Paradox: "Singles Community"

If you're my age (23) and single, you almost certainly had an experience similar to the one I am about to describe. Perhaps you remember when you had friends. I do. We used to hang out, do stuff, and whine about how the relationships we were in were failing. What happened to our friends? THEY got married. You and I, THE SINGLES, got left behind. Blame the person ...

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Why is this vacation different from all other vacations?

Oddly enough, there is actually a biblical requirement to go to the Holy Land for Passover. For thousands of years, our ancestors only dreamed of such a Messianic opportunity. More recently, however, we as a people have chosen to arrange ourselves for the holiday in similarly desert-like, though not quite as holy, climates: Florida, California, the Caribbean, Arizona, and even the high seas. While many ...

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Do you sell to China?

As an introduction to this post I must let everyone know that I am blessed with a boss who has a fabulous sense of humor. It really  makes the  day move along when he  stops the office to  start some shananagen or another. Have you ever heard the indium "To every jest there is truth?" Today I saw that in action...and even though the office was laughing the situation has quite a bit of truth to ...

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Kosher Airport Food

A few months ago I was reading one of my favorite message boards, FlyerTalk, and I came across a post about kosher offerings at different airports. As a travel junky, and someone who keeps kosher, I was intrigued. It turns out that there is a kosher vendor at the Jet Blue terminal at JFK airport in New York, but nothing at Newark, where I tend to fly in and out of most ...

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