Pasta-Fu Master (Level 5)

A few months ago I acquired a Kitchen-Aid pasta maker attachment (KPRA) for my mixer. There’s a long convoluted story behind this, the first KPRA I bought (while in Boston) was stolen on the flight to Israel. Thankfully Uri and Tamar got me a new one when they last visited.

Anyway, I’ve made pasta like 6-7 times so far and I’m steadily improving. I decided that the ranking of a true pasta-fu master should be measured by the thickness of the pasta. At first I could only reach level 3 before the pasta sheets got all sticky and crumply and much screaming was heard in Bloch street, Tel Aviv.

But now finally I am proud to say I am a level 5 master! The pasty, much like silk, flows through my hands, behaving like a well-behaved kitten, and producing the most angelic of pastas. Yesterday we made pasta (there would have been pictures but Shachar was a bit sick so I was rushed) and I dried it on our weird Israeli-style laundry drying device.

Huzzah!

Worldwide Photowalk

A very cool global event is taking place on July 18th (one month from now) – The 2nd Annual Worldwide Photowalk. Its an event organized by a great photographer (and author) named Scott Kelby. On that Saturday, groups around the world will go out and take photos together, simple yet fun!

Somehow I got to organize the Tel-Aviv walk, so far I have 20+ participants registered, and I hope to fill it (50) by the time of the walk. Our Tel-Aviv walk will take place in the afternoon, hopefully including the sunset, in the south of Tel-Aviv. I still don’t have a final route for the walk, its been hectic so I haven’t been able to tour the locales.

So go ahead and register, be supportive of photography, Tel-Aviv, yourself and me! Did I mention that you might stand to win some cool prizes?

No more Battlestar Galactica

I watched the last episode of Battlestar Galactica last night (season 4 episode 20), 90 minutes of sci-fi goodness. I’ve been watching BSG since 2005, always in bursts. I watched season 1 and 2 back to back, then season 3 all at once and now season 4 in twelve days. It is in my opinion the best TV series ever, does that sound too much? I think I’m pretty much backed up by all the script awards they’ve won, and by the fact that everyone I turned onto the series became a big fan.

So now I walk into a desert of no sci-fi shows, in my canteen only a two seasons of Startrek: Enterprise which is like taking sugar water into the desert with you.

(sniff)

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Music Videos

I’ve been using Youtube for a few years, but never really did more than just watched clips. Now I found out (ooh huge discovery) that you can create playlists, that’s nice

Long time no post

Yes yes I know, long time no post. But its been a hectic summer and its been even busier since I returned. Deal with it. Updates soon (I hope).