I arrived in Jerusalem early this morning by bus..... only one hour from Tel Aviv through biblical lanscape of rolling hills and stones. After walking through the Jaffa Gate into the Old City with my Virgin America roller-bag and checking into my hotel in the Christian Quarter, I set out to a place I have seen many times in pictures and read plenty ( Read more... )

My first impressions of Tel Aviv are probably not what the average person thinks of when they think of "Israel" although I am not jarred by the fact that this is largely a very secular and European-oriented city because this is what I expected. I do not feel at all like I am in "The Holy Land" or a sacred place. There is very little evidence that ( Read more... )

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El Al Flight #14 JFK-Tel Aviv ( Read more... )

It is a new era. I am no longer in a relationship as of Feb 5th. What marks the end also marks a new beginning. As you may have noticed, I no longer write in this journal frequently and this will continue to be the case..... in fact, this may be the last post here at the Paul Street Journal. I have moved on from writing in this blog to detail my ( Read more... )

After spending the last two years eve's in New York, I rang in the new and decade in a familiar place, The Maddens residence in Pacifica. I wanted to stay in the Bay Area this year because, having a girlfriend, I wanted to spend it with her and get my first-ever new years kiss. This turned out not to be the case, however, as she and her friend Jen ( Read more... )

At some point during the past year, I found myself on the back of a motorbike racing and weaving in and out of traffic through the dusty streets of Cartagena, Colombia... one arm holding on to a stack of recently acquired vallenato and salsa vinyl records and the other hanging on to a stranger who kindly offered me a ride to the bus station so that ( Read more... )

Another great year in music has gone by and the following is a my list of the top 20 songs of 2009... The top 20 in my point of view... songs that meant 2009 to me personally, so although there may be popular music here (Jay-Z, for example), don't expect anything like Lady Gaga and the like. I really, really loved the soundtrack to the last year of ( Read more... )

A week in review ( Read more... )

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Don't miss your dad's hunting truck.... the rival Chinese Chicken Shop will win. You are just as lost as your phone chord and your head is discolored and shaped like squash.

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The reviews of 2009 is coming soon.....