Archive for July 2007
Salvador, Salvador
In Love on July 20, 2007 at 6:15 am
- The Little Theater. At MoMA, July 12th 2007.
You may want to watch these two short clips about Dali and his art:
Even if it wasn’t for my twisted dreams involving elements of his surrealist works, Robert De Niro and a finger in an open bullet wound in my throat, honestly, you know I can relate to someone who said:
Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.
Akel:Food
In Explorator on July 20, 2007 at 12:40 amSo a couple of hours ago I went to an Arabic food store called Ya Hala, you know, to buy some food supplies meshan el tabeekh. Mosh ino ana ba3raf atbokh ya3ni…
The minute I stepped into the store I discovered that speaking Arabic and getting away with some nasty remarks just doesn’t work in this store. Everyone, and I mean everyone, spoke Arabic. Even the Mexican guy by the deli section!!!
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The place is owned by a Palestinian man and it had everything to make me feel at home in el balad, downtown Amman. Arageel, samnet el ghazal, roz masri, freekeh, borghol, jebneh, labaneh… and almost everything was made in Lebanon. So I concluded that Lebanese people are either really smart or their stuff is just very cheap.
The visit to the store was like a brief trip home. So refreshing, but you don’t want to stay there for long.
Saved By The Bell
In Explorator, Life on July 19, 2007 at 2:14 amI just woke up from a nice nap, regretting that I spent the day at home instead of going to Manhattan. Just when I was about to start counting my stupid points, I saw that some news on TV were talking about an explosion in NYC.
A steam pipe obviously exploded very close to Grand Central, which is the station I would have used to arrive to NYC and to head home.
Imagine that! If I were there today, I would have possibly been hurt by the explosion or simply stuck as the police closed the streets and the people ran around. Horrible!
This reminds me of the Amman bombings and how close I was to getting hurt back then. This is freaky…
