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Shake, Rattle & Roll: Ride into the future

Looking at my brother, who is spinning with a shoe that Willy Loman wore in Death of Salesman, I know that I have much more inspiring to do before he hops on one of these steel horses by his own choice. But right now it’s February in snowy NY and the only place you can keep such a hairy idea alive is in

A Hairy Yaari Challenge

Here is my vision — Eyal and I riding on a tandem bike screaming across the road to Eilat, the destination of a 300 mile ride. Oren is somewhere up ahead and the Shake, Rattle and Roll team is nearing the end of one heck of an amazing journey. A year in the making. But every journey has a beginning and this one starts out in the emergency room.

The Road to Eilat

Nearly two hundred bike riders reached Eilat together during the 2007 Israel Ride. But in a way, each rider took a different road to get there, paving their own experience onto those 300 miles of asphalt. This account is about my road to Eilat, which began in the summer of 1968 riding in the back of my father’s Jeep. My father had just gotten a new…

Partners

When you find yourself out of the raft in whitewater rapids without your paddle, a lot of things go through your mind. The first thought is to save your ass. The second is to save your partner’s ass and get back in the boat. In business and in life you often find yourself outside the safety of your raft and in some cases the paddle is beyond reach too. That’s when you need a…

Row Row Ro…

Ronen rowing on Hosmer Vt.

Elizabeth and I recently got back from a trip to Craftsbury, Vermont where I took a 4 day course on how to row a single scull. It’s my attempt to make Tal’s father’s day card become a reality (she drew both of us racing single sculls). The Craftsbury center is situated in way-the-hell-northern-Vermont…

Passing on Paradise

Sitting forty feet below the surface of the Red Sea and watching my son Oren being anointed “scuba ready” by Muhammad-the-Egyptian-dive master is an odd sight. Oren is on his knees, facing Mohammad and going thru five distinct exercises: taking out the regulator, off with the weight belt, buddy breathing…etc. It’s all done in silence…

A Wincoma Welcome

If you ever travelled in developing countries you’d realize that the notion of gracious hospitality has zero relationship to income levels. One might even argue that it has an inverse relationship….the less money the warmer the welcome.  And one early Sunday morning Ofer and I proved this relationship beyond a doubt in Wincoma, NY; a… Read More »

A New Year Wish: Shakshuka Beach State of Mind

Shakshuka (Arabic: شكشوكة‎; Hebrew: שקשוקה‎) is Middle Eastern dish consisting of poached eggs cooked in a sauce of tomatoes, peppers, onions, and spices (often including cumin, turmeric, and chillies), and usually served with pita for mopping up. But for those of us who grew up on shakshuka breakfasts in Israel, it means home. It means taking time on a Shabbat morning to make a feast of poached eggs and serving them to friends. It’s a tradition and we love…

It’s that Robinson Crusoe Feeling Again…

It’s a stretch of sand just 3 miles from the house. It’s a town beach where moms come with their vans and strollers and Teens party after hours, but it’s a whole different place when you kayak to it with your son and spend the night swimming, cooking and setting up camp. Ofer and I…