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September Amsterdam
you neglected to reference your source.
on the faculty at:
http://www.liberty.edu/aboutliberty/
You are Barack Obama, and you know how to party. And now, as oil hits the Florida beaches and dying wildlife and desperate Louisiana fishermen fill the cable news in searing testimony to what Reuters is calling our "worst environmental disaster," you are doing what you do best...party.
Your bureaucrats have been saying "No we can't" to request after request for assistance along the Gulf Coast, but for you it has been "Yes we can" as you spend taxpayer dollars on entertainment at a greater rate than any U.S. president. Your parties have averaged one every three days and your vacations seem endless as you've satisfied the vow of your former social secretary to bring "the same kind of environment" you had in Chicago to the White House.
You weren't known for your attention to business in the Illinois state senate, but, as one friend said about you and Michelle, "if there was a party or an event, they were there." And as little as you did in the Illinois and the U.S. senates, you've been doing even less in the Gulf, notes radio host Hugh Hewitt.
Even Politico, a part of the Washington Post all-Barack-all-the-time media empire, says you are "failing the test of leadership" with your obvious distaste for getting your hands dirty. And the ubiquitous Dick Morris flatly states the emerging consensus: Our "president doesn't have a clue" when he steps off the dance floor.
You're Barack Obama, and you're not the first black president (Bill Clinton beat you to it), the first incompetent president (Jimmy Carter was there for us in the modern era), or the first professor president (Woodrow Wilson brought his Princeton University-blessed master race theories to the White House). But you are the first party president, with more social affairs than any White House in the nation's history. "Party on" was the way WorldNet Daily described it; another summed it up in a headline, "Obama During Oil Spill -- Golf, Parties, Photo-Ops...and More Golf!"
With George and Martha looking down from their framed perches on the walls of the stately East Room, you've turned the White House into "a showcase of glitzy extravagance." Welcome to Barack Obama's Animal House...er, National Lampoon's White House...no, let's get this straight, Barack Obama's White House.
You have created a world of lavish galas, of black ties and celebrity chefs, of "star-studded" guest lists, celebrated by the admiring Washington Post as a return to "Camelot, the Big Myth, the story of American royalty" You are for the media elites "Camelot's new knight" in "shining armor," and, together with Michelle, you are royalty bringing this dreary republic "a palace of sunshine."
Awesome, beamed The Washington Post in print last week about your celebration of the music of Paul McCartney. "It was all love" for both you and Sir Paul, for your friends on "the A-List." Michelle cried, you had tears in your eyes, and even Jerry Seinfeld offered a sniff or two.
Meanwhile, down on the coast, there were no dazzled and dazzling Washington Post reporters recording the tears of the boat captain who, when asked about the future, replied, "I don't know -- my life, my boat, it is all gone." And in the Gulf, the black balls of tar were swaying in the angry waves as a new hurricane season pushed them toward shore.
Swaying meant something different last week to you, Barack Obama. You were "swaying along to the beat," Fox News told us, while a "star-studded list of celebrities" joined with the Democratic Party elite and a few favored journalists scrambling to get their pictures taken with you. Another week of partying with our "new American royalty."
But popping up in the photo ops with Elvis Costello and Stevie Wonder and Beyonce and Sheryl Crow and Josh Groban, in the sumptuous spreads prepared by a continuous line of celebrity chefs dropping their magic on gold-trimmed fine bone china, in the Green Curry Prawns with Caramelized Salsify and the Oregon Wagyu Beef in Oaxacan Black Mole -- in all of this, there is a haunting hint of John Belushi's "Bluto" Blutarsky urinating on the shrubs outside the East Room.
Haunting because a bureaucratic black hole continues to swallow the requests of angry Gulf state officials as they have struggled to get in front of the oil heading toward their shores. "Mired down in bureaucracy" was the way the Weekly Standard put it. This weekend the tides brought in the "wildlife apocalypse along the Gulf Coast that everyone has feared for weeks."
