Potpourri

August, 2002

Seeing Red In AmsterdamAmsterdam's de Wallen red-light district home to those famous ladies in the windows, along with porno shops, erotic boutiques, sex shows, X-rated cinemas, casinos, pubs and coffeehouses that sell a choice of gourmet marijuana, And, of course, here's the clincher: Everything is legal. To explore Holland's netherworld. read Closed Curtain, a $12.50 book by journalist Bruce Harris. Chapters range form "Prostitution Is a Job" to "Top of the Ladder: Yab Yum"...