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company of clever
www.thecompanyofclever.com
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Boston based blogger, currently living in Amsterdam. Travel, photography, food & drink, mixed with a bit of sarcasm for good measure. This blog wanders by my side as I explore Europe & beyond.
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WHO SAYS christmas is only once a year

BOOM. Daryl is co-hosting with two other bloggers. Related posts: was santa good to you this year?

1 h ago

the friday list, v19 {or, finally a page update. plus a fancy map.}

Finally! I have created my Amsterdam map & updated my Everything Amsterdam page. Ohhhhhh what..you don’t want to click that first link? No problem, here’s my map: And this definitely ...

3 days ago

To remember these holidays since they don’t exist in the NL, or #RWRunStreak

And here we go: I have just fallen victim to yet another internet challenge. Probably because it is so gorgeously sunny outside, because I am trapped at my desk staring out the window, because it is ...

4 days ago

the first book club

Tonight is the night, our very first, very unofficial, book club! Our, as in…us. A group of girls that connected in the strangest of ways…you’ll never believe it: through our blogs....

6 days ago

first things first, queen’s day happened

My first Queen’s Day in the Netherlands! To think I had NO IDEA that this holiday even existed before I moved abroad…and that I believed it most certainly impossible to find hundreds of t...

21 may 12

i can’t think of a post title, so this will do.

I keep finding myself saying “Amsterdam really isn’t that far away.” Except for those times, of course, when it is really is that far away. Far enough to know it’s gunna be a ...

15 may 12

currently: roadtripping

My parents have arrived! We spent the weekend in Amsterdam & now we’re off to Cologne // Basel // Frankfurt for the next four days. We’ll be cruising through the countryside, eating d...

06 may 12

the friday list, v18 {the month of parents}

Alright team, here.we.go. Today marks the first day of The Month Of Parents. een. The next time I’ll be at my apartment, it will be with my parents. They fly in late afternoon, and I can’...

04 may 12

an infographic! sugar! it’s terrible! {the sugar, not the infographic.}

I don’t think I know a single person who isn’t putting in at least a marginal amount of effort to “stop consuming so much sugar” on a regular basis. I know I am. {Putting in a...

03 may 12

merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Row row row your boat, gently down the stream. Or in our case, against the current. Our new boat, with the old engine, was having a bit of trouble the first weekend we took her out. Actually, a lot o...

01 may 12

the friday list, v17 {get inspired for the long weekend}

Heyyyooo it’s a long weekend here in Nederlands! Queen’s Day is Monday & it’s going to be all crazy up here in these canals. Think millions of people, lots of Orange, beer beer ...

27 apr 12

five times fast, a sunny spring sunday

Last Sunday, it was gorgeous here in Amsterdam. The kind of gorgeous that makes your heart melt for all the tourists visiting…as opposed to the normal frustration felt from them walking all up ...

26 apr 12

le pain quotidien #amsterdam

Brunch in Amsterdam tends to be so good. Mainly, because as an expat here, you quickly learn the Dutch have a hard time with the concept. As a result, good brunch spots are few & far between̷...

25 apr 12

the low key kind of friday night

Pop quiz hotshot: which drink is mine & which is PAB’s?? How well do you know me —– On Friday night, we had an early dinner. We walked down our street, took a right & arrive...

24 apr 12

the friday list, v16 {good reads on @goodreads}

Are you linking-up this week? If you wrote post that contains any kind of list or summary, join! 1) Copy & paste the code in the box below to put my button in your own post, 2) use the LinkyTool ...

20 apr 12

quotegasm: inspiration for your thursday

So I might really-like-a-lot-slash-love Shatterboxx. And now that they have launched an app for the iPhone called Paper’d? I definitely spend way too much time clicking around on their websites...

19 apr 12

teaching english in amsterdam, teaching in general

Something I really enjoy about working at Orange is the volunteering commitment from the company. Each quarter, we partner with a different organization. Last year, before I started working here, the...

18 apr 12

boat, boat, finally…the boat.

Last Thursday, PAB welcomed his newly purchased boat with open arms. He found an awesome used sloop on Marktplaats, which is basically like the Dutch Craigslist. {Although, we have that here too̷...

17 apr 12

the austrian alps

Over Easter weekend, we hopped in the car and drove about nine hours to St. Anton, in the Austrian Alps, for one last weekend of skiing. We arrived late afternoon, checked into our B&B, and then ...

16 apr 12

the friday list, v15 {well hi there}

Hi hello, TGIF…glad you’re back. Since returning from our long weekend spent in Austria, time has seemed to have slipped through my fingers…I can’t believe it is already the ...

13 apr 12

driving home from austria, how’s your monday?

Ah, long weekends really are the best. Currently, we are driving back to Amsterdam after spending the last few days in Arlberg, Austria – St. Anton to be exact – getting in our last ski ...

09 apr 12

the friday list, v14 {since moving to the eurozone & calling the euro my own, i’ve thought about th...

“However, the country we live in has changed enormously over the last century. We’ve seen desegregation, we put a man on the moon, we built the first mass-produced automobiles, and we also inve...

06 apr 12

notre dame, you impress me

My parents are coming to visit next month, and our itinerary planning has me daydreaming about visiting Paris, my favorite city. {Sorry Amsterdam, you’re a close second I promise.} There are s...

05 apr 12

new kid on the block: G&T’s

Last weekend I met up with Lauren for late afternoon drinks in the city. We ventured over to G&T’s, a new spot in the Jordaan neighborhood, and I have to say I was impressed. Lauren had ...

03 apr 12

a three hour walk

PAB is back in town! After 10 days in the states, I happily picked him up at Schipol airport early afternoon to welcome him home. After a bit of unpacking & catching up, we headed out with Roxa...

02 apr 12

a little video for your saturday

This might be the cutest birthday surprise video ever, you can’t help but laugh at the end. It’s three minutes & it’s pretty great. Lily’s Disneyland Surprise Related post...

31 mar 12

the friday list, v13 {boat-body-bootca mp}

Hayyy it’s time to talk about BOATBODYBOOTCAMP. As in, PAB bought a boat & now I should probably focus on getting in shape. Ok, yes…I am always claiming that “I am about to focu...

30 mar 12

stuff dutch people do, v1

Obviously there are a lot of cultural differences between the Dutch & Americans. Since I get a lot of questions {from both sides} about these differences, I’ve decided to start my own lil ...

29 mar 12

castle of the count

Between strolling along the canals & using our day trip as an excuse to stuff our faces with chocolate, frites, & cupcakes, we did do the super touristy thing for a hot minute when we decided...

28 mar 12

things we found {ghent, belgium}

As I mentioned yesterday, I spent last Saturday checking out Ghent, Belgium. Located in Flanders, and often referred to as “Gent”, the spoken language here is Flemish: for all intents an...

27 mar 12

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