Category: general
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Am I thick or is United Airlines Mileage Plus awards program complete bullshit?
Dear United Mileage Plus program customer service rep, I just learned something very disturbing while investigating why I’m unable to book a hotel with my MileagePlus award miles. Every month I receive an email newsletter with info about how many miles I have, when they expire, and how I can possibly use them – for…
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10 Ways Living in Israel is Not What You Think: vote for my Expats Awards entry!
There are a million ways living in Israel is just not what you may have thought… I chose 10 of those and made them my entry for the Expat Blog Awards! 10 Ways Living in Israel is Not What You Think I’m the only entry from Israel, so LET’S GET LOUD! Like? Vote! Leave a…
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IKEA-Lack-table-turned-unicorn: a DIY glazed love rainbow paper tape story
This is the story about how I turned a neglected white side table into a unicorn. Our story starts a few years ago, when we picked up a cheap IKEA Lack table on clearance. I knew one day I’d have my chance to make it shine. But I took too long and a month ago…
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Kids today.
“Hey, look – it’s pretend!” Spotted: a blast from the past at Hadar mall in Jerusalem. Reacted: my 4.5 year old son. Aged by 342897562895436: me.
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The Color Run, Israel: A rainbow of running happiness (kinda)
Milestone accomplished! As in, the ‘doing an activity you love with your kid who expressed interest’ milestone! On Friday, Koala and I ‘ran’ our first race together. I was so pumped because after the Jerusalem marathon last year, he told me he wanted to run with me one time. We got our chance with the…
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DIY! Homemade tutu and dinosaur feet… for the kids who want to be everything
Yesterday was crafty craft Friday! Two projects I’ve been wanting to try: DIY dinosaur feet and a homemade tutu. Both are relatively cheap thrills and the dinosaur feet are especially super simple. I’d probably have the kids do that one more often if I had easy access to proper tissue boxes (see below). So here…
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#tomorrow13: Dan Ariely on online dating & the ideal BMI to snag a man
What is it about online dating makes us roll our eyes? The lying? The misunderstanding? The misleading profile pics? At a panel at the Israel Presidential Conference today, Professor Dan Ariely, famed and beloved behavioral economics expert, presented what he’s found are the major issues with the online dating platform, and how it could be…
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#tomorrow13: Behavioral economist Dan Ariely says we’re good, dishonest people
Waiting on line to enter a session, I became totally consumed in fascination over the behavior of some of the other people in line. Of course I use the term line loosely. People queued up early, creating a mob scene within five minutes. I couldn’t help but focus on a particular woman at the absolute front, pushing at…
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Unicorns, leprechauns, EL AL customer-friendly UX, & other mythical creatures
For months, I’ve been trying/failing/procrastinating/trying again/failing again/sighing/punching walls in disbelief/trying again to log in to my EL AL Matmid Frequent Flyer account and handle some points issues. I’ve tried online, I’ve called, I’ve tweeted, my travel agent has tried for me, but nothing helped, and yet on every log in attempt, I’ve gotten an assortment…
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Organ donation in Israel: the good, the bad, the depressing, the options
So… what happens after we die? One thing we know for sure – (ok, two things, for starters, our bodies decompose after some awkward nail and hair growth) – one sure thing is that we leave behind the living. The healthy living. The barely living. The newly living. The next in line. Organ donation is…
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Ka-pow: the Super-simple outdoor Superhero birthday party
Last week we celebrated Koala’s 4th birthday with an outdoor ‘everything Koala loves’ party. Ok, not everything Koala loves; I couldn’t get a real policeman to breakdance on a firetruck, for instance. It came out looking more like a superhero birthday party. Superhero outdoorsy explorer theme with chocolate cake. First, the binoculars. Because I’m crafty and…
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Is this Lag-pocalypse? Fire safety events in Israel for Lag Ba’Omer
Are you an Anglo immigrant? Is it sometime around April/May? Have all the branches/wooden planks/crates been mysteriously removed from your neighborhood? It’s time for the Lag Ba’Omer nag! Nah. This year I have some praise. Turns out fire departments across the country (or maybe just one in Bet Shemesh) have taken on performing a fire…