Apartment Photos

Some photos I took on my phone of the apartment.


First Supper: a sandwich :)


I'm on the third floor. I call these guys "ladder stairs." I very frequently need to hang onto the railings going down to ensure I don't fall. This picture doesn't do them justice in their steepness.


From the balcony

Home For A Month

I arrived in Amsterdam June 18th in the afternoon. After some delays in Seattle, and confusion in Iceland, I finally made it. There was a driver waiting at the airport and he took me to my temporary apartment and gave me the key. I took this video shortly after arriving, you can see that I haven't even unpacked yet.

It's a great location, on Looiersgracht, very close to the office, and surrounded by many bars and restaurants that I have yet to try out. The place has a great view of the canal, and the construction eye-sore you see in the video is no longer there, making the view even more beautiful.


After dropping off my bags I went on an immediate hunt for money and a bike. Within a couple hours I managed to find a map, an ATM, haggle over a bike that I now proudly own, and go grocery shopping. Grocery shopping—still figuring that one out.

Why Amster-Shh!?

Hello friends and family. As most of you know, my Portland based company, Wieden+Kennedy, has offered me a position in the Amsterdam office. I'm going to be living over here for an indefinite amount of time, during which I plan to get to know this charming city, and travel Europe as much as possible. I've decided to create this blog for you. I figured this might be the best way to keep many curious minds at ease. So, I'll do my best to update this fairly regularly, so that you can have some idea of how my new life is unfolding.

So why Amster-shh!?

When I was home just prior to taking off to come here, my father reminded me of a song that my Nana used to sing us girls when I was very young. This was my first time I ever heard of the place Amsterdam.

It went something like this:

(Nana, correct me if this isn't your version)

There were three jolly fishermen.

There were three jolly fishermen.

Fisher, fisher, men, men, men.

Fisher, fisher, men, men, men.

There were three jolly fishermen.

The first on’e name was Abraham. ...

Abra, Abra, ham, ham, ham.

The second one’s name was I-I-saac. ...

I, I, sac, sac, sac.

The third one’s name was Ja-a-cob. ...

Ja, Ja, cob, cob, cob.

They all went down to Jericho. ...

Jeri, Jeri, cho, cho, cho.

They should have gone to Amsterdam. ...

Amster, Amster, shh, shh, shh.

You shouldn’t say that naughty word. ...

naughty, naughty, word, word, word.

We’re going to say it any way. ...

Any, any, way, way, way.

They should have gone to Amsterdam. ...

Amster, Amster, dam, dam, dam.