Is Not Chicago

Here is a selection of the lastest updates from my friends who are also out galavanting around the world.

• wheresvictoria.com

  • Quito (4/7 – 4/9) April 14, 2012
    Similar to Guayaquil, I had heard quite daunting warnings about the safety concerns in Quito…so I was similarly unexcited to visit this city. I had booked a hotel shuttle to pick me up, because the warnings were to not take …read more […]
  • The Galapagos Islands (4/1 – 4/6) April 14, 2012
    Ever since I can remember, the Galapagos Islands were this amazing location that, although I thought it would be interesting to visit, it never seemed like a destination I would ever actually make. I’m thrilled to report as part of …read more […]
  • Guayaquil (3/30 – 4/1) April 10, 2012
    I had been warned much about Guayaquil, and how unsafe this city was…which just made me overjoyed with excitement for the visit (read: sarcasm). Thankfully, my sister was arriving the same day I was, so would not be left out …read more […]

• Bossche Blog

  • Back in Bier December 7, 2011
    Bock-staticYou'd think that with the somewhat recently updated, seemingly more user-friendly blog post-creation format, that I'd have more regular updates on this blog. Well, there's plenty of proof already that that's not the case. Though I have been writing posts for friend's blog for the last six consecutive weeks. I guess when th […]
  • Untitled October 26, 2011
    The fox trying to match the mouse's fleetnessI read tonight that Robin Pecknold is 11 months younger than I am. Man. Sometimes, I wonder if I shouldn't have just studied and gone to swim practice less in high school, and learned to play guitar and form a folk rock band instead. Additional discovery of the night: the Grolsch 'Herfstbok' (a […]
  • And then it was September September 11, 2011
    Mr Robert J Ross It's so hard to believe we moved to the Netherlands 19 months ago. Maybe because there didn't seem to be a summer this year (see multiple previous posts referencing lack of season-appropriate weather), the past season and a half have gone especially fast.Since coming back from Mongolia, things have been pretty exciting, I have to s […]