My mom is here! My mom is here!

yyyyaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy! and it’s her birthday today! Happy Birthday Ima!!!
 I went to pick her up at the airport yesterday, with one of those signs you hold when tours and car services and stuff pick you up that said, “אמא לאה” which means “Mommy Lea,” which is how all my friends call her. I call her just [...]

Inspired

Spring seems to be testing us out here in Jerusalem, seeing if she wants to stay a while or come back later.
I woke up in the middle of the night last night – it was warm and I couldn’t sleep. All I could think about was riding my bike, and how long it has been [...]

Our Patron Saint of Drinking, or Snakes, or something

You may be aware that yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day. Now, for most Israelis this isn’t a special day, really. I found myself the only Irie in a sea of Israelis last night, and decided that I should know more about the man, the myth, and the legend that has made this national holiday for [...]

What makes a place home

Behind my building there is a parking lot (my balcony looks out onto it – luckily there is a tree right there, so it’s not as bad as it sounds). If you walk across it, there is a little alleyway that goes through the buildings on the other side that face one of the main roads in [...]

Global Warming my a**

It snowed in Jerusalem for a large part of the day today (ok the morning). I woke up to fuzzy flakes floating around outside, although they melted as soon as they hit the ground. I couldn’t stop staring – I kept going to the window every 5 minutes to check that it was real. I [...]

SO MUCH FUN

Purim. The holiday God gave the Jews to get dressed up in rediculous costumes, drink it up, and generally have a grand old time.
 

it’s all fun and games, until a policeman gets stabbed. At that point, eat felafel and go home to bed and stop trying to pull a mission impossible, crawling through windows and [...]

One year later:

I arrived in Israel one year ago today. I have had:

3 jobs (+ countless freelance projects)
2 gym memberships
7 trips to the National Health Insurance building to get coverage – speaking of, I think I owe them money. I should pay that, or else I’ll have to go back. That. Must. Not. Happen.
2 articles published in [...]