Saturday's stuff

Yesterday was spent in an odd combination of travelling and hosting. I travelled home from Boulder and (almost) immediately dressed up to be hostess at the major fund-raiser for the Mercantile Library. Our speaker of the evening was Salman Rushdie. A good time was had by all. Now, if I can just remember what time Continue reading Saturday's stuff

Israeli history

One thing I love about Israel is the sheer amount of history you can run into in the course of a day, assuming you bother to talk to anyone. I have lots of friends here, so I talk to way more people than I usually do when travelling. I’m on the phone with my friend Continue reading Israeli history

travel and comments

I’ve not updated so much the past day or so because I’ve been in transit — I’m now in Israel for the High Holidays. Will write more about that later (since strictly I’m not allowed to be using the computer during Chag anyway), and tell you all about screaming toddlers in airplanes, and how — Continue reading travel and comments