For weeks. For weeks, state officials and citizens at every level have asked you, hammered at you, screamed at you -- we need help. But you're Barack Obama, and you are American royalty, and, as you told the "A-List" gathered in the White House last Wednesday, you need your celebration every bit as much as the Gulf needs berms to hold back the oil because "what gets us through tough times is music, the arts...the ability to capture that essential kernel of ourselves."
And so you were in the North Carolina mountains on vacation a couple of weeks ago, seeking that "essential kernel" of yourself on the streets of a city known as the San Francisco of the East Coast. And while Louisiana boat captain Dave Marino helplessly watched his nightmare unfold, you enjoyed three days of "delectable food," of relaxing in "massaging waterfall pools" from the sumptuous Biltmore House, the "largest private residence in America."
As the media noted, you found your "essential kernel" even while " step and a romantic glow."
And so back in Washington, Rolling Stone looked on in awe as the music at your party "visibly transported" you to an internal world love. But it did not transport you to the Environmental Protection agency, where a horde of "top" officials discussed your "ongoing efforts" -- but did not respond to the frantic requests of local and state officials for permits to stop the oil.
And it did not transport you to the Bureau of Mineral Management, where your Harvard-educated appointee did "almost nothing" for the beleaguered citizens of the Gulf Coast, finally resigning in the storm of protest. As one commentator observed, you could have provided help "instantly with a phone call." But you didn't.
You are Barack Obama, and "American royalty" is what the Washington Post calls you. And royalty needs parties, pleasure, celebration, and adoring crowds. Your guests left their Hollywood mansions, their colonial revival townhomes in Georgetown, their upper-Manhattan brownstones and penthouses to applaud as you "smiled broadly and swayed" this past week.
And for almost two years it has been party after party, celebration after celebration, thrilled right down to your "kernel" by love in black tie and silk gown.
You are Barack Obama, and you are American royalty.
And as for the people of the Gulf Coast: Let them eat tar balls.
Ok, so Mark Rutte's VVD won. What does this mean for cannabis?
Secondly, what economic condition is the Netherlands in? Shouldn't the financial crisis play in cannabis' favor? What's the argument for regulating (strangling, restricting, etc) the market and the resultant inflow of foreign capital?
I find it hard to believe that anybody would take a drive to rail down capital inflows during recessionary times. What am I missing in this equation (mind you, I have an economics background but know next to nothing about the financial stability of the Dutch system at the moment)?
If you have high speed internet, you can watch Nol's interview. The report is about the Dutch elections, and Nol's interview is at the end of it. The whole thing might be about 5 minutes long, but as mentioned the topic of the coffeeshops is handled last.
Here's the link to Nol's staking website to watch it:
http://coffeeshopstaking.nl/9juni2010/
Legalization is being voted on in California this November. Polls indicate about 50-50 right now. Colorado is not voting on full legalization at this time. In both states, there are new restrictions being put in.
Estimates are that half the dispensaries or more will be forced to shut down as they cannot comply with the zoning laws.
A crazy thing in Colorado is that the dispensary must grow 70% of the weed they sell and this goes into effect in 2 months! this is impossible for any of them to comply unless they were already growing a ton.
So for alot of them they will not have product.
So I wouldn't say that the wheels have turned yet in the USA. and this is only 2 states, the other states that are introducing medical cannabis, are very restrictive, like crazy New Jersey, basically only allowing terminal patients to have, not grow either.
I don't know enough about Dutch politics but the costs also of policing street dealers and delivery services that will crop up will also be enormous.
This reminds me of the old days when they would stop people at the airport if they looked as a drug consumer and ask them all sorts of crap, keep them there for a couple of hours. it will increase corruption as well. I can't see it happening.
so wait
does this mean this is the last summer of coffeeshops in amsterdam? Ban will take place soon?
ironic yes but reality sucks
I find it quite ironic Dutch politics seems potentially headed in the direction of MORE restrictions, if not outright bans on marjuana use, while US politics seems to be moving in the direction of less restictions, if not outright legalization.
In fact, Mark Rutte, the Liberals leader, has only two options:
Completely right, with Freedom Party PVV and Christian Conservatives, that would give them the smallest minority, 76 out of 150.
