Taiwan is hosting the international flora exposition in Taipei till April 25 2011. Even if you’re not that much into flowers, this is one event that you won’t want to miss. Taipei has done an extremely good job with this
Natsumi Hayashi : Gorgeously Levitating Japanese Girl
She’s a girl, she’s Asian, and she flies a lot, so it’s only natural that I would pay attention. For a while now, Natsumi Hayashi has been taking self-portraits of herself flying, or rather – levitating . I really like
Mamilla – Jerusalem
Welcome to Mamilla. It’s been up for around 2-3 years now, but still looking brand new and quite impressive. When I visit back home or introduce Jerusalem to friends and need a place to sit down for coffee, this is
Cetinje Monastery : Montenegro
It’s a cute little town, a former capital of the Montenegrin kingdom, Cetinje hosts one of the most famous monasteries in the region, dating back to 1701. It went through some rough times when the Turkish invaded, but has managed
Angkor Thom : Faces of Bayon
Angkor Thom, the ancient capital city of the Khmer empire, is quite remarkable, giving a strong fight to Angkor Wat in the charm score. What makes it so charming? The countless Buddha like faces engraved in the stone all around
Shem Tov Levi with Maimon Cohen Live at Hebrew University
My sister insists of taking me to all sorts of musical adventures that are somewhat unique, combining her musical tendencies towards Mediterranean Mesopotamian influences. Since I lean towards the mainstream Israeli alternative music (an oxymoron of a sort, I know),
Lepers’ Home: Hansen Hospital-Talbia
One of the houses in Jerusalem’s Talbia has a special story. In one of my recent visits to Jerusalem there was an artist event happening at the former Hansen Hospital, commonly known across Jerusalem as the “Lepers’ Home”. Established in
Houses of Talbiyeh : Jerusalem
Near the prime minister’s home, just off the president’s residences, hosting the lovely Jerusalem Theater and within 5 minutes walk from my parents’ house is the beautiful neighborhood of Talbiyeh. Unless you walk through it, it’s a bit difficult to
Hong Kong Israeli Film Festival 2011
Beginning of 2011 Hong Kong hosted the Israeli Film Festival with a few Israeli movies showing around cinemas in Hong Kong . It was very surprising to me that Hong Kong locals would be interested in movies from Israel, it’s
HK Science Museum: Marvelous Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci
My first visit ever to the Hong Kong science museum included a very pleasant surprise, a special exhibition dedicated to the “marvelous inventions of Leonardo da Vinchi”. It’s especially interesting because I just recently finished reading an historical