Night Two - Let's Get Previn!

Event: Jazz at Cafe Alto, Reggaeton at Amsterdamned and Blues at Bourbon Street
Location: Cafe Alto, Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 115, 1017PX Amsterdam
Cafe Amsterdamned, Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 24a, 1017PP Amsterdam
Pianobar Maxim, Leidsekruisstraat 35, 1017RG, Amsterdam
Bourbon Street, Leidsekruisstraat 6-8, 1017RH Amsterdam
Initiator: Phill/Duncan
New Guest: Philippe Chaput (via Duncan)/Antoinette (via Pianobar Maxim)

There were some low spirits in Amsterdam on Monday morning when Previn revealed he had doubled booked his Tuesday and reneged on his Tuesday Night Club duties, leaving us in the lurch. Various discussions on censure and punitive measures have been discussed and administrative justice will be meted out in good measure and in good time.

However, a ray of sunshine appeared on the horizon with the news that our old ami-about-ville, M. Chaput was visiting Amsterdam on the pretext and ruse of work, but would meet us in the evening. Rendezvous was at Cafe Alto, a rather nice live jazz joint. Bigger things beckoned however, and we found ourselves dragged into Cafe Amsterdamned. While the service was awful, it was amusing to see Chaput shake his thang to the latest sounds from the barrio, and various other colleagues line dance to the Macarana.

Making a swift and sly exit, Phill and I discovered it was snowing and too cold to go home, so we pulled up a pew for one last drink at Pianobar Maxim, perfectly suited for nightcaps, fine conversation and elegant punters such as Pinky and myself. Of course our witty repartee always attracts a crowd and we picked up Antoinette, fresh off the boat from Abu Dhabi, unemployed and full of five-year-old knowledge of local bars. We headed down the road to Bourbon Street, a rocking blues venue, fell in love with the singers, plotted the deaths of their boyfriends, fended off Kiwi hunters and danced like Chaput.