wow. ok, so, anat got back. the next day we walked around town for a bit and then went with some of her friends to a rooftop party with a dj and a band. the next day we were off to the desert, to a place near Arad she knows from her days producing parties, this is also how she knows so many bar owners, more on that in a bit....


the desert was awesome. we stayed at a Bedouin style place, just a semi permanent tent with three canvas walls and mats covering the dirt floor.



the tent was on a hill that overlooked the dead sea and beyond that jordan. we were close to where the dead sea scrolls were found and Masada.



we found out soon after we arrived there would be a meteor shower that night (??!!) there is no better place to watch the stars than the desert. now i have seen shooting stars before, a cool little white streak that disappears as soon as you look. these were very different. the meteors left big streaks of color across the sky, ive never seen anything like it. the first we saw were red, the next greenish and then yellow all with long tails. we stayed out till the sun rose over Jordon.



i woke up the next morning to a few Bedouin ladies walking their camels outside.


we returned to tel aviv the next day (israel is very small). after getting some drinks with boaz at the Betty Ford we went to the Minerva, Anat's favorite local lesbian hang out (good friends with the bartenders and DJ) then to The Mental (good friends with owner), then to Lima Lima (again owner), then to Abraxas a real popular place that plays my kind of music which in anat's mind is black music. we finished with late night eats at Dixie. sorry, no pictures that night.

Tuesday my mom came down from kiriat yam to see me on my last day. we walked all around the city and then ate at Itzik Hagadol (Itzik the great). delicious food, kababs and wine. i can not go into details on the food as there were 30 plates on our table. i was very satisfied.



after dinner my mom headed back north, and it was time to go out again....
first we went to the clara (or was it the claw?) a massive outdoor bar on the beach. there were at least a few hundred people there, I remind you this was a tuesday night. then we went to see anats best friend, shout out to DJ Tammi B, at a new bar also by the beach.

while we were there another one of her good friends (she has many) came and said we had to come next door to another bar to see a very good friend (who owned the bar). we go next door and theres a large crowd out front fighting to get in this place. we met the owner at a back door and were escorted in through the mens bathroom. the place was packed.

again, this was Tuesday night. Tel Avivians know how to party! i really enjoyed this place as it was one of the few I went to that was playing all Israeli music, mostly old disco sounding songs. Everybody in the entire bar including the bartenders was dancing along and screaming all the lyrics. unique. we finished that night with a bowl of the second best hummus in town...