dani negreanu

+1. I've just checked the expiring date of the cream cheese I've bought for the new cake I was planning to bake... It is good for another 2 weeks. Hopefully, in a week, this unscheduled "rodeo" will be over... Pls. tag me when you're planning to visit !!!

Thanks, Bob. This paella, and, especially the meaty scallops, looks very "inviting" 😁 This boyfriend should be labelled "a keeper" 😉

Thanks, JC. Ashdod -- yes, sadly very much so. Haifa -- for the moment no (the rockets are launched from the South/Gaza Strip), but if the "guys" from Hezbollah (north, aka South Lebanon) will decide to "join the party", then -- very much in the range. No way Israel will be included in the itinerary IF hostilities are going on here. Hopefully, you'll be lucky and will arrive in a period of [relative] peace.

1st time in Tel Aviv and here -- siren during the day... Was just trying to recuperate from the night and get some sleep....

sea fret -- learned a new word 😁 Eerie silence around here... only a very limited number of cars on the roads, no people on the streets... We have kinda "ancient agricultural festival" Sunday&Monday, the tradition for me is to bake a cheese cake, and people usually eat diary products. Bought all the special ingredients, not sure I'll go ahead and bake it, since, for now, we can't host the family.

+1. So sad that Sue Grafton passed away. +1 +1

He is excellent, but you'll need a "special mood" to read them, since they're quite sad and melancholic...

+ Grisham, Baldacci & James Patterson's Women Mystery Club series. I'll have a look at Robin Cook.

I'm with you -- Alaska is beautiful and special. We were hoping for a quieter night, since from 9PM there was a lull all over the country. Sadly, the lull lasted only 4 hours. 1PM -- Sirens in Tel Aviv -- DS1 rushing to the stairs. Check 😢 1.12 - Our turn. Check 😢 1.23 - DS2. Our in laws don't have a shelter, so they're spending the night in DS2's new apartment. It was crowded with DDIL, DS2 + 2 grandkids. Check 😢 Another sleepless night awaits us....

ALL of them are mine too, especially Connelly -- you can't go wrong with any of his books.

Happy Birthday and Congratulations on your 33 anniversary. Beautiful itinerary and pictures. Absolutely love lighthouses 😁

Yes, it was -- yesterday evening for about an hour and a half.

I too prefer a book in my hands, but the "supply" has dried out... Amazon isn't sending 2nd hand books to Israel and they charge a lot of dough for shipping new ones 😢 It took some time for me to get used... but now all I can see are the advantages of "one click buy" and in a minute - the book is downloaded... It surely beats waiting for DS to be in NY and fetch the 2nd hand books I've ordered to his hotel 😉 Fingers crossed for your house sell today... May it sell waaayyy above asking price !!

Haifa -- yes. Tel Aviv -- not so much... The schools/kindergartens are closed, lots of people remained at home after the bombings yesterday evening and during the night....