In Jerusalem, there’s a place called the Temple Mount. On this site, Solomon’s Temple, and later, Herod’s Temple, were built as a location to worship God. During the 1967 Six-Day War, the small, nascent State of Israel was attacked by three Arab armies, yet still won East Jerusalem, reuniting the Temple Mount with the rest…
Alright, we know snoring happens. Men snore, some women or children snore, dogs snore. But, like a lot of other things in life, we don’t need it in public. Keep it to yourself, your own litlle secret, okay? For 13 hours on an international airline flight, I had to endure a nearby gentleman’s honking and…
This is not the first time I’ve had issues with rental cars. Once I had to be rescued ontop of a mountain when I was reduced to only first gear. That was an event, leaving the car to be towed, and hopping into another car with a guy from the rental company. Usually, I rent…
It used to be that I cared. Not that I don’t care, but maybe I’m letting myself go, in more ways than one. Well, I definitely am, but the point is, I used to be concerned about that. Maybe I’m just too far gone to care. Perhaps if I made the effort once again, the…
I could make many meaningful comments about the Holy Land, and I will, I’m sure. But for now, let’s just say that there are other more pressing matters that are gaining my attention, such as why my rental car sounded like it was going to blow up from the first second that I got it…
My life is like one, big reality show. As a matter of fact, I have more reality than most viewers can handle. All that to say, taking a taxi in a foreign country can be quite a trip. Especially if you’re me. For some reason. Believe me, I don’t know why these things happen, but…
Hello, my name is Alexandra, and I am an overdependent doo-doo head. Some of my blogs are about how I can’t live with my family, and this is one about how I can’t live without them. Yes, they often bug and irritate me, but, I need my peeps. My family, particularly my husband and oldest…
The very fact that my husband read the recent blog, and then desired to comment, is against his nature of “Do Not Become Involved”. But here is the Italian-American side of the Russian-American family, giving his own comments, which are suspicious enough because all of his arguments are involving places not located in the U.S.,…
If you travel a bunch on commercial aircraft, you need a luggage scale. Really. Trust me on this one. Nowadays, airlines charge for most bags, and the point is, their luggage scales are not always calibrated correctly. If you can weigh the bag ahead of time, and know within a couple of pounds, or a…
I had to downsize from about a 24-inch carryon to a 21-inch. Those 3 inches are similar to an extra 3 inches around the mid-section and makes all the difference one way or another. The waistline you want to downsize. The carryon, you don’t. Since my old bag was breaking, I never intended on downsizing,…
