthday party when I was about four, weeping and moaning because the cake was chocolate, and I already knew that I hated hated hated chocolate. Of course, the other kids didn’t take much notice, except to fight over who got to eat my piece.
I can’t stand [...]
Object lesson
Posted in Uncategorized on 13 December 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, real quick, here’s the awesome backstory about me and Jan (see previous post).
When Matt and I were just starting to go out, back in 1995 or so, he suggested we meet one evening at one of his favorite bars. We had been going out for about two weeks at this point. I got there [...]
