BOY, do i have good timing. Pray for me!

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BOY, do i have good timing. Pray for me!

Posted: 11/4/04 at 12:12pm

So... i'm not at some fabulous theater at the moment. I'm a jewish man staying in a hotel (typing this) in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem (my friends pick.) Yassar Arafat is either dying/dead right now in a Paris hospital and the tension here is palpable. Suspicious *bang* sounds fill the air--firecrackers? I'm not sure. Wish me luck all--i hope to be back in NYC at my office desk on monday, making catty comments to all of you.

'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 12:13pm

Middie - may safety be with you.

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 12:14pm

Good luck getting home Middy. Let us know when you're back safe and sound.

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 12:15pm

Safe travels!

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 12:15pm

I'll keep you in my prayers. Do you have the number to the U.S. Embassy or know where it is? Can never be too cautious...

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 12:19pm

Get your butt OUT of there, midtown! It's not worth the risk!

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 12:19pm

It's now 7:30 pm, and we're deciding whether to venture out, but DAMN those firecracker/gun noises are scary. Machine guns are everywhere, of course (the Israeli Defense Force.) This is relaxing!
However, the Muslims i've met have been beautiful. I refuse to stay in my hotel room all night. I need a good drink. Now if only Jerusalem had a good gay bar...

'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 12:20pm

Safe journey midtown. Good thoughts and prayers are yours today.

"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen." Conan O'Brien

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 12:22pm

Be safe, midtown! <333

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 12:26pm

Get home safe, buddy!!

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 12:29pm

safe wishes

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 1:29pm

Safe journey.

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 1:32pm

safe trip midtown

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 2:11pm

midtown - any bar you go to immediately becomes a good gay bar :)

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 2:14pm

Have a safe trip!

I have my books and my poetry to protect me...

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 3:10pm

My prayers are with you, they're Catholic, but they still count! hehe

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 3:13pm

Oy ge-VALT!

Not sure if these are still open--or if they're any good!

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Shushan 4 is Jerusalem’s recently opened gay bar (and Jerusalem’s only gay establishment!), located (not surprisingly) on 4 Shushan St. (Shushan St. is a small street close to City Hall, tucked between Jaffa St. and Koresh St.) Open daily from 9 p.m.; closed on Sundays.

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In Jerusalem, the gay scene is growing a bit more quietly. Shonka, at 1 Ha Soreg St. (tel. 02/625-7033) is Jerusalem's newest restaurant hit and stylish dance bar. Thursday night is gay night, which usually revs up midnight. The bar is good, and if you come early for a meal (before 10pm) the inventive Mediterranean Rim menu is excellent, though not cheap.

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 3:49pm

Midtown, I hope everything turns out okay. The gun noises are...sort of a fact of life. Gaza and the West Bank are places where things tend to go boom. Don't let the religious crazies (of any stripe) get you down. Unfortunately, you're kind of in their capital.

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 3:52pm

Come to my house. Tel-Aviv is safe.

"Years from now, when you talk about this - And you will - Be kind. "

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 3:54pm

Comparitively. Now, the suburbs- those are safe. You don't hear about attacks on Ra'anana that often. :)

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 3:59pm

Well if we're getting technical...I live in Ramat-Hasharon. :)

"Years from now, when you talk about this - And you will - Be kind. "

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 4:01pm

Yay! Where I lived. Only the occassional terrorist attack there, though we did have to keep our masks on for an awfully long time during the Gulf War.

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 4:08pm

Yeah we sure did.

And actually, no- there have been NO terrorist attacks here. So you can come, Midtowngym.

"Years from now, when you talk about this - And you will - Be kind. "

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Posted: 11/4/04 at 5:04pm

WOW. Stay safe!!!!!!!!!!:) (Hugs and Prayers)

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