This is also the less probable one, for the Freedom Party has no Senator in the First Chamber, so no support there.
The Christian Democrats lost half of their reps, who needs a loser, and besides, most senior Christian Democrats do not want to be linked with Wilders, the Freedom Party leader.
The other possible coalition is VVD with PvdA, Green Left and Democrats '66. That would not be so bad for coffeeshops, but I am afraid this will lead to a new election, maybe even this year.
The outcome of these elections is not good.
The Netherlands are in crisis, but not as bad as the rest of Europe. unemployment is at 4.5 %.
700 coffeeshops pay 400 million euro's in tax every year, peanuts for Dutch politics, a lot of monet imho.
Money will not be an issue in the future situation of the coffeeshops, only short sighted politicians will be the issue. That, plus the fact that the coffeeshop owners do not speak up, will probably mean hevy weather ahead, if VVD, PVV and CDA come to power.
We are in limbo....
Wilders freedom party more than doubled its seats ( to 24) out of 150.
That is coming in a strong third in parliament.
Keep your fingers crossed. It aint over til its over...
It depends on which coalition is formed. If its the right wing groups, PVV, VVD, CDA then its curtains for the coffeeshops and foreigners in Holland. This combination has a high possibility of being formed according to the media. If its left leaning then they should be OK for now.
What is the effect of the elections on coffeeshops? I've been searching for information on this specific topic in the online newspapers such as De Telegraaf, AD, Parool, and even visited the site for de Coffeeshopstaking (http://coffeeshopstaking.nl/9juni2010/) but came up empty.
Thanks in advance.
Its not zoning laws that forced a majority of LA's dispensaries to close their doors. It was based on when they applied for their business license. Any dispensary with a license issued after a certain date in 2007 (sometime in November, I think) is out of luck and has been closed down. The remaining dispensaries are the ones that have to deal with the new zoning regulations, and they are still waiting for city council to provide a map showing exactly where they are and are not allowed to operate.
moe.
I just found this in the LA Times:
The ordinance, which took effect June 7, limits dispensaries to those that had registered by Nov. 13, 2007, have the same operator and have moved no more than once.
This sounds good, I found the link over at ACD:
http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/4/AMSTERDAM/article/detail/300149/2010/06/18/Amsterdam-wil-experimenteren-met-coffeeshop.dhtml
AMSTERDAM - The municipality of Amsterdam wants to experiment with coffee shops. In one variant drug would only be consumed locally. In one variant only be consumed locally Would drug. The other has only one takeaway counter with the opening of a store. The other HAS only one takeaway counter with the opening of a store.
These are ideas that Deputy Mayor Lodewijk Asscher believes nuisance from coffee shops to fight. These are Ideas that Deputy Mayor Lodewijk Asscher think nuisance or coffee shops to Fight. These new types of coffee shops were in districts which may come now is not a regulated sale of soft drugs. These new types of coffee shops in the district Were Which May Come Now is not a regulated sale of soft drugs. There will also be extensive research into visitors and nuisance around coffee shops. There Will Also be extensification key research and nuisance visitors around coffeeshops.
Amsterdam respond to a request Would Galanthus from the state to study the control of nuisance around coffeeshops. On the other hand, help coffee shops spread across the city, which has long been a desire of the council. On The Other Hand, help coffee shops spread across the city, Which HAS long leg a desire of the council.
Amsterdam was originally skeptical about the invitation from the state for this study. Amsterdam Originally Skeptical about the invitation from the state for this study. The empire is aiming at smaller coffee shops. The kingdom AIMS at smaller coffee shops. Amsterdam sees the solution to crime around the industry in regulating the 'back door': the cultivation and trade of soft drugs. Amsterdam sees the solution to crime around the business in Regulating the back door: the cultivation and trade of soft drugs. An investigation into the college was also included in agreement. An Investigation Into the college Also included in the agreement. But the rich do not want to. But the rich do not Want To.
