Thanksgiving: my favorite holiday In my invitation, this is how I described Thanksgiving to my Israeli friends: For those not especially familiar, Thanksgiving is a secular American holiday celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November. We take a moment out of our lives and give thanks for all we have – and eat massive amounts [...]
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Wine Wear and Tear
Posted in Wine news, Words on Wine, tagged Career, Cyprus, Drops of God, El-Rom, Gamla Syrah, Golan Heights Winery, Hemingway, Hungary, Israel, Israeli wine, Kela, life, Manga, random, Shu Okimoto, Sommelier 2011, Sommelier Exhibition 2011, Tel Phares, Thailand, Tinta Cao, Turiga Nacional, wine, Wine Manga, Wine tours, Work, Yarden, Yarden 2T on November 9, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Fabulous clothing and shoes, wine stains and crushed toes. So the game goes. Blogging has become difficult, but I persevere. Israel and wine, newsworthy topics both, best when paired. The Sommelier Exhibition 2011 has come and gone, and it was fast, busy, exciting, exhausting, and over as soon as it began. We at the Golan [...]
Rose of Sharon – or how I survived the New Year
Posted in random, tagged Eirene, Goddess of Peace, Israeli wine, kayak, kayaking in Israel, life, Lily of the Valley, logistics, random, Rose of Sharon, rosh hashana, Shana Tova, single malt, Survival, wine, Work, writing, חבצלת השרון on September 30, 2011 | 7 Comments »
This is a real “Rose of Sharon,” as referenced in the bible in the Song of Solomon, or Song of Songs as we know it in Hebrew – “I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valley.” The real rose is, as seen, I kind of lily. This year I saw them for [...]
To say nothing of the noise
Posted in random, Words on Wine, tagged All Clear, Black Out, books, Connie Willis, Exhaustion, Extreme Home Makeover, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Israel, life, Olamot Science Fiction and Fantasy Festival, Passover, random, reading, science fiction, Tel Aviv, wine, Work, writing on April 21, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I have gotten to the point where I cannot distinguish one day from another. I didn’t realize it was Thursday – I only knew I had to be at work at 12 pm and that there was a lecture about Connie Willis‘s heroes at 9 pm at the Olamot Science Fiction and Fantasy Festival (sponsored [...]
Vipassana, again
Posted in Buddhism, random, tagged buddhism, Cats, Israel, life, meditation, Meditation Retreat, random, Retreat, stress, Sukkot, vipassana, Work on September 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I’m heading off to a Vipassana retreat, and I won’t be able to make phone calls, check email, write, read, or otherwise speak for a week. And I am so thrilled! The problem is in the leaving. I’m trying to finish off a big work project (procrastinating until the final second), and clean [...]
Red red wine
Posted in random, Words on Wine, tagged customers, Israel, Israeli wine, life, Marketing, random, Sales, wine, Wine steward, Wine tasting, Work on July 10, 2010 | 5 Comments »
“Uh…no thanks…haven’t eaten lunch yet, and I don’t like red wine anyway.” Typical. Wine tasting yesterday at a really nice shop I frequently work at. The humorous, sad, and frustrating parts of my work. It never ceases to amaze me what excuses people come up with for refusing a wine tasting. Now, I have no [...]
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Novelist, editor, food writer, wine steward, blogger, Dhamma student, and American Telavivian.
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