http://balloontwisteraliya.blogsome.com Aliya... in the eyes of a Balloon guy... from Staten Island, NY To Ramat Beit Shemesh Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:38:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Whew…. finally… a free moment. Penina is off to visit a friend who had a baby girl (Benovitz, if you must know) and I have an hour to pick up Tamar from her Gan chayot. If you’re still wondering.. I’m in Israel. Instead of starting my new project yesterday, it was pushed to ... http://balloontwisteraliya.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/pessach-passes-over/ Well, Its been a good run. 2 months and a week in Detroit…. 2 days in New YOrk… and now its 2 weeks in Israel…. before my gig in New York. Bittersweet leaving D-Town. While I had NO problems leaving my job at DTE. I met some great people and ... http://balloontwisteraliya.blogsome.com/2007/03/28/dee-lighted-to-leave-dee-troit/ Well, as is my custom when I hit different towns on consulting gigs… I like to sample some of the local flavor in going to sporting events on free evenings or sundays. Last week I went to a semi meaningles university of Michigan game in Ann Arbor. For those Basketball ... http://balloontwisteraliya.blogsome.com/2007/03/20/netting-results/ What a busy day. Alot of Mazel in Adar…..Coincidence? I think NOT. A Mazel Tov to The Waldman / Gordon families on the birth of a girl to Rochel and Noach. A Mazel Tov Penina’s friend yocheved Wennick on the birth of a girl A mazel tov to Penina’s friend Elana Schwartz. I ... http://balloontwisteraliya.blogsome.com/2007/03/15/mazel-tovs-in-adar/ How could I have forgotten? Sitting next to me on sat,. night’s flight was …. a big celebrity. Bigger than Lee Jones ( former NBA Referee I met on a plane in the 90’s) Macho Man Randy savage (same plane) I met… The son of the guy who invented kosher Lamp. Yes. Calm down. please. Chill. It ... http://balloontwisteraliya.blogsome.com/2007/03/13/celebrity/ Well, its finally above freezing here in DEETroit. Still some snow on the ground but it was around 40 on sunday and I hear its going to hit 60 today. Summer. I made in Home for shabbos but had to split right afterwards to be in front of a class Monday at 7am. Turns ... http://balloontwisteraliya.blogsome.com/2007/03/13/home-and-back/ Wow. What a weekend… the chapter has officially been written and closed. The longest weekend of my life. The ALMOST purim in Israel. The ALMOST Purim in Detroit. The ALMOST being in the Zurich airport for shabbos. The Almost being stuck at Laguardia for shabbos… Alot of Close calls… On the PLUS ... http://balloontwisteraliya.blogsome.com/2007/03/06/purim-in-israel-toronto-detroit-ny/ Well, shabbos in a new neighborhood for me: West Bloomfield, MI. My sister in law’s Aunt and Uncle live there so I invited myself there. The shul that was in Semi Walking distance was the Chabad house. Semi walking distance because while the shul wasnt THAT far away (3/4 mile) with ... http://balloontwisteraliya.blogsome.com/2007/02/26/wild-wild-west-bloomfield/ I apologize to those who have been looking for my blogs…and to rabbi spolter as well. Rabbi Spolter, of Oak Park wanted to know why I don’t write about detroit…. Its NOT because there is nothing to write. Its due to comments that several people made months ago. Something along the lines ... http://balloontwisteraliya.blogsome.com/2007/02/19/alot-of-things-to-write-about/ Hello. Been a few weeks… sorry about that. New work in a new town.. no excuses though. Ever been to Detroit? VERY.. VEry..cold.. Its also always cloudy…. This week we had 20 minutes of sun… I think it was monday at 4pm…. it was beautiful. I finally have a office with a window…. unfortunately… all ... http://balloontwisteraliya.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/wow-been-a-long-time/