The municipality of Eindhoven has also made a request for a trial to begin controlled cannabis cultivation. The municipality of Eindhoven HAS Also made a request for a trial to start controlled cannabis cultivation.
Already there is under investigation in the county east and west to the visitors and the Reasons why people come to the coffee shop.
Then there is a lot of extensive research to come fifty coffeeshops. Then there is a lot of research to come extensification fifty coffeeshops. All parts, except center, are involved. All parts, Except center, are Involved. According to the city differs from the situation in the city too much away. , According to the city from the differential situation in the city too much away.
There are surveys of residents in neighborhoods where there are no coffee shops are located. There are surveys of residents in Neighborhoods Where There are no coffee shops are located. Per coffeeshop is mapped or turnover from the sale or trade is soft. Per coffeeshop is mapped or turnover from the sale or trade is soft. Plus the tax, police and judiciary involved. Plus the Tax Authorities, the Police and Judiciary Involved. The complaints are measured. The complaints are measured.
Only after this second study, the experiment started with the cafe-style coffee shops or shopping. Only after this second study, the experiment started with the cafe-style coffee shops or shopping. This can be existing, but also to new locations. Can this be existing, but Also to new locations. The experiment will start next year at the earliest. Will start the experiment next year at the Earliest. At present, the sale of soft drugs tolerated only in restaurants. At present, the sale of soft drugs tolerated only in restaurants.
good point Moe, I get Colorado and Cali. confused.
Its not zoning laws that forced a majority of LA's dispensaries to close their doors. It was based on when they applied for their business license. Any dispensary with a license issued after a certain date in 2007 (sometime in November, I think) is out of luck and has been closed down. The remaining dispensaries are the ones that have to deal with the new zoning regulations, and they are still waiting for city council to provide a map showing exactly where they are and are not allowed to operate.
moe.
I just found this in the LA Times:
The ordinance, which took effect June 7, limits dispensaries to those that had registered by Nov. 13, 2007, have the same operator and have moved no more than once.
I happened to come across this article:
http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/22/smallbusiness/hemp_empire/index.htm
so wait
does this mean this is the last summer of coffeeshops in amsterdam? Ban will take place soon?
Sorry dude, you're too late. They've all been banned as of next Tuesday.
Well done nol, I’m looking forward to my next trip and experience it for myself.
Congrats! Go Netherlands in WC Final!
We have made progress in Haarlem as well!
A large majority of the City Council filed a motion (proposal) to:
-get the weed supply to Haarlem coffeeshops regulated,
-make the Mayor have annual meeting with coffeeshop patrons again,
-to revise the sanctioning system for coffeeshops, because it is not in line with the rest of the NL.
The motion has been accepted, Mayor Bernt will have to bend!!
All the result of a letter I wrote to the Haarlen PvdA fraction a few months ago.
Smoking in the Haarlem streets is not forbidden anymore, so no more hassling of potsmokers.
I am really happy with this outcome, more than I ever expected....
Nol - you are the man!
Great news…but it’s really going to piss off your Mayor
(-:
thank you Nol
It seems we are going to have a coalition of VVD, PvdA, Groen Links and D66. We could not wish for anything better, coffeeshopwise...
This might open our 'backdoor' for legal supply!
the coalition as described before could not be formed, the Liberals messed it up....
they (VVD) want to govern with CDA and PvdA, a centre cabinet.
we are in limbo, again.
'What Amsterdam loses in tourism because not so many cannabis customers are coming can be made up for by making Amsterdam the stock exchange where cannabis is traded, like diamonds are for Antwerp and Amsterdam. Groothandel! Ja, ik zit hier in de V.S. en wacht even op de kans om alles wettelijk te mogen doen."
good luck!
veel geluk.
bonne chance!
Suerte!
May the stash be with you!
It seems we are going to have a coalition of VVD, PvdA, Groen Links and D66. We could not wish for anything better, coffeeshopwise...
This might open our 'backdoor' for legal supply!
LOOKS LIKE IT'S CHANGING !!! !!!
