Comments on: My street has a website

By: Anonymous

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

cool!
reminded me of the cafes in the Montreal plateau area..
hehe..”artsy fartsy leftists”

By: Anonymous

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

Thanks for posting this link! I am buying a flat just near Beit Tami and it is fun to see all of this.
See you on Sheinkin! Carol

By: Anonymous

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

I finally got round to riding over to Gan Hahashmal. It reminded me of early eighties Sheinkin, in a way, long before Sheinkin got icky and commercialized. Very promising.
I don't like going to Sheinkin anymore. We used to have coffee there every Friday morning, when Eldest was little, before Youngest was born. It was already starting to get spoiled even then – the (artsy fartsy) shabbiness was getting artificial (if it wasn't always) – but it was a nice change from north Tel Aviv.
Today it's all too shiny, and the atmosphere on a Friday is not pleasant and laid back, like it used to be.
There seem to be so many nice alternatives for Friday morning coffees these days, Tel Aviv is hopping, but we never seem to get round to it. Oh well.

By: Anonymous

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

Sheinkin is trying too hard and is too self-conscious — that is how I always feel every time I find myself there. But that's a little bit how I feel about Tel Aviv in general. I'll admit that I live in Europe, so when I go to Israel I'm looking for a city with some Middle Eastern flavour and so it's Jerusalem I'm interested in (and for country the Galil, and the Carmel and the whole area around Ramat HaShofet/Ramot Menashe/Dalia). Jerusalem is something you just won't find anywhere in Europe, while Tel Aviv always gives me the impression it's trying as hard as it can to be hip in western eyes. It makes me think of Milan trying to be New York. But maybe I'm wrong or unfair. That's the vibe I always get, though. But Jerusalem is really special. I know that Tel Aviv people including some of my own friends think Jerusalem is boring and totally unhip and absurdly religious, but to me it's fascinating. Scheinkin, you see it, you immediately know what it is. If you like that sort of thing, great. But there's not much there to think about or talk about. Jerusalem is living history.

By: Anonymous

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

Hi Laila
I'm so glad you like our site.
It seems that everyone has a different opinion about Sheinkin!
If you'd like to write somethjing for our magazine, you are very welcome.
Regards
Michael