Unpublished In Tel-Aviv
Tales of an unpublished author a long long way from home…
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Hipster Bikes Must Die!!!
Having drinks at Port Said, one of the trendier bars in my neighbourhood, I ran into some old industrial designer friends. We got talking but within a few minutes I realised I was already excluded. Usually I find this upsetting;…
Read MoreIndie Bookshop Bliss
Today, I did something I hate to do: I drove in Tel-Aviv. I’m glad I did. As is always the case, there was no parking, so I queued for a place at the parking lot which, once-upon-an-Ottoman-time, was the railway…
Read MoreWorld’s Best Streetfood!
Is in Taiwan, where the best of China and Japan do the dirty and have scrumptious little babies. But if I titled this post “World’s Second Best Street Food”, would you read it? Of course not. So, after the bait,…
Read MoreKnocking shit down…
Over here, a lot of walls get put up; not a lot get pulled down. In the country, that is. In our apartment, it’s the opposite. Just this morning, this disaster zone was my study. Now it’s a hole, and…
Read MoreBusted!
Free babysitters in Tel-Aviv are like virgins in a Harem: if they do exist, they’re gone before you know it. So it was in desperation that, when Wife and I realised we hadn’t been out alone in a very, very…
Read MoreCamel, meet straw…
Look long, look hard people: this is what rejection looks like. £6.87 in pre-paid postage, and they photocopy the same letter so cheaply even the signature is smudged. To top it off, I’m reduced to the generic Writer. Dear Writer , but last time I checked…
Read MoreGoodbye old friend.
Sufi died today. She had been struggling with illness for many months, with adversity for over a year. I have been writing this post for a long time in my head, and yet now that I have to sit down…
Read MoreDo we got a deal?
Walking Young Dog in our area, I got flashed by a vehicle coming up behind. Being the courteous resident that I am, I pulled aside to let him past (Kerem Hataymanim doesn’t really have pavements) but as he came alongside, he rolled…
Read MoreUnpublished Author goes to a wedding (Oi Gevalt)
Never invite an unpublished author to your wedding. We’re not particularly good at moderation generally; moderation with alcohol specifically. Therefore, an open bar – an integral and inseparable part of all good weddings – is a nightmare in waiting. Initially socially awkward,…
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