there's something about amsterdam.

now, we all expect the standard seedy grin that comes with an exaggerated, "nudge nudge, wink wink" reaction when anyone talks about amsterdam, but it's actually a lot more than suggestive alley ways and agreeable cafes.
some of the finest street art and most amazing culture i've experienced hangs amongst the bike riding, flower growing, creative types that roam the streets with a kind of cred that hs to be earned.

there's a "too cool for school" attitude that takes over and you kind of begin to talk the talk (within linguistic reason) while wishing 'home', wherever that may be, was this amazing.
it's hard to keep your wits about you with so many snippets of ultra-fantastics to see, but just passing through 'cycle-donned streets and miniature crevices of street art domain, opens so many loop holes of mind expansion, that i can't even remember where to begin.

so here's to amsterdam! a toast, for the red-lightiest, cafe delightiest city a cookie cutter lover could ever ask for! 

street photos from june 2010.