AmyB is in town from Amsterdam�Again! I see her more now that she lives in Amsterdam than when she lived in the States. Last night we went shopping at Marshall Fields and she spent an obscene amount of money on

Calvin Klein towels and then we wandered through the shoes. Amy knows no rival in her love of shoes. NO RIVAL! As an aside when she and The Dane (her beau) were apartment shopping he expressed concern that they find an apartment that could accommodated her shoe collection. What a guy!

Anyways what is with high-end designers producing shitty, cheap looking shoes�is it meant to be a joke�a �if we make it and put our name on it they will buy it� mentality�

Look at these�$335! Kate Spade should be ashamed!

Now don�t get me wrong�I love Kate Spade when she does stuff like these�

Anyways�we then met Cynthia and her girlfriend Carla at Solera�it was groovy, the food was great and not in the least bit pretentious but I am not sure it deserved this level of praise�we ate way too much food which is funny considering it�s a Tapas restaurant. Anyways this is all preamble to tell you that if anyone asks Amy what�s on the news in America she will be telling them the 3 things she heard every time she was near a radio or tv�

The War in Iraqi

Laci Peterson