I am in here.
[Sorry about the lack of posts. On Monday, the DSL in this area died. It came back the next day, but our wireless router was still dead. All fixed now!] So you know you’re really in Jaffa when you stand in an overheated little kitchen off of a pigeon-shit-bespattered courtyard, slopping dishwater on the tiles … Continue reading Jaffa, life therein.
I actually found a hotel with one room left within walking distance of the house of one set of friends who live in the Baka neighborhood. Was picked up just before it was officially Erev Shabbat and whisked away to Ein Kerem for dinner with a second bunch of friends. Ein Kerem is the small … Continue reading Shabbat in Yerushalayim
Discovered via Ocean Guy: In a column that can not be described as Politically Correct, Jackie Mason and Raoul Felder take on the Religion of Peace, and show us the best we can expect: Of course, not all Muslims participate in violence or even express joy at the perpetration of violence against the West in … Continue reading Being "Good Muslims"
With Memorial Day on Monday, the week has seemed shorter than normal. And so, I have to be ready to leave for our trip to Spain tomorrow afternoon. But first, a trip to my husband’s college reunion. I have no idea which of his friends will be there, and he’s not too certain himself, but … Continue reading Points East
