tel aviv

Tel Aviv’s Proudest Day

כ״ט בתמוז ה׳תש״ע (Sunday 11 July 2010)

I’ve lived in Tel Aviv already more than a few years, and I long ago learned to hide what I believe about any issue from the people I meet here. More than half of the girls I’ve dated in Tel Aviv have been draft dodgers, not including the one draft resister I fucked after I [...]

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Hashish Shortage

ט׳ בתמוז ה׳תש״ע (Monday 21 June 2010)

I haven’t been able to buy hash in half a year. I ran out of my last batch of brownies a few months ago. Everyone is talking about this bullshit crackdown they’re doing – raids on the border and in the Sinai, and busts on people who are growing it at home. I used to [...]

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Tipping for Bad Service

ל׳ בסיון ה׳תש״ע (Saturday 12 June 2010)

I was recently out to brunch at a well known restaurant in Tel Aviv. When my date and I ordered our meals and drinks, we also asked for glasses of water. Water should be brought to restaurant tables – clean, cold and free of fruit wedges – as soon as patrons sit down and they [...]

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I am not a Pick-Up Artist

כ״ו בסיון ה׳תש״ע (Tuesday 8 June 2010)

This is in response to a question posted by Israeli Hi-Tech Guy in my new Open Thread: So, are you a sort of Israeli PUA? How viable is that lifestyle here? No, I do not consider myself a Pick-Up Artist for these reasons: First, in contrast to other parts of the world, picking up girls [...]

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