Comments on: An alternate version

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

I got to experience Gan HaHeshmal up close and personal, all thanks to a certain Israeli woman who knows a thing or two about all the restaurants, boutiques and their owners. It's the coolest area of Tel Aviv (and so happens to closely resemble Beirut by the way)
Are you getting any sales commissions from this post?
Are you (dare I say it) accepting capitalism into your heart?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

No sales commissions, but maybe a bit of a discount now and then if I ask nicely.
As for capitalism, I think we both like the non-muscular variety – the one with a human face. No?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Has the nightlife in the gan changed as well? Last I heard it was the best place to find an underage male prostitute.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Imshin, those days are loooong gone. (okay, about 18 months gone).
The whole gan has been really nicely renovated and landscaped; it's a totally different place. The rentboys and transvestites have moved on to less-green pastures.
Proof of the gan's gentrification: rents are up. Way up.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Nice looking boutique but why are they hanging dresses on wire hangers?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

They're actually stout metal hangers with a wire “look,” but they don't photograph very well.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Hey Lisa
Apart from you looking good in the sunny Israel,though you might be interested in this website as well.Have a look.
http://www.ijchronicle.com/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

The Youth Media Tour demands closer inspection. Is the Foreign Ministry's intention to persuade apolitical hipsters to adopt an Israeli worldview, which will be useful when the kids grow up and are in a position to vote for neo-conservatism with their American ballots? Or is the Tour in the innocent spirit of "the brotherhood of man"? You tell me. To be really groundbreaking, the Tour should embrace the youth culture of both Palesinians and Israelis. Lisa, you wrote of the profound misperceptions Arabs and Israelis have of one another. Isn't this Tour, with it's think-outside-the-box aspirations, a missed opportunity to set aside every day politics and look at how young people on the planet's most contentious strip of land (the size of New Jersey!) actually live their daily lives?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

There was an article about this junket in the local Jewish newspaper where my parents live. I'll bring it back for you when I return to Israel (I don't think it's accessible on line, but I'll check).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

I still have no idea where this place is.