You just don't see this in the UK....

I snapped this window display in a shop in Amstelveen last week. You just would not get this in the UK. You will note the two little boys are having a laugh, drinking what looks to be whisky and smoking a big fat cigar. This sort of thing makes me really angry, it is not the smoking drinking thing, which is fine, it's that French and obviously gay moustache the kid has drawn on his upper lip. Next thing you know Charles Aznavour will be touring schools and singing Village people numbers. This sort of thing must be stamped out, we should not be encouraging our children to be French, it's just not natural.

A big thank you must go to my pal Joe. It was Joe who introduced me to the phenomenal Hopes and Fears album by Keane ; The Killers' Hot Fuss ; the TV series Flight of the Conchords, The Riches and most recently the excellent Breaking Bad.

I am missing Evelyn and Laura. Laura will look about the same when I see her next, Evelyn has grown substantially and just had her first spoon or two of non-boob food and I am missing out on all this.