Things to do in Amsterdam when it rains

• Toast a baguette and eat it with butter and cherry jam purchased at the Noordmarket
• Do a load of laundry in the amazingly efficient European washing machines.
• Read the New York Times on line.
• Listen to John Coltrane and Django Reinhardt
• Make an omelet with zucchini and basil and eat it while watching the rain.
• Pet the cat and keep him from climbing on your computer as you try to blog.
• Wash the dishes from last nights Monkfish in cilantro-coconut sauce that you made on a whim.
• Rearrange the lilies that you bought at Noordmarkt yesterday
• Finish reading "Eat Pray Love" and hope you won't get jealous at the descriptions of falling in love in Bali.
• Iron linen skirts
• Read US weekly to make sure you don't lose your American edge.
• Listen to "This American Life" on the Ipod podcast.
• Wonder why you didn't buy rain paints for cycling in the rain on Saturday when the store was open.
• Take a nap.