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WEDNESDAY

NOVEMBER 24

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1762 East 18th Street, Cleveland.

OFTEN IMITATED but NEVER DUPLICATED

VACATION TIME

AMSTERDAM

FAmsterdam, Holland (The Netherlands) iis the most exciting cosmopolitan ccity in the world--particularly for Amsterdam has a history of cgays. ttolerance attracting many minority Fpeoples. Homosexuality is legal ffrom the age of 16. It is also acccepted.

TThe city is rich in museums boastting the famous Rijksmuseum, best kknown for its collection of Remtbrandt's works, the Stedelijk's Museum, the Vincent Van Gigh MuseLum, and the famed Anne Frank House. TThere are also the Aeronautics and Space Travel Museum, and Amsterdam HHistorical Museum.

EEnglish is a second language and Immost Dutch speak it like their own. SShopping is a bargain. The strength of the dollar makes already CGood Buys even better. From the cdiamond center of the world to outcdoor markets which sell clothing tto hardware, pottery to antiques.

And bar hopping is unlimited. It's wwell known that one can find sometthing, somewhere, or someone to intterest him. Like here, many establlishments are open after hours. EBut beware of Dutch Schnaaps and tbeer--they'll make you crazy! Sightseeing should include a canal Iride, a visit to the Anne Frank HHouse, perhaps a windmill tour, [Delft and the Hague, a cheese facttory. It is also possible to rent tbikes.

Truly the best way to see, feel, cand taste. Amsterdam is to walk the ccity. By walking, one truly apprecciates the human scale of this city. The tallest buildings are six stoIries, all maintained in original [Dutch architecture. Inundated with canals and old bridges, exfperiencing Amsterdam is something you want to do again and again.

A Gay Tour is planned and will tbe advertised in Action next month.

HALLOWEEN

A GAY HOLIDAY

The spirits were high. The weather was cold and damp. There were parties contests, witches and goblins. There was pumpkin pie and there were costumes some scary, some funny. escape from reality and the hum-drum drudgery of day to day life...it was Halloween '82, Northeast Ohio style.

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Even the calendar cooperated by having October 31st fall on a Sunday, giving the young and old a full weekend to celebrate and revel in a land of make believe. They donned their masks and costumes, fulfilling secret fantasies. Then gathered to marvel at each others ingenuity and sense of humor.

A surprisingly large number of house parties were held this year as compared to previous years. Some small, some big (one house party had over 100 people), and all a lot of fun. Somehow, costuming loosens peoples inhibitions and the endless variety of costumes gives even the least talkative among us many things to talk about, even if the potent witches brew, concocted by the host didn't already accomplish that.

Some masqueraders found financial rewards for the time and effort they put into dressing up. As many bars and clubs held contests with cash prizes of various amounts. The top prize at Traxx was $600.00 while Exedra customers got a cool $1,000.00 in cash, not a bad days pay by any means. Besides the cash awards many other prizes, ranging from water beds Each to bar tabs, were given away. year the costumes are so much better that it is really a shame some outstanding costumes didn't win, maybe more contests or prizes could be offered in the future.

Now that Halloween weekend is over, it's back to the same old routine for most of us. But, at least, for one weekend the Walter Mittys inside us got a reprieve and a chance to act out our fantasies.

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