Travel Day – Heading Back Home to New York Dear Commons Community, Elaine and I will be coming home to New York today.   We leave our hotel at 7:00 am and should be home around 3:00 pm. We gain back the six hours we lost because of the time zone change. Tony

Our Last Day in Amsterdam!   Dear Commons Community, This was our last day in Amsterdam.  Tomorrow we fly home to New York.  We started the day by going to Ea […]

Happy Easter from Amsterdam!   Dear Commons Community, Elaine and I will be attending Easter mass this morning at the Church of Our Lady (Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk) followed by brunch. Happy Easter to all! Tony    

Our Lord in the Attic  (Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder) Church of Our Lord in the Attic Dear Commons Community, Elaine and I visited Our Lord in the Attic  (Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder), a […]

Spent the day in Utrecht   Dear Commons Community, Elaine and I spent the day in Utrecht which is an historic, cultural, religious and education hub of the […]

Zaanse Schans – Preserved Dutch Village and Windmills Dear Commons Community, Yesterday Elaine and I visited the scenic Dutch village of Zaanse Schans near Zaandik, Netherlands, best known […]

Amsterdam Canal Cruise Dear Commons Community, Elaine and I took a canal cruise in Amsterdam today.  It was a good way to get more of a feel for the city with […]

Trip to Bruges Cancelled Due to Belgian Railway Strike! Dear Commons Community, Elaine and I cancelled our trip to Bruges due to a railway strike in Belgium.  We actually were about a third […]

Travel Day – Heading to Bruges via Brussels Bruges Dear Commons Community, Today is a travel day as Elaine and I leave Amsterdam to travel to Bruges, Belgium.  We will make a brief stop in Brussels.  We will come back to Amsterdam tomorrow night. Tony

The Rijkmuseum Dear Commons Community, Elaine and I spent the morning at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s major art museum.   Since 1885, the museum has […]

Amsterdam's Main Square – The Dam The Netherlands National Monument Commemorating the Country’s World War II  Dead Dear Commons Community, Yesterday we took a walk to […]

Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of Our Lady Dear Commons Community, Elaine and I attended Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of Our Lady.  Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk (Church of Our Lady) (S […]

Anne Frank House! Dear Commons Community, On September 3, 1944, Anne Frank and her family were deported from the Westerbork concentration camp to […]

An Evening Stroll in Jordaan in Amsterdam! Dear Commons Community, Last night, Elaine and I had dinner at Bleu, a quaint little restaurant about a ten-minute walk from where we […]

Arrived in Amsterdam – Staying at Sebastian's   Main Entrance to Sebastian’s Dear Commons Community, Elaine and I arrived safely in Amsterdam.  We are staying at Sebastian’s w […]

Travel Day – Heading to Amsterdam This Evening! Dear Commons Community, My wife, Elaine and I, will be leaving for Amsterdam this evening on vacation.  We will be spending about a […]

'Government By Chaos': Trump Slammed for Flip-Flop Tariff Policies! Dear Commons Community, Trump’s abrupt reversal on the aggressive global tariffs he announced a week ago left critics shaking their hea […]

Elon Musk Disses Trump Financial Adviser, Peter Navarro, Again.  Calls Him “truly a moron” and “Peter Retarrdo”   Elon Musk and Peter Navarro Dear Commons Community, Elon Musk took another swipe at Trump’s senior trade adviser Peter Navarro y […]

Deep Pocket Republican Charles Koch Backs Group Suing Trump Over Tariffs! Dear Commons Community, A conservative advocacy organization financed by billionaire Republican mega-donor Charles Koch is r […]

N.Y. Public Schools Tell Trump They Won’t Comply with His DEI Order   Dear Commons Community, New York state officials have told the Trump administration that they will not comply with its demands […]