- Date 1: Casual coffee, good conversation.
- Date 2: Dinner, drinks, laughter.
- Date 3: Star Wars marathon.
- Date 4: I don’t know. Never made it past Date 3.
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Tecate
Just received this image of Ziv Erlich, drinking a Tecate. It’s his first Tecate in eleven years. He bought it in Barcelona and carried it to Tel-Aviv. Look how happy he looks. Ziv is a fine man.
My mom in the news
This is the today’s cover of the Edición Cumbres weekly supplement of the largest newspaper in Monterrey:
The article inside is about the Monologues 2007 contest run by CONARTE (Consejo para la Cultura y las Artes de Nuevo León), which my mom (a.k.a. Thelma Sandler) won. The play will be presented at the Teatro de La Ciudad (only fits 1,417 spectators: get your ticket soon!) sometime during the giant and now ongoing Fórum Universal de las Culturas.
You can read see a PDF of the original cover and article here: Cover, Page 1, Page 2.
You can see read my mom’s poetry blog (Spanish) here.
Bad Medicine
I’ve been fighting this nagging throat infection/cough/cold for a while now. This morning, the doctor upgraded me to some stronger antibiotics. Listed side effect: Sore throat – which is what started it all. Go figure.
This also means no fast for me for the first time since I’m 13 (which was like ten years ago). For the rest of you loyal readers who will: tzom kal.
Conga
This short video from Saturday’s Mexico Independence Day + Jeronimo Mota’s birthday. Being the only sober person in the premises (damn you antibiotics!) I ended up documenting the wedding-like conga line.
Shana Tova
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My oatmeal has dissappeared! At my age, my body needs the fiber to keep myself regular. What, oh what, should I do?
The strange case of the missing oats
For years I’ve kept a big thing of Old Fashioned Quaker Oats in the kitchen on my floor, at work. Some people take the liberty of taking some oatmeal, sure. That’s ok with me. They sell this huge box at Costco for $5 dollars that will last me for months. It’s so cheap I’m seriously considering buying a horse. I’d call him Mr. Ed, most likely.
Today, a strange thing happened: My big thing of Old Fashioned Quaker Oats was missing! Why would anyone take it? It makes no sense. It’s freaking oatmeal! It’s like stealing candy from a baby, except it’s not candy and I’m not a baby.
Right now, I’m trying to decide what to do about this terrible ordeal, and for that, I need your help.
The OC
I spent the last weekend in California (pronounced: Kahliforrniah by the Governator himself), more specifically in Orange County (and the surrounding areas).
I did not go to Disneyland or to the Chinese Theater, because I saw that already, you know… twenty two years ago, back when KITT was the big attraction in Universal Studios and the Fax machine was a technological marvel.
Instead, I went to 7 or 8 different beaches, as seen on Baywatch (before you ask: yes, I saw Pamela Anderson in a red swimsuit).
Some other visited attractions:
- The Getty: amazing!
- The BonaVista Lounge: The bar is spinning before you even have a drink!
- Catalina Island: Kayaking and snorkeling fun until you can no longer feel your arms.
- Grifith Observatory: The Omnimax movie is so realistic it’s almost like you are seeing the real stars… but with A/C.
- A real California earthquake: I kid you not. My first earthquake! How exciting!
The trip was an absolute blast, thanks to my amazing hostess and tour guide Yeni (and Ramiro and Bombon). I hope to see them again soon. Thanks for everything!
Red Bull Flugtag Texas 2007 (Video)
As promised before: