06 September 2006

Free

Quote of the Day:
It was nonetheless eye-opening to visit a free country, compared with the U.S. Observing people actually allowed to relax over a joint and a cappuccino in a coffee-house, or buy some soul-expanding mushrooms at small, regulated stores as common as Starbucks was a reminder that not every society is terrified of pleasure or freedom or happiness.
-Andrew Sullivan, on his recent trip to Amsterdam.

Brent and I visited there a year-and-a-half ago and, after 5 years of the relatively Fascist agenda of the Bush team, the freedom of which Sullivan speaks was plainly evident.

Friends and I often fantasize of buying a coffee house there and living in a small apartment above it. The city is absolutely amazing. And we can't wait to visit again.