Top Jerusalem Juice Guru: Uzi-Eli Chezi
| January 13, 2012 | Posted by Graham under Food, Israel |
Uzi-eli from Yemen, known by most as the “etrog man”, makes unique juices using the etrog, a potent citrus fruit used during the Jewish festival of Sukkot. He claims that his selection of fresh juices treat skin problems, acne, sinus, neck and backache, infertility and even ephemeral ailments of the soul such as inner quiet. Though Uzi-eli offers a huge selection of interesting-tasting juices, each with its own particular set of healing powers, don’t miss out on trying a five shekel shot of etrog juice. Uzi-Eli Chezi has been peddling etrog (citron) juice for over 20 years now, opening up… read more →→
There’s nothing wrong with a little Diet Coke habit
| January 9, 2012 | Food, Health |
There are addictions society gazes upon indulgently – coffee, exercise. There are others it frowns upon – drugs, alcohol. Then there are those that seem comedic – such as dependence upon Diet Coke. Hence the Sun’s headline yesterday: “Diet Cokehead: Mum addicted to fizzy pop.” Claire Ayton, the paper reported, drank four litres a day until weaned off it by a hypnotherapist. I don’t have Claire’s level of addiction. I drink three cans every working day – one on arrival at my desk, another when that one’s finished, a third just before lunch. Sometimes, I’ll add a fourth in mid-afternoon. And… read more →→
Alan Aldridge – the Man with the Kaleidoscope Eyes
| January 9, 2012 | Art, Surrealism |
Alan Aldridge – the Man with the Kaleidoscope Eyes. Dubbed the graphic entertainer in the 1960s and 70s, Aldridge illustrated lyric books for the Beatles, album covers for the Rolling Stones, the Who and Elton John, was Art Director for Penguin, illustrated children’s books such as the much loved The Butterfly Ball and designed adverts and identities for iconic brands such as the House of Blues and the Hard Rock Café. The exhibition was a display of complete works as well as sketches, notes, letters and other archival material as well as films; bringing to life the dramatic career of… read more →→
Artist Faces Jail Time over Disturbing Taxidermy
| December 22, 2011 | Art, Surrealism |
Enrique Gomez De Molina is an artist from Miami who creates bizarre sculptures, with the stuffed parts of dead animals. While taxidermy itself isn’t something new, what De Molina does is he mixes up parts from different animals to create a new one, a new species all together. The result is what some might call art, and others may find plain disturbing. For instance, one of the strange beings created by De Molina is a combination of a squirrel and a crab. The head of a squirrel and the body of the crab. Another one has the heads of two… read more →→
Top 10 Hummus restaurants in Israel
| December 9, 2011 | Food, Israel |
Here they are, the best, the very best, the top 10 hummus restaurants in Israel. Bon appetit! Abu Hassan (otherwise known as Eli Caravan) 1 Dolphin Street, Yafo The favorite of many Tel Aviv locals, Abu Hassan is renowned throughout Israel and people are known to come from far and wide for a plate of the holy stuff. Don’t ask for a boiled egg with your hummus as the staff will get pissed with this “invented by the Jews” side-dish (go with the raw onion instead). Open from morning til the hummus runs out…Telephone: 03-6820387 Sa’eed Old City market, Acco Another… read more →→
Anatomical art of Fernando Vicente
| November 11, 2011 | Posted by Graham under Art, Surrealism |
Madrid born artist, Fernando Vicente, has been developing his style of combining illustration with painting since the early 80′s, and he has a serious portfolio to account for it. The extent of Vicente’s work ranges wide and deep. I have selected to highlight one of the themes he is known for but as illustrated in three different stories and styles. In his anatomical work Vicente captures a classic beauty through which he generates intricate and innovative images, by dissecting the inner workings of a human and a machine; and even combining them in one of the series shown here. I am absolutely… read more →→
Significance of the Poppy
| November 10, 2011 | Posted by Dr Stephen Clarke under History |
The story of how the Poppy became an international symbol of remembrance is a remarkable one. In Flanders Fields Lt-Col John McCrae The association of the red poppy — the Flanders Poppy — with battlefield deaths as a natural symbol of resurrection and remembrance dates back to the Napoleonic Wars when poppies were the first plant to grow in the churned up soil of soldiers’ graves in the area of Flanders. This connection between the red poppy and war dead was renewed over a century later on the Western Front during the First World War. It was verses by Lieutenant-Colonel… read more →→
Casterways by Clifton Harvey
| November 9, 2011 | Posted by Graham under Art, Surrealism |
Revisiting sketchbooks from years past, Clifton Harvey found many half-realized creations he had marooned on those pages. Neglecting to fully realize their potential when he first drew them, these incomplete ideas were like hand-me-downs he had to grow into. Perspective gained through the passing of time helped fill in the empty spaces and offered an opportunity to make amends with these stranded misfits, and by doing so, somehow reconcile the partings he hadexperienced while honoring the ones who passed from his life. Set in a place where abandoned homes wander like stray dogs and lonely paths are routinely paced in the… read more →→
