A Tale of Two Cities: Madrid and Amsterdam, Part 4 of 4
Amsterdam: Part 2 of 2 Museums My home of Portland, Oregon has weed, naked women, streetcars, bikes, beer and two big rivers. What we don’t have are the Van Gogh […]
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A Tale of Two Cities: Madrid and Amsterdam, Part 3 of 4
Amsterdam: Part 1 of 2 Amsterdam. I had been curious having connected through Schiphol for years, so I got a guide book and my enthusiasm cemented into a plan to […]
A Tale of Two Cities: Madrid and Amsterdam, Part 2 of 4
Madrid: Part 2 of 2 One of the best things about Madrid is the good value of eating out. As you will see, madrileños love to go out too. Dining […]
A Tale of Two Cities: Madrid and Amsterdam, Part 1 of 4
Madrid: Part 1 of 2 I just got back from an 11-day trip to Madrid and Amsterdam. They were vastly different. I had expected to like Madrid but to fall […]
2014: A Year of Aural Bliss
Hello 2015! January is already over? What? I haven’t blogged in a long time. I discovered the reason for this is an unintended consequence of a great year of getting […]
What NaNoWriMo Taught Me
I always grumbled about NaNoWriMo being in November. What a shitty month to commit to completing a 50,000-word novel! It’s during the crazy sprint to the end of the year. […]
Schwäbisch Gmünd in Bloom
Germany Day 7 One of my favorite things to do in Baden-Württemberg is to attend the Landesgartenschau. “Landesgartenschau” roughly translates into a regional or state botanical exhibition. It is held […]
Rhapsody in Green: Bavarian Summer Wedding
Germany: Day 3 I planned my annual late summer trip to Germany around my friends’ wedding this past weekend. I knew Sara and Frank’s wedding would be amazing, especially with […]
Portland me mata
The only way I can adequately describe how Portlanders squeeze twelve months into four is to steal one of the traditional sayings about another city: “Madrid me mata.” A little […]
90s Night
I will bring back the fanny pack! Fanny packs will always be awesome. What were my 90s like? It has always been my personal mythology that I was thoroughly miserable […]
Stephanie Golisch 