finding beauty in the everyday


  • Icing part 2 (technical difficulties)

    Grrr, for some reason the following was omitted from my previous post and refuses to appear when I update, so here it is all alone. …After leaving RP, I found myself along the East River where there was a food festival, then along Bedford Street where I had to buy a necklace of a tiny…

  • Icing

    Thank you, Brooklyn. Thank you for being the icing on my triple layer, cream cheese frosted, perfect for breakfast, or after dinner, cake of an adventure. After waking on my friend’s couch from a surprisingly good night of jet lagged sleep, I made my way to Civil Service Cafe for a truly hipster American breakfast…

  • Brooklyn, NY

    And, one more for good measure.

  • Ciao Italia

    And just like that I am back in Amsterdam, (and wifi), one third of the way home, retracing each step. Abq> NYC> Dublin> Amsterdam>Pisa> Amsterdam> Dublin>NYC> Abq, all in 15 days. (Dublin is included only because it is a flight connection that must be made, not because I saw anything outside of the airport; next…