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/08/vvd_chairman_to_take_over_cabi.php
VVD chairman to take over cabinet talks, immigration high on agenda
Tuesday 03 August 2010
VVD chairman and former Rotterdam mayor Ivo Opstelten has been recommended as the man to lead the next stage of the coalition talks - the formation of a minority CDA VVD government which will have PVV support in parliament.
Current negotiator Ruud Lubbers made the recommendation to queen Beatrix while briefing her on the latest developments on Tuesday afternoon.
Opstelten will be charged with helping the three parties identify spending cuts totalling €18bn to bring the budget deficit back under control.
If and how
He must also find out 'if and how' agreement can be reached on guaranteeing parliamentary support from the anti-Islam PVV. This will require deals on immigration, integration, asylum seekers, public safety and care of the elderly, Lubbers said in his report to the queen.
PVV leader Geert Wilders has said agreement must be reached on these subjects in return for his party's support in parliament for spending cuts.
In his report, Lubbers made a number of recommendations of where support from the PVV can be won. These include new rules governing family reunification and compulsory languge tests, tighter eligibility criteria for social security benefits, fast-track court procedures and more efforts to tackle the problem of under-12s who cause a public nuisance.
WHAT IF THEY MAKE THIS ULTRA-RIGHTWING GOVERNMENT? I MEAN, "(...) requires deals on (....) public safety (....)"
COULD THEY SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING WHILE "DEALING" ON PUBLIC SAFETY??? I HOPE NOT, BUT.......... WHAT WE CAN DO??
PEACE, MARIO
I found this interesting article on Azarius.net. It explains Wilders's party will probably have to have a coalition with the VVD which wants to allow only enough cannabis cultivation for domestic needs, and wants to force coffeeshops to become social clubs that require membership. I'll pay for a membership as a visitor, so long as there are no residency requirements. If there are residency requirements, then I'll have to pay for a mail drop address, too. The PVV wants to outlaw cannabis altogether, but the sheer chaos of that is antithetical to creating order out of chaos in the first place. It's senseless to create more criminality and unemployment while filling up jail cells and clogging the courts, as the authorities won't be allowed to look the other way anymore. Wilders might have the correct view, at least in part, but for the wrong reasons. It seems he wants more so to be a pain in the ass for all cannabis lovers. Specifically, if the countries The Netherlands exports cannabis to legalize, then people in their countries will simply cultivate for their own domestic demand and to create above-ground jobs. There will be some demand for prized products across borders such as there is for fine wines, beers and cheeses, for example. Note well--nota bene--that the U.S. is making progress that would indicate this point on the continuum of cannabis legalization is closer. Item: Washington, D.C. is to open medical marijuana outlets. Item: California has a ballot initiative to legalize adult recreational use of cannabis. Item: The city of Oakland, California has legalized large-scale cultivation. I'm looking forward to some sweet sativa strains from the American Southwest, Florida Keys, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico (ought to be some excellent sativa) and of course Hawaii, Guam, and Pacific territories.
Long story short, Wilders should not use the government to screw up the de facto cultivation situation in The Netherlands, and should simply let the market adapt to the change. What he could do is to help those people put out of work by a decrease in demand find new work. It's all about Realpolitik, here Arbeitspolitik.
Barney Frank, a major Democratic politician, estimates cannabis will be legal in the U.S. within 5 years.
I will be looking for utilization as a cannabis broker in Amsterdam to legally import European, Asian and African products so that Americans can enjoy a truly international selection, also to export U.S. products. I'll be the one poring over the government paperwork and forms to make sure everything is in compliance with the various laws and regulations. Why not? What Amsterdam loses in tourism because not so many cannabis customers are coming can be made up for by making Amsterdam the stock exchange where cannabis is traded, like diamonds are for Antwerp and Amsterdam. Groothandel! Ja, ik zit hier in de V.S. en wacht even op de kans om alles wettelijk te mogen doen.
