Today's Throwback is to Toronto's gorgeous Distillery District, which, when these were taken, was still an up-n-coming neighbourhood. With it's beautiful cobblestone walkways, old brick buildings with delightful cafes and chocolate shops, this area is popular for brunching and birthday brunching (yours truly). These were taken with the Nikon Coolpix 5200 in 2006.
One of the greatest cities on Earth.
Today's Throwback Monday is from N'awlins in '08!
Beignets, architecture, catfish and a whole lotta Bourbon.
For more N'awlins check out:
N'awlins \\ Cafe Du Monde \\ Mr. B's Bistro
Couldn't help but hum the 30 Rock theme song when we got there. Also, I imagined the skating rink to be much bigger than it was. One day, would love to go back during the Christmas season.
It's no secret that Amsterdam's #1 mode of transport is the bicycle.
Here, some shots of them without their riders.
Spent an afternoon walking around the Albert Cuyp Market, chock-full of vendors selling cheeses, seafood, shoes, clothing, and everything in between. I also love that they call it "maise", it's what I grew up calling "corn" in Africa.
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Have you heard of Edam Cheese? The one with the happy red coating?
It's named after the town of Edam (AY-dum), in the Netherlands. A picturesque village if I ever did see one. Absolutely charming canal houses and teahouses lined up against perfectly still water.
Our stop? The Cheese Weigh House, built in 1778, where a giant cheese market is held every summer. Here, Edam is coated in yellow wax as the red coating is only for export.
And as far as Edam, that was all there was to see but I was camera happy, all the same.
Today's Throwback Monday post takes us back to Zaanse Schans for Part II.
Cute little shops with clogs galore! Remember the clog trend?
Zaanse Schans was a day-trip for us whilst in Amsterdam.
The 17th-century town is a short bus ride away from Amsterdam and located along the River Zaan. Described in one word, Zaanse Schans is: Touristy with a capital T, but as we were, in fact, tourists, it was rather interesting to visit.
The highlight was the working windmills. We chose one to go up into, however in the midst of purchasing tour tickets we found out that that particular windmill was NOT actually one of the originals but a replica of the original. Did I say it was tourist trap?
Regardless, Zaanse Schans is beautifully scenic and wonderful to walk around in. This is part I. Oh and as it was touristy, there are a couple of photos of us (and fellow tourists) thrown in for good measure.
And for more Amsterdam, check out my Travel album, here.
Today's Throwback Monday goes back to Spring 2006 and one of our visits to New Hampshire. My niece was captured on the swing.
I'm so excited about our upcoming NYC trip in February and looking forward to catching up with some NYC bloggers while I'm there - if you'd like to meet up, send me an email!
One of the last times I was in NYC was in May 2004 with my friend Alicia, whom you've already met on this blog before, here and here and most recently with the newest addtion to their family, here.
This NYC trip took place when we were still in university and goofing around (hence the image of me pretending to take a flip and the one of us freaking out on the plane).
All of these were taken with film. Alicia is a talented web and graphic designer, so credit goes to her for all the images of me.
Here's the first installment of what I'm calling Throwback Mondays.
As it was our first MLK weekend here in Boston, we decided a day trip was in order. Onwards to Cape Cod, we drove. Destination: the tip, mainly: Provincetown, MA.
Although it was a blustery cold January day and almost everything was closed until the Spring, we enjoyed walking around, eating some fudge and ended up having dinner at a fantastic little restaurant on the water, watching the sunset.
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One of my favourite outdoor sites in Amsterdam was the "I Amsterdam" sign in Museumplein, behind the Rijksmuseum and near the Van Gogh Museum. The Van Gogh Museum, btw, was by far the best museum I went to. The Anne Frank House was incredibly moving as well, but more on that later.
One thing you see plenty of in Amsterdam is bicycles. I was expecting them, sure, but not this many.
And beware of crossing the path of a cyclist. They get very angry. You have to look both ways before getting from one side of the street to the next. The cyclist path is given more importance than the pedestrian sidewalk.
It was raining pretty hard as soon as we arrived in Amsterdam, and it remained fairly wet and quite chilly throughout the trip. As soon as we got to The Amsterdam Hilton, made famous for John Lennon & Yoko Ono's "Bed-In-For-Peace", all we wanted to do was have a quick bite to eat and some tea. So, while we waited for our room (not the John Lennon/Yoko Ono presidential suite, alas), we dined at one of the hotel's resturants, the Half Moon Lounge. We ordered some teas and a falafel sandwich with a side of fries. How amazing was this sandwich? And the service was wonderful and unintrusive while we relaxed by the huge canal side windows. Highly recommend this hotel, which has beautiful rooms and bathrooms with gorgeous canal views and a spectacular breakfast buffet, which may make an appearance on Foodhogger, later.
