Bnai Mitzvah photos

Over the top?

I've cleaned up the reorganized bedroom (mostly by piling things up in the cleaned-up dining room). I strung up my chili pepper lights, but I'm worried it might be a bit over the top. Let me know what you think.

Here you can see that the mirror has been hung up, along with the paper lantern and chili pepper lights. The stereo cabinet has been moved to where the bookcase used to be.



Here you can see the new desk. The wood bookcase that used to be against the wall has been moved to my office. The bookcase that used to be in the corner (where the stereo cabinet is) is now just at the entrance to the room.



Here's a full-on shot of my new desk:



Finally, here's a shot of the chili pepper lights with the blinds closed:

Redecorating

I've made some changes to my apartment, starting with the living and dining room. I've moved out one of the book cases to my office and put the stereo cabinet in the bedroom. I've also rearranged the paintings and the lamps. I still need to get two of the pictures in the room framed to hang on the wall (the long one will go between the china hutches, the blue one will go opposite the dining table).

Here's the revised living room (with the modified west wall):



A close up of the dining room table and chairs (with painting still to be framed in background):



Another shot of the revised dining room (note movement of liquor cabinet and microwave and addition of spice rack):



You can see here how I've moved out the book case and replaced it with the liquor cabinet and have also changed the paintings (you can compare the original arrangement by scrolling down):



The major change here is the reversal of the lamps and the movement of the painting:



One last view, this time from the balcony facing towards the dining room and kitchen:

My New Home

Help me decorate my new apartment. Please send me your comments and suggestions.




Here's what you see after you come through the front door and foyer: You're looking at the length of my dining/living room. There's a small fireplace in the far corner opposite.




Here's a shot of the wall of one side of the living room/dining room. I'm concerned about the "choppy" look of all the small pieces (which include a book case, the tv, a stereo cabinet, a china hutch, a small liquor cabinet, and another hutch with a microwave on top -- I'm strongly thinking of putting the spice rack above that one).




Here's a view of my small kitchen.



Here's a shot of the living room (with the entry foyer in the background). It's hard to get a shot of the sofa, love seat, and chair in the same photo.



Another shot of the living room, with most of the furniture (there's a small balcony in the background).



Here's the tv and fireplace.



Another shot of the dining room (with kitchen in the background). I'm thinking of putting the spice rack over the hutch next to the fridge.




From the dining room/living room there is a corridor leading first to the bathroom and then to the bedroom.



I need to buy a new desk (the folding table is just temporary) for my bedroom.



I'm thinking of hanging a paper lantern over the the bookcase in the corner to the right of the bed.



You can see the lantern on the right corner of the dresser. I will hang my large mirror over the dresser.



One final shot of the bedroom, looking back towards the desk and the entrance.

Trip Pictures - Berlin

[Schoenhauser Allee, Berlin. Bruce asked me to photograph the bike path]


[Bruce, in front of a fragment of the wall, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin]


[Bruce, Nollendorf Platz, Berlin]


[Memorial near Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp -- located just north of Berlin -- commemorating the death march of prisoners from the camp to prevent their liberation in April 1945]


[The main gate to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. Between 1936 and 1945, some 200,000 prisoners passed through this gate.]


[Washroom in the Jewish barracks, Sachsenhausen. Two weeks after Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin visited them in 1992, right-wing extremists torched them]


[Communist-era Memorial at Sachsenhausen (1961). Note how the list of nations excludes Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, and gay men, all of whom were imprisoned and murdered in the camp, but who were not deemed worthy of memory by the DDR]


[Schloss Sansouci, Potsdam (built by Frederick the Great, 1740s)]


[Bruce in the Sansouci Gardens, Potsdam]


[Gardens, Sansouci Castle, Potsdam]


[Bildergalerie, Potsdam]


[Brandenburg Tor]

Trip Pictures - Krakow, Warsaw

[Rain clouds over Krakow]


[The beginning of the Saturday evening open-air concert at the 17th annual Krakow Jewish Cultural Festival in the former Jewish neighborhood of Kazimierz]


[Dancing at the Jewish Cultural Festival]


[Polish children dancing to klezmer music at festival]


[Courtyard in Kazimierz]


[Fragment of Yiddish advertisement in Kazimierz (it says "fleish" -- meat)]


[Gateway to Oskar Schindler's Factory near former Krakow ghetto]


[Fragment of original wall decoration - Kupa Synagogue, Kazimierz]


[Fragment of original wall decoration - Isaac Synagogue, Kazimierz]


[Australian tourist passed out in front of hostel door (he was locked out of his room; I sent the staff person up to let him in)]


[Remnant of Warsaw Ghetto Wall]


[Monument to the Warsaw Resistance during WWII]