Articles tagged ‘coffeeshop’

Cannabis Cup - Amsterdam’s annual stoner convention

By Roger | November 21st, 2007 | Add a Comment »

As most Americans are working their way toward a food-induced coma on Thanksgiving Day, many are abroad sacrificing themselves for what they all hope and pray is the greater good. Of course, I’m referring to the couple of thousand people - most of whom are Americans and Canadians - who pay to be judges at [...]

 

Amsterdam’s spacecakes, now with slightly less animal cruelty

By Roger | October 4th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Straight from the Now I’ve Heard Everything File comes today’s news that Amsterdam’s coffeeshops had been using eggs from caged chickens in their marijuana “spacecakes,” and they plan to do something about it. The breaking news says that the shop owners had no idea of the situation and several have already switched to cage-free chicken [...]

 

Rembrandtplein - Amsterdam Neighborhood Spotlight

By Roger | September 4th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Rembrandtplein - Amsterdam’s glamorous district
Of the three main hotel districts in Amsterdam, Rembrandtplein is a stand out in a few important ways. It is generally much nicer than the area around Centraal Station, and the location is central to virtually everything of interest to visitors of Amsterdam. It’s also not quite as far out as [...]