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Although everyone and their mom comes to the Netherlands to buy tulips, many people don’t know that the inhabitants of Holland have always had quite the green thumb and tulips aren’t actually the interesting growing out here on the polders. In fact, the Dutch have been able to grow in vast amounts just about anything that needs to be buried in the ground and thrive on sunshine.

♥ KONINKLIJK COCAINE  

At last year’s IDFA, Jeanette Groenendaal showed the documentary, “Dutch Cocaine Factory” (or “De Nederlandse Cocaïne Fabriek” in Nederlands) which covers the past, present, and future of cocaine as an imported commodity for the country and its neighbors.

As the story goes, the Dutch imported the coca plant back in 1878 where they were successfully able to cultivate it in their greenhouses. After its profitability was realized, the Colonial Bank was able to export the plant to the then Dutch colonies of Java and Sumatra where the crop thrived.

Today, The Netherlands has more or less become Europe’s international weighing station for the white stuff. This kind of illegal activity of selling “hard drugs” is taken very seriously not just by the authorities but by the general public. This country that favors the tolerance of marijuana use (contrary to popular belief, it is not legal, but decriminalized and strictly monitored by authorities) over problems that come with addicts of much more dangerous drugs. And because pot is legal here, most residents look at users of higher classed drugs as a) pathetic; b) touristic); or c) sad.

♥ VOLKSTUINEN - WHERE CITY FOLKS GARDEN  

Got them city blues? Well here in Amsterdam, if you don’t have a little plot of land you can call your own, you can sign up to get some! The Volkstuinen roughly translates to the “People’s Gardens”, the clumps of areas just outside of Amsterdam you can put up a garden a shed and plant to your heart’s content. Of course, if everything you touch turns to dust, it doesn’t mean you can’t use your volkstuin as your mini-weekend house (which a lot of people do). And why not? It’s not like they don’t come with electricity and water.

♥ AND WHEN THE DUTCH CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE, THEY GARDEN

Back in the 16th century (when the word “laboratory”, let alone the actual space, didn’t exist) carrots used to be their normal-color of purple or yellow until the Dutch decided to turn them orange as a way to celebrate William of Orange through the power of their knowledge or gardening. Exactly how they did it isn’t clear, but I bet these people could turn rutabagas into Skittles™ if given a few more centuries.

*Link NSFW (AND IT’S FORCE-QUIT MEAN!)

♥ NO ONE IS ROCKING THE BOWL CUT HARDER THAN NAZYWAM SIE GRACJAN ROZTOCKI
And they say vacation photography is a lost art.

♥ THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OPTIMUS PRIME MEETS JACOB THE JEWELLER
But you should really check out his rings, his raaaaangs.

♥ THAT GUY PLAYS ROMAN IN GTA IV!
Some one make him a chicken-pot pie before he goes into withdrawals!

♥ MAKE YOUR OWN FONTS
Fontforge is free, but may not be as eazy and breezy as beautiful CoverGirl.

♥ OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO PAY MONEY FOR THIS
From June 16th you can download MP3 audio walking tours of three Chinese cities for $17. What this has to do with Louis Vuitton and the Olympic games, I have no idea.

♥ GRAVITY’S A BITCH AND TANJA DEXTER IS HER BEST FRIEND
Alternate Title: “Dirty Tricks”.

♥ PRICKLY BITCHES
Lucy and Bart take it to the next level and poke your eyes out. Now that’s fashion!

♥ KAH-KAH-KAH KYLIE, RAH-RAH-REMIXED!
She’s ra-ra-rapping. ‘Nuff said.

Remember these puppies? Well, with some luck and a lot of help from a grumpy English man I know, a limited run of Garden Pops are going to be sold at the KK Outlet in London this week.

A new round of Garden Pops are also being made with all new shapes and sizes (we’re talking Garden Pops as big as Gary the cat). More information will be available on www.gardenpops.com in the coming weeks.

As Pierre gets a little older and his affection for print tees, jeans, and sneaks falls wayward, we decided that the best thing for a silver fox to do (at this time of his young life) is to slowly enter the pastel and plaid world of casual sports.

♥ SANTINO’S OUTFIT ON PROJECT RUNWAY
Women have very little choice when they reach the age in which they would rather wear something comfortable than slutty. Literally three days after their wedding, some women begin to opt for separates, mom-jeans, leggings, appliqué vests, same-colored everything from head-to-toe, anything that Oprah wears, or the all time favorite combination - the GAP collared shirt and BP cashmere v-neck. Basically anything that strips her of her femininity and clearly says to any man, “I am, was, or will be only good as a baby receptacle, but I refuse to actually have sex”.

For men, it’s a totally different ball-game. They may not have many options in the clothing department, but as we have seen with women, having too much choice can be a bad thing as your mind gets older and starts to scramble like eggs. “¡Madras!” (as seen here on the second season of PJR and exclaimed as such by Pierre with the Mexican upside-down exclamation mark) was the first fashion seed to sow in our Yacht Rawk look. ¡Madras! have the ease and the breeze for some one who has yet to start a family a chance to give his “boys” a better lap time while still retaining that young, youthful look. Obtaining ¡Madras!, however, proved to be more difficult than buying a complete set of first edition books for a house on Martha’s Vineyard. Brooks Brothers, J. Crew, and even L.L. Bean have all run out or simply moved on from Madras. As usual, Ralph Lauren is late to the dug-out, designing some hideous looking shorts for this summer/spring season. We were looking for the pants version anyway and were able to find it at the Original Penguin store, on sale no less.

♥ THE “CASUAL SPORT” SHOE
Sailing, tennis, golf. These are shoes that are meant to be worn but somehow not get dirty. It’s a marvel of mankind. I, personally, have become obsessed with Tretorn shoes for both men and women. Rubber sneakers and high fashion boots were made originally for wearing on boats, but could be cleverly used in Amsterdam, a city whose weather generally destroys every shoe you own.

Bjorn Borg also makes a nice line of shoes and it quite easy to get here in Europe. Sperry Top-Siders in this canvas stripe is a classic, the shoe that your future son will steal and wear to school (if you are lucky enough to not have a nerd-child).

♥ OTHER FORMS OF INSPIRATION
This is really only the tip of the iceberg. There are a plethera of sports you can steal ideas and color palettes from. Caddyshack is a choice example of a casual sport look. As Pierre gets a little older, we might upgrade his look to a rougher, tougher sport to show that he’s lived life.

Maybe something in a Rocky…