Month: September 2006

  • Up and down.

    It always lingers in the air; it’s the black hole of the aliyah process: Yeridah. Returning to the motherland from where we came; financial reasons, social reasons, relationship reasons… It lingers over all of us. Lately, it seems the lingering has become more of a hovering, which seems to be really weighing in on quite…

  • NYC photo of the day. Yeah, anotha one.

    It’s time for NYC photo of the day… again. Brought to you by… the Empire State Building. It was the first building to have more than 100 floors. On May 1, 2006, The Empire State Building celebrated its 75th birthday. In the Transformers, the Empire State Building is stolen by the Decepticons and modified to…

  • Shachar's last laugh (6) – 2006.

    In case this is the first of the Israel series you’ve encountered, here’s an opportunity to read everything before it; it’s actually the first draft of the sixth (and probably final) entry of this series. Israel (2003) Jerusalem (2003) Modi’in (2003) Tayelet (2003) Israeli (2005) —————————- Shachar’s last laugh. The hard part; or at least,…

  • NYC photo of the day.

    It’s time for NYC photo of the day… …hailing all the way from the weekend of my anticipated return,(anticipated by me): I love this picture because it so gets the point, you know?

  • Being double.

    So, it was brought to my attention this past week – quite a few times – that I am a dual citizen. Being a dual citizen is fun, you get to have two identities. At least, two more than all the other ones you have from other various circumstances. As far as my dual citizenship:…

  • Cheese please.

    Take a break from yer hummus and swap it for some cheese; read the following heartwarming story I received in my email today. I guess you could say I have a soft spot for weddings working out against odds. ————- This story comes from Bracha Jaffe in Ra’anana: My husband David called me up a…

  • When I think about you, I indulge myself.

    Did you know? – There’s a machine that you can put your newly-washed, still-dripping clothes inside, and they will come back dry and fluffy and warm – in under an hour? – There’s a machine that you can turn on when it’s hot and humid and within minutes you feel refreshed and cool – in…

  • Business class.

    Last week, you couldn’t have caught me if you tried… (NY -> Houston) (NY -> D.C.) (Leaving D.C.) (NYC -> Long Island) (One of the many centers of the universe)

  • Tee hee…

  • Just to prove me right:

    Like I was saying: Does this look like an office monkey to you? (Alright, alright. That’s a head honcho’s office. He’s out so they let me sit there temporarily. It’s not going to my head.)

  • Job growth.

    Man, I don’t even realize how much I should be missing this place when I’m gone. I mean that especially in relation to my job. I’m in creative marketing; obviously my marketing is reflective/directed towards American populations. It’s so refreshing to be here and remember why I do what I do, for who I’m doing…

  • The bigness of a dry erase board (part 2).

    Last week was my one-year anniversary of me working at my job. Jeepers. In so little time I have accomplished so much: -a one-year anniversary of living in Israel-a one-year anniversary of working at the same office-a one-year process of finding someone, getting engaged to them and marrying them-finishing one year in my Masters program…