http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/annathewriter/?pid=f1031 I'm a published author, working on a novel (set in the UK with American characters, starting in 1880). I am practising writing humorous and reflective and informative blogs with some Jewish content, hoping to get a column in a newspaper. I used to write travel columns for a Jewish newspaper in the UK. http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1477.html?pid=f1031 This museum is steps away from the Jewish museum. It's on the underground station line. And you can get off here if you've bought the Gray line hop on hop off New York bus tour with recorded commentar Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:16:58 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1477.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1476.html?pid=f1031 I just returned to the UK from the USA where I visited the Jewish museums in New York and Philadelphia and the sex museum in New York.Now I've got your attention, I'll do separate posts on those three Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:54:38 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1476.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1470.html?pid=f1031 I just read in the TLS (Times Literary Supplement) on line an article about Lawrence Durrell. The author wrote the novel Justine, main character in that book and others in The Alexandrian Quartet a se Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:07:24 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1470.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1464.html?pid=f1031 Marcel Proust, of course. Founder of the modern novel. There's a trail you can follow around coastal north France reading plaques. The trail goes to a hotel which has his bust in the reception area. H Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:53:23 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1464.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1463.html?pid=f1031 Jews were half the population of Thessalonika, I discovered when I went to Greece's second city. At least they were on the eve of World War II. You can guess what happened. Now only a handful are left Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:44:52 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1463.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1431.html?pid=f1031 Somebody asked me if there were any Jewish angels. They thought that angels were more of a Catholic concept.Visual depiction of angels is more common in Catholic stained glass windows because of the t Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:37:49 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1431.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1419.html?pid=f1031 Anybody into property rental? I just discovered that in the UK when renting out property all upholstered furniture must carry a label saying it meets fireproofing standards.Now I'm wondering about my Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:57:52 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1419.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1388.html?pid=f1031 Here's the latest. Keats supposedly died of consumption overseas. Now the church has discovered that his supposed body is four inches taller and matches the description of his friend's servant who had Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:50:54 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1388.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1380.html?pid=f1031 I am constantly having trouble with sites which want me to choose a US state for my location. This is a real nuisance. I'm currently typing this in the UK. I've also lived in the Far East. And a relat Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:11:49 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1380.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1379.html?pid=f1031 A health newsletter sent a post about using rosemary for health reasons but the recipe ingredients were mushrooms and bacon.I really think that with the increasing numbers of readers and viewers who a Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:52:34 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1379.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1363.html?pid=f1031 BEIJINGI've recently visited Beijing and with the Olympics being held there later in 2008 many of you may be either visiting China or watching it on TV and reading about it.KAIFENGYou probably already Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:57:23 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1363.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1303.html?pid=f1031 What do Jews do for Christmas? This is a questions which Jews get asked. And national newspapers and TV programmes looking for a new angle on Christmas hunt out different ways of celebrating major hol Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:23:24 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1303.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1294.html?pid=f1031 Anybody want to take a few guesses?How many Jewish dating sites? I reckon four. Maybe five. Update - six in addition to this one. This one for me has the advantage of the blog.I think speed dating was Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:04:22 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1294.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1291.html?pid=f1031 Somebody with time on their hands could actually do a survey. Say, take a hundred profiles of men and a hundred profiles of women and come up with a percentage figure.It would also be interesting to k Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:39:13 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1291.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1290.html?pid=f1031 Jews from Lithuania went to South Africa between 1880 and 1940. Many Jews became dentists and came to England.South African Jews were prominent in fighting for racial equality. MandelaIn South Africa Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:29:46 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1290.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1223.html?pid=f1031 Switzerland has several sites of interest to Jewish travellers and I recently saw some connected with painter Chagall in the capital Zurich.Two of the city's major attractions are the Chagall windows Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:59:28 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1223.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1113.html?pid=f1031 Lemberg is in Ukraine. I gave a talk on it and was told we should not say The Ukraine. It's just Ukraine, like America or Australia.Kiev is Ukraine's capital. I used to muddle up Ukraine and Lithuania Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:58:14 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1113.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1112.html?pid=f1031 Toastmasters International was started in the USA many years ago so that would-be speakers could gather together and pracise giving speeches and get contructive feedback from a supportive group.Americ Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:43:56 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1112.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1108.html?pid=f1031 I'm in London and I've been to Dallas a couple of times. I actually visited Dallas at a travel convention. We went to the Texas schoolbook Depository, later opened as a museum. I was interviewed by th Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:06:16 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1108.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1104.html?pid=f1031 One man told me that the women on this site are looking for husbands, whilst he women on other sites run by the same management are looking for something more short-term.I commented that I was surpris Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:06:09 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/445/post_1104.html?pid=f1031