Glocal Girl

I did something really uncharacteristic.  2 things actually.The first thing I did was go on a blind date.  Not really because yes, you all know I have a boyfriend whom I adore, but I literally had a date with several persons (7 to be exa...

February is the official month of love.  And depending on your current relationship status, it's either a painful 28 days of single-dom awareness (Hey, we've all been there) or the perfect excuse to subject your boyfriend/husband/significant other...

This week was filled to the brim with events, but a good mixture of lowkey and upbeat.  Just the way I like it.  Although it's Friday and the weekend is nearing by the hour, I wish I could bottle this week up and live it again.The Weekly List...

Take a look at this spread...You've all heard me ramble enough about beginning my international career and all the new challenges/loves/exciting things I'm learning along the way.  But if there's one thing I have learned, it's that all work a...

On Sunday, after my birthday photoshoot for Mom, we did something a bit s-d-r-a-w-k-c-a-b {backwards} and super fun.  The morning started out with a loooong run thru Beatrixpark - a smaller park in our Oud Zuid neighborhood.  Vondelpark, the ...

In every household there is a Queen Bee.  The captain of the ship.  The key ingredient to a smoothly running operation.  You get it: Queen Bee equals Mom.  Mom keeps family together (and in check).  Mom also is there to dr...

Hope everybody had a great week!  Mine was relatively uneventful and calm on the home front, but at work it was a busy five days.  Oh well, better busy than boring.  I'm starting to get into the swing of things and after an intensive mul...

Whenever I have one of those writer blocks, I try and think of a relevant issue that at some point I wished I knew more about, but was forced to discover in some round-a-bout and time-consuming way.  It could have been something really simple like...

If you've been following Glocal Girl for a while you have heard of the challenges I've encountered in finding a job in the European market.  First, with the visa obstacle and then secondly with the language barrier.  However, it's important t...

If you call me Darling I'll make you anything.  I had aspirations to make blueberry pancakes this Sunday morning but my throbbing head got in the way so our breakfast resorted to simple buttered toast and tangerines.  Last night we went...