You know how I have some problems with the things people do on public transportation? Well, JC and I experienced a whole new world of annoyance today on our way to a delicious brunch at Sunburst. While I was busily trying to figure out if the woman sitting across from us on the uptown 4/5 was actually a man, the woman [...]
Entries from June 28th, 2008
Late Night Follow-Up
June 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Issues of Modernity, There and Back Again
- The toilet paper in our hotel has puppies embossed on it. Also it is just shy of a grown-up sized roll, width-wise. It is actually quite adorable. – Tonight on our way to the Western Wall, we witnessed the most intense catfight I have ever seen, and I mean catfight as in fight among [...]
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Preliminary Thoughts on A Very Old Place
June 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Issues of Modernity, There and Back Again
I’m in Israel. I have 24 hours of internets at our Jerusalem hotel, so I’m doing about 900 things at once in the few moments we’re in the room. Rather than try to be too coherent (I’ve been here since 7 PM yesterday, which is noon Eastern time, and I slept? Some? But I’m tired!), [...]
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