02/02/12--PM

In an effort to finally have some Dutch cuisine while in Amsterdam, I've researched and drug myself to a restaurant aptly named, Roots. Somehow, dining by myself makes me feel sophisticated, mysterious.

Who knows why this woman (a foreigner--apparently, obviously) has come to dine by herself? Surely, she is not a restaurant critic, ( Read more... )

01/30/12

Day three in Amsterdam. I've officially done the tourist thing and consumed too much of everything. I am changed by my travels in the following ways:

1. I can walk into a bar and order a local beer I know I'll like--La Chouffe. I'm fairly certain its logo is an anthropomorphized garden gnome. This feels fitting.

2. I can confidently use Euro ( Read more... )