A Frieslander would get funny looks in an upscale store in Amsterdam...

Yeah. Social class is really alive and kicking in Europe. Not that it is dead in the States. The cues are just different.

THere's a gas station across the street from where I work that might have coffee.

I live on the edge of the Upper Magazine Coffee District, though. Onne block from my house, there's a PJ's, 5 blocks away is a CC's, another block down is another PJ's and if you keep going you pass Whole Foods (which has a nice coffee bar), the Luna Cafe and finally you reach Starbucks. We were pretty surprised when Starbucks moved in, I didn't think anyone would go there rather than one of the local places, but it's still open so I guess I was wrong.

The Lower Magazine Coffee District has all that plus a Rue de la Course.

I don't have a pre-boarding beverage of choice. Besides guzzling a bunch of water because flying dries me out.

I fear dehydration on planes -- too much to drink alcohol, but not enough to drink water. Also, most importantly, I need something hot to drink in those iceboxes, so milk functions as a suggestion to sleep and a hot water bottle for my insides.

The accident in the parking lot near my place turned out to not be an accident, just as I'm assuming the cop wasn't a cop but instead Hollywood magic. I was excited, deflated, excited, and then blase. It's such a rollercoaster world here in LA.

Gloomcookie, is your tag from The Breeders' song of the same name?

It is :) Don't you just love Kim Deal?

I hate flying, mostly because I'm so tall and because of the dry air. Air is kept dry on planes in order to prevent corosion of the fuselage metal. The new Boeing Dreamliner plane will have a fuselage made of composite material (carbon-fiber) so they're promising that they'll be able to keep the air at a comfortable level of humidity in the plane. I can't wait.

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Don't you just love Kim Deal?

Yep. I love about everything she's been involved with. Also Tanya Donely, Kristin Hersh, etc... - 4AD records is cool!

they're promising that they'll be able to keep the air at a comfortable level of humidity

Will it also be warm? I can work with the dryness, but I hate having to dress for the plane, when I'm going from somewhere warm to somewhere else warm.

Also Tanya Donely, Kristin Hersh, etc... - 4AD records is cool!

I love Throwing Muses/Kristin Hersh.

Aww. Just came through my email:

OMGWTF polar bear!

The cues are just different.

Gus/Robin/et al, what other kinds of cues do you notice in Europe?