Ami Ohayon

I know, I know, I know … I have to stop whining about the weather, so I’ll keep this short. I’m tired of grey. I’m tired of clouds. I want to walk outside and feel some sun, I’m sure I’m suffering from Vitamin D deficiency, waaaagh!

OK, I’m done with whining. In other news, I had a great couple of days last week. Some friends of mine recently got engaged (hi Gal, hi Nomi!) and we threw them a big party to celebrate. It was originally planned to just be a few friends getting together for dinner but very quickly it turned out to be a guest list that may end up rivaling the wedding itself. So, having the party at a house was out, as were most of the restaurants we know. A quick planning meeting was convened (four of us got together for coffee and then swapped emails … that’s the big planning meeting) and we decided that if it was going to be big, let’s make it big. Continue Reading »

As I wrote in my last post, our water situation here in Israel is becoming more and more serious, but there was a small ray of light over the last few days. We had a huge storm that covered pretty much the entire country, including the most critical area in terms of water management, the Kinneret (often known outside of Israel as the Sea of Galilee). The Kinneret is the main reservoir of fresh water for much of Israel.

It’s still only a drop in the bucket so to speak but it was a pretty big drop … we had over 20 centimeters of rain and snow in the last few days, which goes some small distance towards making this winter not quite so disastrous.

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