• Lifestyle

    My mother’s past shaped my future

    My mother’s past was a rollercoaster of epic proportions. She was born and raised in India, married at 23, and moved to America to follow that good old American Dream. She…

  • Tourism

    Irwindale’s Renaissance Faire

    “It’s Americans pretending to be old Europeans.” I’m still laughing about how accurate that is. Sander had never been to anything like a Renaissance Faire. I had grown up attending a…

  • Lifestyle

    Owning a Shiba Inu seven months in

    Booker is seven months old now and is still quite a handful. We knew that choosing a Shiba Inu for a dog would be a challenge. But she’s been amazing. I’ve…

  • Tourism

    Artis Zoo in Amsterdam

    ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo is nestled in the heart of, you guessed it, Amsterdam. It’s not only the oldest zoo in Amsterdam but one of the oldest in Europe, although it’s…

  • Lifestyle

    Spring in The Netherlands

    I cannot believe my eyes. The sun is out! I was born in the “sunshine State.” Autumn and winter was a bit of a culture shock. It’s been months since I’ve…