East Coast Tour Review

Exciting points of my trip:

- Doing the crossword with my Bubbe. (Really, it was exciting!)

- Snuggling with Gypsy and RoPo

- Dancing in the rain with Skversk

- Aharon walking down the aisle at his sister's wedding to the theme song for Darth Vader

- Aunt Z cake at Shabbat dinner

- Catching the (potentially swine) flu from my lovely brother

- Going to the MFA in Boston and the NGA in DC (twice!)

- Having Izzy say my name, even if he doesnt remember the countless hours we spent together

- Visiting my elementary/middle/high school teachers who still love me

- All the cries of "What are you doing here?" when I walked into Hillel

- Explaining Israel to the fourth graders at my Aunt's NH elementary school

- Free tickets to "Taming of the Shrew" at the Shakespeare Theatre in DC

- Driving up and down the east coast

- Grabbing beers in Washington Circle with Shawn and Michael

- Super fancy meat dinner with the ladies

- Rosh Hashana with mi familia

Things in America I had really missed:

- My momma's cooking

- Target

- Nut House Pizza

- The UMD art department

- Maariv behind McKeldin Library

- Snuggling with Gypsy and RoPo

- DC

- Driving up and down the east coast

- How everyone has dogs

- My family

- My friends

- Introducing my friends to the craziness that is my family

Why I am glad to be back in Israel:

- Chummus

- Im home.