Monday, July 30, 2012

eight reasons to love the amsterdam airport



  1. Fish pedicures and an oxygen bar.
  2. A grand piano that the public can play at will.
  3. The seating is super awesome, and some of it is arranged in cozy configurations.  It’s perfect for napping.
  4. Fresh organic juices at reasonable prices.
  5. Gift shops are fully stocked with cheeses.
  6. And meats, herrings, smoked eel, and caviar…
  7. Just about everyone speaks English, so I’m able to get along.
  8. The music on the digital airport library: Alain Clark, Anouk, Within Temptation.


tulips.  because it's holland!



this city sure is proud of its...errr...ummm...flora...

what the heck is this doing in amsterdam?!?


meat, meat, and more meat!

smoked eel, anyone?  they had herring, too, packed into little styrofoam coolers...

lovely cheese selection in an airport giftshop...
this was cool...

seems like the netherlands has some good music!

my very first blog post


For the last several months or so—okay, more like the last nine months or so—my upstairs neighbors have been pestering me to write a cookbook.  See, I invite them down to try my cooking and my raw-foods “un-cooking,” and they repay me by aggravating me and hounding me to write the recipes down so I can share with the world what they obviously consider to be delicious food.  When I complained about this to my mother and several other friends, it backfired, and then I had more people aggravating me and hounding me to share my recipes. 

So, I decided to start a blog whose main focus will be food.  Like, maybe 70% food.  The other 30% will be about whatever else strikes my fancy.  Everyone needs a space/place to ponder, and to soapbox, and to wax poetic, right?  Well, I suppose I’m making my own (s)p(l)ace.  Now, because I’m starting this whole blogging endeavor while I’m out of the country, and many of my other friends—and some of the ones mentioned above—are pestering me to post travel photos and updates, things will be a bit travel-heavy to begin with.  But fear not!  I’ve already started preparing some food posts for when I am stateside again. 

So, welcome to feisty living!