And it looks something like this. Who is this woman, you might be asking, and why is she the root of all evil? Well, my loyal readers (and let’s welcome Allison, Max, Katherine, Ruthie, Gilly, and Lisa to the party), it’s a sad, sad state of affairs. It’s not so much who this woman is [...]
Archive | November, 2006
Dude, Where’s My Dood?
Sit right back, my loyal readers, for I’ve a story to tell. When I lived in America (in the old days…you know, like July), my Israeli friends would tell me that life in Israel was hard. And on the flip side, life in America was easy. Or, to be more accurate, convenient. Go to your [...]
Happy Thanks…Ehhhhhhhhh……..
If a holiday falls on the calendar in a country that doesn’t celebrate it, does it make a sound? This past Thursday was Thanksgiving. Especially on the heels of the chagim a few months ago, I have to say that Thanksgiving doesn’t do much for me. Don’t get me wrong, my loyal readers-it’s nice to [...]
My Day with Shimon Peres
Nothing new to write about this moment…but here’s an “oldie but goodie”. I invite you to read about my adventures with former Prime Minister (and current Deputy PM) Shimon Peres. (Can anyone keep track of what he does? I feel like politicians in this country bounce around positions so often, it’s like a game of [...]
Ulpan Addendum
And the number of women in my class with an Israeli significant other has climbed to five this morning. A woman from Amsterdam is the most recent addition to the club. We’ll see what happens tomorrow. In class yesterday, we read a paragraph about a couple who has a dilemma: the husband was offered a [...]
Ulpan Adventures, Vol. II
A couple of weeks ago, I chronicled my first day of Ulpan. It’s been three weeks now, 3-4 days each week, and it’s going great. I truly felt my Hebrew getting significantly better after only a week and a half of learning new words. One day, I was flipping pages in one of the national [...]
Movin’ On Up…
Welcome to my new and improved blog. Well, new address and host, anyway. I decided a couple of months ago that my Mac-ish blog wasn’t the best long-term so I should move it at some point (plus, it seemed to load slowly for some reason). So here we are at Blogspot after many hours of [...]
