I lived in Amsterdam from 1976 through 1982, so I was excited to learn that there's a "real" Dutch town in Iowa. On September 7, I drove the 100+ miles through Grundy Center and Marshalltown to Pella — yes, the same place where they make the windows — and was delighted to find that it really does look very Dutch. This is the Molengracht, the Dutchiest part of town, with a replica of Amsterdam's Magere Brug ("Skinny Bridge") straddling the canal. Several of the stores lining the main street sell Dutch candies and pastries and other groceries, but I was disappointed to find that none of the restaurants serve anything even remotely resembling Dutch food. (On the menu at the Strawtown Inn is — I swear I'm not making this up! — something called a "Dutch enchilada," but I decided to give that a miss. Instead, I had something called a "bacon cheeseburger casserole" for lunch at the Windmill Cafe. It was good, but definitely not Dutch.) Next March, Gaelic Storm is playing at the Pella Opera House, of all places, and I had a very nice conversation with Beth, the woman who runs the place, while buying a pair of front-row-center seats for me and Laurie. In addition to its Dutchness and its windows and its Opera House, Pella is also known for being the boyhood home of Wyatt Earp....