Andy in Amsterdam

This first part is from yesterday before I was so tired that I started seeing trailers and my will to blog left me.

I’m finally back home. That US to Europe trip is always a killer for me. I didn’t sleep - unlike the fellow beside me. Thus, I got home and, while all around . . . → Read More: On Re-entry

NYC - Day Six

Greeley talks about biking a lot. He loves getting out and riding along all the new bike paths that have been put in recently. There are a lot of paths, the one around Manhattan is almost complete. There are bike lanes along the streets, but he is . . . → Read More: Bridges and Square Dancing

NYC - Day Five

One of the things I needed to get done while I was here was to cash some American Express travelers checks that have been sitting in a drawer back in Amsterdam since I arrived there in January 2004. I’d actually bought them in July of 2002. Then I received . . . → Read More: Banking, Downtown Yarns, and Dinner with Tigger!

NYC - Day Five

This morning I went to my old church. Walking up, I saw a drag queen by the front door. I thought it was just an overdressed prostitute (it’s the kind of church that doesn’t blink when a prostitute walks in), but she turned out to be a member of the Imperial . . . → Read More: Stonewall Sunday and Seeing Ross

NYC - Day Three

This morning, I got up and went to a meeting that I used to go to on Saturday mornings when I lived here. It’s sort of a writer’s support group. It was good to see some of the old faces. Of course there are a lot of new people, . . . → Read More: Yarn Tour and Llanview

NYC - Day Two

As the weather forecast for today was only cloudy and not scattered showers or thunderstorms – like the rest of the weekend is supposed to be – Greeley and I decided to take a bike ride through Central Park. It’s one of those things we occasionally did when I . . . → Read More: …I Do as the Romans Do

NYC - Day One

After getting up pretty early and packing, I was out of the house about two hours before my flight this afternoon. I’m sort of crazy about where we’re situated in Amsterdam and getting to the airport. It’s just a ten-minute walk to the station and then a train. Checking . . . → Read More: And We’re Off

Vertrekken - verb. - to depart

I like to pack late for trips. I’ll get some things together ahead of time, but I don’t like to start putting clothes and things into the actual bag until right before (that morning, possibly the night before) I leave. The problem is that if I have a suitcase . . . → Read More: Vertrekken

Late this afternoon, I went to a networking thing. It was actually a “new herring“/drink thing to introduce something at a museum. If “something at a museum” is a little vague, it’s because I never really got what it was about. The museum was the Amsterdam Historic Museum. I had spoken to someone earlier . . . → Read More: Networking and Other Chit-Chat