Here's the link to Marijuana Policy Project if you want to read up on it.
http://www.mpp.org/
Also to NORML: http://www.norml.org/
And especially to Cannabis Culture because we need to get Marc Emery out of prison! Excellent source of current cannabis events:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/
Here's the link to Azarius.
http://azarius.net/news/331/Half_of_all_Dutch_in_favor_of_legalisation/
I think you mean it's LIGHT until 10pm!
Anyway, when do hotels start to drop their prices - is sept still peak season?
http://www.myforecast.com/bin/climate.m?city=71016&metric=false
Enjoy
FlyByNite
As long as you wear your pants over your trousers you should be ok.
How's the weather in September? Are people still sitting outside smoking, drinking and just having a good time? Only went in March or November as those tend to be cheaper and off-peak. Can I wear just a t-shirt and pants during the day and maybe in the night?
Sunsets in Amsterdam at 8:28 on Sept 1 and at 7:21 on Sept 30. Not light in Amsterdam at 10PM in any part of Sept.
You will need a coat/raincoat or sweater every evening in Sept and often during some part of the day.
But the outside cafes are still busy on non rainy days in Sept.
Here's a link to September's average temp in Amsterdam:
http://uk.weather.com/climate/annualClimo-Amsterdam-NLXX0002
Dear Ms. Baggy,
did you think I was serious?
oh my oh my
OK, you fooled me!
You could have meant it though
:-)
Dear Ms. Baggy,
did you think I was serious?
oh my oh my
thing? daft? idiot!
http://english.sail2010.nl
If there aren’t any coffeeshops on them then what good are they?
Maybe, just maybe, there are people who go to Amsterdam for things other than coffee shops.
Maybe they do and see other things whilst they're there. Maybe they don't even go in coffee shops!
:-)
thing? daft? idiot!
http://english.sail2010.nl
If there aren’t any coffeeshops on them then what good are they?
thing? daft? idiot!
http://english.sail2010.nl
yes, that's it. the daft boat thing.
sail amsterdam, that's the chap.
Sail Amsterdam? It's held every 5 years and this year it's in August. Or maybe it was the Grachtenfestival, it's in August this year as well.
Peace
I don't know about boats but the at the RAI in September causes bed shortages usually
:-)
doesn't that daft thing with the boats happen in september. i'm sure i remember struggling to get a late hotel booking one september due to the boat thing filling up the hotels.
I think you mean it's LIGHT until 10pm!
Anyway, when do hotels start to drop their prices - is sept still peak season?
Yes, a slip of the keyboard there I'm afraid.
I'm not sure about the peak season question because where I always stay (The Brouwer) the prices stay the same year round. I would think September would still be classed as peak season though.
:-)
thing? daft? idiot!
http://english.sail2010.nl
September in Amsterdam is lovely. The trees are still dressed but the crowds of tourists are decreasing. The weather should still be warm but without the heat of high summer. It can rain every day but these are usually light showers that pass very quickly. You will probably find it goes cooler in the evening and need a sweater or something.
It's dark until about 10pm and you can still sit outside ~ if it is chilly many cafes have outdoor heaters.
Happy planning
:-)
I understand. I love architecture that is different too. Whilst I was in Amsterdam last month I went out to Biljmer specifically to photograph the ING bank complex ~ the buildings on the complex have no right angles whatsoever
And of course in the city there are the buildings of the Amsterdamse School architecture such as housing complex. Both just a few minutes from the city centre
:-)
I hope to bike from place to place taking pics of these cool structures. I will definitely jot down all of these addresses and plan accordingly. So different than here in the states(or at least to what I'm used to).
You're very welcome. If you do go don't forget to look out for the too
:-)
Soooooooo cool! Yes it's very elegant indeed. I would already have seen it if I had known about it. Better late than never though + I get to see the cubed shaped house now also. Thanks UKBL, what would we do w-out ya?
Yes, one of the cube houses is open to the public but if you can't get there in person take a look at this clip to see just how they live in the 'Blaak Forest'
Why do they call it the Swan ? Just take a look at it's elegant design!
:-)
The bridge, they call the bridge "The Swan" no doubt because of the graceful look of it.
