Carmel Market, Tel Aviv

After a great breakfast and fabulous coffee, Michal, Kendra, Ken and I headed to the Carmel Art Market in Tel Aviv.  This art market runs Tuesdays and Fridays and is full of vendors selling arts and crafts they’ve made themselves.  It’s wonderfully colorful and fun.   Just walking down the street is a treat.   Every [...]

Snowing in Jerusalem

I’m not in Jerusalem today, but I wish I was.   It’s snowing there.  Here in Tel Aviv it’s stormy.  Thunder, lightening, hail, wind, sleet.   It’s great.   I love winter storms.The city is different somehow when it’s under seige by the elements.  People are walking faster.  Cab drivers are friendlier.  The energy is [...]

Walking in Tel Aviv

 I love being in Tel Aviv in the winter.  First of all, it’s not winter.  At least by Seattle standards.  Take yesterday.  70 degrees and sunny.  Blue skies overhead.  A slight, occasional breeze.   We walked to work.  Sat on the sidewalk for lunch, eating fresh grilled chicken salads with roasted root vegetables, tossed in pesto and [...]