While I’d much rather photograph Amsterdam’s canals in Spring, Summer, or Fall, they’re still awfully darn pretty in the Winter with no leaves on the trees. On Today’s Date in the Past: One Thing, Three Ways:  Getting Gigi Ready Salt & Pepper You Might Also Enjoy: Other Canal Posts Other Amsterdam Posts

If you get up early enough in the morning, especially on a Sunday morning when most people are barely falling asleep from Saturday night’s festivities, the I AMsterdam sign by the Rijksmuseum is a lot less crowded with tourists than the other times I’ve visited it. I didn’t have my tripod with me, and I […]

The trip across the Atlantic is a long one.  I left my house at 2:00 pm on Friday afternoon and walked into my hotel in Amsterdam at 5:00 pm on Saturday, local time.  It was just enough time to quickly freshen up and then meet my friend Jennifer, who lives in Amsterdam, for a lovely […]

As long as I’m setting foot in Amsterdam, my first stop will always be a bee line to frites with mayonnaise and curry.  Later in the three week trip I had a five hour layover in Amsterdam, and I had a few more servings of frites again then. You Might Also Enjoy: Other Frites Posts […]

As a friend recently asked, “What is it about December that brings out the ‘year in review recaps’ and ‘predictions’ in all of us?”  I don’t know the answer, but I do feel myself being sucked in.  Because the “A to Z” series I incorporated into my 365+1 photo blogging project has been so well received, I thought I’d […]