April 2012

Eight Hours in the Brew City Whenever L&A goes to a city, we head for their art museum and brewery. To my knowledge, these do…

Links We Love Vol. 26 Incredible photos from Nepal via Creative Roots I had first-hand experience working with children who can’t read or write cursive.…

Biking and Beer in Lake Mills, Wisconsin One of the best things about living in Wisconsin is that the state is crisscrossed with bike trails…

Do Not Stay in a Hotel Near the Main Attractions When you get to a city, you want to see the sights. That’s why you…

Twenty Hours in Norway’s Capital City Olso is pretty far north and in the summer that means it gets late well, late. This is no…

Delicious Food in Central Amsterdam When you head to Leidseplein Square in central Amsterdam to see a band at Milkweg or some comedy at Boom…

Oooh – beautiful watercolor & google maps mashup – via Kottke Did you read our post about De Kaaskamer  in Amsterdam? If you like that,…

Tiptoe Through the Tulips on this Day Trip from Amsterdam The Dutch are very keen on horticulture. After windmills, when people think of the Netherlands,…

Hotel Tip #2 Use TripAdvisor (With a Grain of Salt) To Book Your Hotel When looking to book a hotel, a resource just as important…

Cheese Shop in Amsterdam’s 9 Streets After spending a morning shopping the impossibly cute shops in Amsterdam’s 9 Streets , you are probably starving. It takes…

Breakfast Fare To Go In Central Amsterdam The only think worse than airport food is airplane food (well, possibly public school lunches). Airport food is…

Neat Alphabet  via Quipsologies Istanbul Travel Illustration via Creative Roots What to do in Banff via Y Travel Blog Reykjavic via A Dangerous Business Awesome…

Charcoal Grill in Madrid Growing up in Appleton, Wisconsin, we had a restaurant with a charcoal grill called Mr. Cinders. It was on the other…

Hotel Tip #1 Don’t Assume That Because a Hotel Is In a Guidebook, It Is Worth Staying At After you have purchased your plane tickets…

Hands-On Science in San Francisco The scene in So I Married an Axe Murderer where Mike Myers and Nancy Travis are walking near a lagoon…

Two Parks in Western Madrid Madrid is hot. Spain is hot.  Folks will tell you it is a dry heat, so that means if you…

Hoppy Easter! Thanks for reading our blog – hope you all have a wonderful day, and drink lots of hoppy beer!  

Links We Love: Vol 23 Here’s a drool worthy write-up of one of our favorite restaurants in Madison – The Old Fashioned . Cool  Maps…

Delicious Sandwich Shop in Central Amsterdam When I was a kid, I came home for lunch every day. I did this all throughout elementary school.…

Take Good Care of Your Feet When you are traveling, you will probably be relying on your feet more than you do at home. Without…

Spend A Relaxing Day In Sevilla’s Central Park In America, weekends have become  somehow  busier than weekdays. We cram a whole week’s worth of errands into…