My sister Eli stars in this unrelated promotional video from the Whitsundays. I had nothing to do with it.

Tuesday 20th May. My friend Ilana told me about a great arts and crafts market that happens on Tuesdays and Fridays. The conditions are that stall owners can only sell wares that they themselves make, it has to be handmade and the makers of the goods must be there themselves to sell it. Anything made overseas or mass produced will be kicked out. Sounded like a good place to go to find some original gifts [...]

Can’t do this in Australia… Close enough, but only in Israel.

This post takes a break from my rants and raves to kick off the shoes of touristic travels and tantalise your earbuds with the sounds of Israel. I hope this works as I’ve found a website that allows you to put music on your website so let me know if it doesn’t work. Firstly a song that I remember my mother used to sing in the Brisbane Shir Li Choir. It’s called Jerusalem of Gold. [...]

Having been in Israel for over a month and a half now I’m missing foods other than hummus, felafel and anything else middle eastern. Craving a good asian meal I decided to prepare the Zetlin famous soy chicken. I had a fear that I would not be able to find dark soy sauce, after all, they don’t creamed corn here, nor lemon lime and bitters in bars. Luckily there is a few asian stores in [...]