Fairway

The Fairway name still has magic (as well as love and pastries). Check out the link about a proposal at the Stamford Fairway.

http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Finding-love-at-Fairway-2425113.php

Kilroy Caught Pink Handed

 

2 wild and crazy tourists at the Cadillac Ranch.
Apparently some wealthy Texas guy has a huge ranch (they're all huge there)& he stuck these old Cadillacs in the ground. People just come by there & spray paint graffitti on them.

We made it to Flagstaff AZ, BH.

Chanukah brunch

I had a couple of friends over for a chanukah brunch. I bougth a plastic disposable chanukah tablecloth , plates, napkins and cups served bialys and cream cheese and lox and an omelet. I made muffins this morning and served coffee. It was very pleasant. I also gave my guests a pair of fuzzy socks wrapped in a chanukah bag. I had chanukah music playing inthe background. It was a fairly last minute get together.

I won!!!

I was the day 3 winner of $250 chanakah gelt from Seasons. I now have a $250 account there. Check out Seasons' facebook page.

The store is expensive but the staff are very customer friendly. I was there the first night to pick up a couple of things. For some reason I was determined to shop there basically to pick up a jelly donut. I had trouble parking and went around a couple of times and then found a spot in their lot. When I was checking out something rang up for $16. The brisket I boutght was $16.01 and my bill seemed awfully high. I questioned and the girl lifted the bag with tthe 2 little jelly popems I bought. It should have $1.00. We laughed and a manger joked about how special they are and I said yeah it must have beenexpensive imported jelly... They adjusted it and then another manager said just take it off the bill so I ended getting it for free. I then asked for a form for the sweepstakes put it in the box and went home. Yeah I dripped the jelly on my shirt too. Today in shul a couple of friends told me I won and that they saw it on the facebook page...

Happy Chanukah

Happy Chanukah family. Enjoy your Chinese food and latkes

Naomi's New Cell # in Israel

Naomi switched phone co's. Her new US # is 901-881-7789.
Her new regular # is 052-809-0206.
Happy Hanukah to all.

Yossi and Malka Chanukah Production

Hi All!
Here are the videos of Yossi and Malka's Chanukah production . Malkas class went twice because the first time they sung too softly. Yossi is the boy on the far righton the last video. It is a little hard to tell because of the glare. I was really prepared this time. I erased tons of pictures to make sure I had enough memory, brought spare batteries, and had my phone ready to record in case the camera failed. Enjoy!

Some pictures

Enjoy the scenic view of Phoenix, maybe it will make you come visit!

Terms of Endeerment

As many of you have heard we had a little incident on our trip to Jackson MS. It's not as loopy as Yaakov's story nor were we as clueless as a deer in headlights.
As you know we drove down there after Shabbos. First we dropped off Steve Katz at his nephew’s house in Madison, a little north of Jackson. Then right after that as Ima & I were headed to the hotel, on a pretty quiet road, (Gluckstadt Rd.) all of a sudden a heard & felt a huge thud & saw that the windshield was cracked all over. We just kept goingas we realized it was a deer that must have hit us. I sort of saw an antler & an eyeball to my left. I looked in my side mirror but realized it was no longer there. We got to our hotel around 15 minutes later & saw that the drivers side door, sliding door & the panel over the front tire was damaged, beside the mirror being gone & the windshield cracked all over. Howard went by there to get the mirror. He said the mirror was smashed & there was blood everywhere.
Today we saw that part of the inside panel of the sliding door was knocked out. This morning I spent a lot of time on the phone with the insurance company. Our hotel was right next to a bunch of body shops but they were all closed. All the glass places were closed also. I still would have left the van in Jackson but the rental car places except by the airport were closed also.
In the end, Howard Katz said he would drive it back to Memphis for me. Well if he could then I could & that’s what we did. It drove perfectly fine. Steve Katz wasn’t comfortable with that so he took the train back to Memphis.
So we’ll see what the adjuster decides. There’s a chance they may total the car out. If it works out that I could get it fixed then hopefully it will be similar to how it was with the Saturn but it's a little different this time. We'll see.
But Hashem is good. It could have been a lot worse. I now understand why, in Tefilas Haderech, which we did say, in the 21st century we still make reference to”Chayos Ra’os”.

Here are some pictures of the damage

The Loop, Part 2

So there I am, like a doofus, back at the station where I had come from. I figure that my best option by this point is to get another green line train an make sure that I don't get off too early this time. So I take out my unlimited student transit pass to get through the turnstile, but it doesn't work! Apparently, it can't be used twice within a twenty minute period and I had just used it to get into the same station. Luckily, there was a CTA worker standing nearby. I think she recognized me from the first time I was there because I had asked her if all the trains were back to normal. I quickly explained the situation and she let me in using her card. A minute later, a green line train stopped. It was the first one since the one I had boarded before. I got off after two stops. Another minute later a pink line train stopped there. It was going the right direction. So I took it and I got to school at 9:01, one minute late. But I noticed that the test was not starting. I found out that the teacher knew about the situation with the trains and had delayed the test 15 minutes to give people like me time to get there. So I could have just stayed on my original route and been been fine. Anyway, I got an A on the test, But on the way back from school, my train got hit by a deer.

If anyone wants to see a map of the Chicago train system, click on the title of this post. Pay special attention to the Loop map in the bottom left corner, and keep in mind that I can't really tell the difference between the green and orange lines on the map. I'm just kidding about the deer. That's a different story.

The Loop

So I had my last final today, and I was on track to get there at least half an hour early. All of a sudden the train stops and they announce that there is a technical problem and all trains are not moving. After about 15 minutes, we are able to go two more stops, but they said they still don't know when it could go any further. Luckily, I was able to transfer to the red line, which was moving. Now here is where it gets confusing:I knew that I would not be able to transfer to the pink line which takes me to school unless I took one in the opposite direction around the loop, which would be like 7 extra stops and make me late. So I had to take a green line (which goes in both directions) and then I would be able to get the pink line in the right direction. But I got off one stop too early and the pink line was still going in the wrong direction! (I only realized this after waiting a few minutes). I thought to myself that the next stop is only a few blocks away and around the corner. So ran and got to the next stop before any trains had even passed. But when I got there, I realized that it was the station I just came from!

Its getting close to shabbos now so tune in next week for the rest of this confusing and hilarious story.

Loans Without Profit Help Relieve Economic Pain

We had a similar experience as people would come to our house to meet with our father as he ran a gemach as well. They would meet down in the basement.

Article in the NY Times
New York - When Hirshy Minkowicz was growing up in a Hasidic enclave of Brooklyn 30 years ago, he often noticed visitors arriving after dinner to meet with his father. They would withdraw into the study, speak for a time, then part with some confidential agreement having been sealed.

Click to read the rest of the article. Rabbi Weiss of Staten Island is quoted as well.

Poison in Our Juice

Trader Joe's brand is on the list also. http://yourjewishnews.com/13794.aspx