Bar Hopping

Today several of us went out of our way to explore the other bars around the area. Along the way we purposely went down prostitute alleys (it's been a month since I've come here and even though I'm in the Red Light District at least twice a week I hadn't seen any red lit windows, crazy!). It was actually really interesting. Most of the women were in good shape and the kind that would be easily picked up at a bar (hell, I couldn't be a fucking prostitute). I don't know I guess I expected to see a lot of haggard, broken ladies (I'm sure plenty are) but they didn't look that way. Also, it's pretty funny b/c there's a whole alley dedicated to plump black women (we all have our type). I went with Jeremy (the dude I went to Paris with as you can see from the photos), Tim (whom I've mentioned before), and Shaina (cool chick, a Jew from Alabama, goes to GW). We ventured into 3 bars and 1 coffeeshop (another first, nothing happened). It was great just jumping around from place to place, picking up 1 drink and going off to get another somewhere else. You get a good sense of the landscape you're in.

My parents have confirmed that they're coming to Amsterdam in April and staying for a week (ahh!). I think we'll be making our way to Belgium as well and possibly Copenhagen. My mother already asked me to check the weather twice (two months in advance!). Fun Fun Fun!

Another addendum: Shaina went to the Portuguese synagogue and is supposedly getting the lowdown on young Amsterdam Jews. I don't know why I'm in any way interested, but I am. I don't know how my parents encouragement of Jewish boys has finally gotten me excited about meeting Jews in the Netherlands. I'm not who to blame for this.