Peace
a quick google rendered:
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19091144.html
Rotterdam has some very interesting and exciting architecture including the Piet Blom near Station Blaak. It's possible to go inside one of these strange houses to see just what it's like living a 'tilted' life
And the bridge is a wonderful structure ~ did you know that it is called the Swan by Rotterdammers?
:-)
How come I haven't heard of this Bridge in Rotterdam? I drive downtown to check out Espn Zone before it closes on the 16th. I get there and right across the street is a self-park parking lot. I pull in and drive all the way to the 7th floor before I could find a spot to park. Walk up to the elevator and of course it's a themed parking lot and there theme is bridges. This one is known as "Erasmus". Look at the span-some 900 some odd ft and blah-blah meters, but wait, it's located in "Rotterdam, The Netherlands". Of course all I do is daydream about Amsterdam and The Netherlands. So I find it a cool coincidence that I'm on the same floor that has something to do with the Netherlands. Besides Amsterdam, last time my friend and I went to Holland we went to the Cities of Alkmaar and Den Haag(I don't know if zaanse schans counts as another city?). I also wanted to go to Rotterdam, since it's a short train ride from Den Haag, but everyone, including the flight attendants on the KLM plane that we flew over on said that there was nothing really cool about Rotterdam. Well I beg to F**KING differ now. I don't know why but I really like bridges. That's one of the reasons why I'm taking a mini-vacation to San Francisco this fall to see the Golden Gate Bridge. And since I am blessed enough to also be going back to Holland soon-this will have to be a can't-miss.
P.S. Google this Bridge and check out it's uniqueness!
P.S.S. Parking was 36 bucks for 3 and 1/2 hrs! No wonder those MoFos are going outta business, lol.
Woa! Those house's are freaky cool. Those are a "can't-miss" as well. You said we can go in and take a tour of one of these house's? Why do the locals call Erasmus "the swan"?
OK thanks for that, sounds good to me.
Depends what night of the week it is. Many clubs stay open to 5AM both Fri & Sat nights. Paradiso also open till 4AM Wed & Thurs nights. No problem smoking cannabis at Paradiso or Melkweg in certain areas. They will search you when entering for alcohol & weapons so best not to bring over 5 grams.
By 0400 I suppose I'd be looking for a good english breakfast.
Suppose you had a small amount of time on your visit? last day starts at 4pm. SO I would want to stay up all night. Where to hang out after cs closes at 1pm, some bars what 2-3am, then where to hang out?
TIA,
Philter
Pat and I will be in town Sept.17 thru 25. Just sorted the apartment out and are all set now. Maybe you will be in town then and we can have a meetup. Apester
Yeah, you can't forget the hookers!
peace
Amsterdam - it's more than weed and boats.
When you have firm dates, get them to me.
I'll post you on the Whos In Town page.
Enjoy
- Travel preference, not business practice
<--- Clicky
home of the pages.
Well it has been quite a while since my last trip.... I bought a boat a few years ago and I could not justify spending so much for a vacation that did not include my boat... In addition; I live in cali and I am a medical patient; there are as many coffeeshops around my house as there are in Amsterdam...
Atlast; My wife and I plan on visiting again sometime in September.. I am working out the details now but I am excited to be able to finally come home.
Once I get the details I will post and see if others will also be in town for a visit.
~ SB
Okay, you are both posted on the September Whos In Town page.
You can see who else may be in town during your stay.
Watch for Toke & Talks, I post them up to the last minute.
Or post one of your own. All I need is a date, time, and coffeeshop to post it.
By default I link your posting to your profile page here on ACD.
yardape - http://lem.localinet.co.uk/phpBB2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=444
SB - http://lem.localinet.co.uk/phpBB2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8
I can change it to a web link ( myspace, facebook, personal page )
or an email address if you want.
Enjoy
- Travel preference, not business practice
<---Clicky
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I am getting firm dates now but it is looking like Sept 17th - 25th too.
The price difference for the week prior is crazy. I am thinking about the Best Western Leidse Square or maybe even A-train... (will probably change).
I try to stay someplace different each time and I feel like my options are narrowing.
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