Like in this photo from a three-dollar hotel in Cairo, I've been a bit slack as far as blogging since my return to Israel. Forgive. Blame it on "intensive studying" or "a period of deep spiritual exploration." Just don't be so prosaic as to say that wanderingstu don't blog when he's in a cruddy mood.
Have you noticed that the rudest and most off-color wanderingstu comments come from folks who are spending or have spent significant time in a Yeshiva (one yeshiva in particular...)? If you haven't, it's probably for the better.
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THE NEWS: I will be in the States between Purim and Pesach (non-inclusive). That means approximately March 16 - April 11. I will be in the City March 24- April 2, then in Atlanta and driving around the South for the rest of that time. Book your spot now! Invite me to dinner! Offer me a couch!
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Me, the Nile, and some of the boys. The Aryan dream is Adrian who, if it was the 1970s, and I was Allen Ginsburg, you might have some curious thoughts about. But his gal Katarina (or Katrine or Katherine or Katya) is taking the picture, and I;m not such a poet. He's a fiery young thinking lad from Germany, and a great guy. She's a fiery peace trooper (who used to be) from America, and a great gal. They are still in Cairo, hobnobbing with the intellectuals. I'm telling you-- underneath the 300,000 shoestores and the seeming chaos and dirt of it all, Cairo is jumping.
If you look behind the Egyptians in the other photo, you can sort of see the amazing SWEET POTATO FURNACE. This things were by far the greatest treat in Cairo. Some guy with a cart roasting sweet potatoes on the street for 36 cents. Beats the hell out of a stale New York pretzel...
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I love Lisa Whiteman. I had a major crush on her in London way back in nineteen-ninety-something. Since then, she has become THE MOST FAMOUS person in New York City. Or at least in my eyes. Here's a great example of her blogging brilliance. And here's her photo site. Dig it.
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You can't fight The Onion. They constantly manage to offend and outrage while cutting to the ugly truth of this world's madness and eliciting a good guffaw in the process. This week's is a particularly good one, so click fast. Of note is this brilliant update on the new Hamas peace plan. note: like much (not all) of The Onion, this piece is controversial and might upset some folks. Read at your own risk.
Photo by Aliza Hava after our camel driver abandoned us (with all our luggage), thereby making us walk the whole way out of the desert, which ain't easy for city Jews, ya know?
The desert is full of rock, friends.
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