I am nearly finished writing my long-delayed post on Annapolis - which is proving to be a difficult task, because there are so few synonyms for apathy. Allison’s take is here, and I am planning to finish mine tonight. Meanwhile, here are some links to keep you busy.
I’m such a respectful person
I am a finalist in the category of Best Non-Muslim Blog in the Fourth Annual Brass Crescent Awards. Brian nominated me for last year’s competition - which, to my utter amazement, I won. This year Liza nominated me. According to the Brass Crescent Organization, “Past winner Lisa Goldman’s posts about encounters with Palestinians, Lebanese, and other members of the Arab world ‘are always excellent.’” (Nice, hein?)
If I win again this year, Liza will receive a smoked salmon sandwich at Cafe Noach, plus a latte and homemade carrot cake. Click here to vote, and make me and Liza happy. While you’re there, do check out the blogs nominated in the other categories. Some of them are really excellent.
Shopping for Tel Aviv style
Tel Aviv has won the Street Clash Competition, an international style competition between blogs & photographers around the world. Our little Levantine jewel on the Mediterranean edged out Copenhagen to win the title for the city with the most interesting street fashion (more photos of Tel Aviv street style here).
For those who live outside Tel Aviv but long for a touch of local style, check out the products by local designers listed on Designist’s Dream. Shopping online for your Hanukkah/Christmas/Kwanzaa/Eid gifts? Voila - Designist’s Dream is your one-stop shopping destination for cutting edge style in clothes, jewellery, home accessories and various fabulous toys for grownups (and children).
Tel Aviv listings in English
Tel Aviv City is a bilingual site with comprehensive eating, drinking, shopping, lodging and entertainment listings - many of them local secrets. The English site is not updated quite as frequently as the Hebrew site, and not all the listings are translated, but it’s still an excellent resource for long-time residents and first-time visitors. It includes a beginner’s guide for first-time visitors to the city, as well as listings for fringe theatre, live indy music performances, street parties, small gallery exhibitions and lots of other events that you won’t find mentioned in any other English-language resource. Now, if they could just get a native English speaker to do the translations… 
9 responses so far ↓
m.bee // December 3, 2007 at 8:37 am
I’ve cast my vote hoping to contribute to Liza’s sandwich experience.
That Tel Aviv fashion site just makes me cringe. Sorry. Some people try waaaay too hard.
Liza // December 3, 2007 at 10:22 am
M.Bee, I thank you from the bottom of my stomach! And, on the off chance that Lisa doesn’t win, I’ll buy her the sandwich, the coffee and the carrot cake, in order to help her to cope with the loss.
Fay // December 3, 2007 at 11:32 am
I’ve voted for Lisa of course. Hope you enjoy your sandwich, coffee and cake. Think of me wanting to be there too! I’m with m bee on the fashion site. She, by the way, is badly missed in the blogoshere.
The Tel Aviv site’s English is just too painful to read. Annapolis - yep waiting for your take on that too.
I’m off to waste some more time on Facebook. Cheers. Oh, and chag sameach.
tamar // December 3, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Interesting contest name. I like the thinking behind it. Thanks for the chance to vote for you. I’ll also be checking out the blogs of almost all the nominees in all the categories.
Jennifer // December 4, 2007 at 9:27 am
Good luck in the voting. I thought it an interesting competition and was glad to see that I recognized more than one name.
Don’t worry about posting on Annapolis. You will have to serve up the journalistic equivalent of many small cups of double espresso along the way for me to stay awake on the topic.
Am glad to see that Designist Dream is getting more well-deserved exposure.
godlessjew // December 4, 2007 at 10:26 am
Hi Lisa,
Before posting on Annapolis (which I look forward to reading) you should check out my new entry “More Creative Solutions to the Arab-Israeli Conflict” http://roiword.wordpress.com You might get some good ideas
I will now go and vote for you. Salaam, Roi
maryam in marrakesh // December 4, 2007 at 2:29 pm
I am so happy to have discovered your blog through Liza. What a noteworthy thing it is to be described like that! good luck in the competition.
lisagoldman // December 4, 2007 at 3:50 pm
Maryam! Thank you so much for stopping by. I am honoured.
Liza, by the way, is my one-woman unpaid PR machine.
Liza // December 4, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Unpaid? You just haven’t received the bill yet, my dear!
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