I visited Detroit for the first time in October 2016. Not only did I love the history, culture, and food of the city, I was blown away by the Detroit nightlife scene. To me, Detroit is America’s most underrated destination for nightlife, specifically Techno. “Wait” – you might say – “Isn’t Detroit run-down and dangerous?” […]
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Dutch American Friendship Treaty: 10 Step Guide to Getting the Self Employment Permit in the Netherlands
Moving to Europe is notoriously hard. As an American, I didn’t really pay attention to my international friends’ struggles of applying for permanent visas in the United States. When I decided that I wanted to move to the Netherlands long-term, I got to understand first hand the frustrations of being on the other side. Thankfully, […]
Why Moving Back to New York City Gave Me Anxiety
This is fittingly the 100th post on my blog. I started this blog when I left NYC in 2014 in search of bigger and better things. Actually “running away” is a better way to describe it. I’ve had to move back to NYC for a couple months for work, and this is how I felt about […]
My “Date Gone Wrong” in Delft
At the end of last year, when I was searching for (yet another) apartment in Amsterdam, I got in touch with a Bulgarian guy Martin about subletting his apartment. I didn’t end up taking it, but we decided to keep in touch anyway via Facebook as he was also in the startup scene. Throughout the next […]
My Q-Base Misadventure
About the time I arrived at Dusseldorf with basically no money or accommodation and slept and showered at a stranger’s house, who I met by spilling his coffee in the train. I’m writing this one year late, because frankly, I was quite embarrassed by what had happened last year when I arrived at Dusseldorf for Q-Base. In […]
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Tomorrowland Festival Review 2016
My Rating of the Festival: 7/10. Tomorrowland’s scale cannot be beat – 15 stages and 180,000 people from over 75 countries. However, two general impressions that detracted from my experience – 1) Too big! Takes forever to walk anywhere, even if you are staying in the Dreamville camping area (20 min minimum to walk into the festival). […]
Defqon.1 Review 2016
My Rating of Defqon.1: 8/10. While the Dutch weather was a bit of a downer, as well as the fact that not all stages were active all 3 days, there’s nothing quite like 55,000 Weekend Warriors from all over the world united for the sound we love. Read on for my Defqon.1 review, 2016. Defqon.1 has long […]
Dance Music Tourism Statistics
I took a total of 7 trips to new cities in 2015 and the main reason I went on all those trips was because there were EDM events I wanted to go to in those cities – London, Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Ibiza, and Eindhoven. Some of those cities I probably would have never cared to visit […]
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Inside Taipei’s Techno Club – Korner
I went for a techno club night out in Taipei, to the club Korner (the Wall). No, I’m not using “techno” in the context of Top 40 EDM like Zedd & Martin Garrix. I’m talking about actual underground dance music. Yes, Taipei techno DOES exist! I grew up in Taiwan listening to Taiwanese pop music and […]
Definitive Guide to Clubbing in Amsterdam
I’ve been living in Amsterdam since October 2015. As an electronic dance music enthusiast, living in Amsterdam is a dream come true. Amsterdam is truly the dance music capital of the world. It’s home to many of the top DJs of the world – I even once ran into my favorite DJ, Dr. Peacock and […]