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NYC Keeps the Faux Beaches Coming By Trucking In Tel Aviv
New York City may not be the first location that comes to mind when you think "tropical vacation," but for those who don't mind sandy strolls lacking the exotic, the Big Apple is fast becoming the worldwide leader in faux beaches.
Already featuring three locations of Water Taxi Beach, NYC will be trucking in yet another sandy lot this Sunday for the one-time-only Tel Aviv Beach in NYC event.
As part of the city of Tel Aviv's 100th anniversary celebration, organizers will bring a slice of the Mediterranean to Manhattan, putting together a 1,300-square-foot beachfront by the bandshell in Central Park. The beach vibe will come complete with backgammon and paddle ball (omnipresent activities along the Tel Aviv shore), while sunbathers will be serenaded with live Israeli music and a midday DJ set pumping out Euro club hits.
And for those who aren't quite sated by Israel-on-NY, representative of El Al will be on hand offering special airfare deals. L'chaim!
Related Stories:
· The Tel Aviv Beach in NYC [Official Site]
· Marathon on the Mediterranean [Jaunted]
· Where Does Bar Refaeli Dine When She's Home in Tel Aviv? [Jaunted]
[Photo: shyb]
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BMI Wipes Israel Off the (In-Flight) Map
Imagine for a moment that you are traveling with a major airline, and winging your way from one major world city to another, but your destination fails to appear on the in-flight entertinament LiveMap. What do you do? If you're an Israeli heading home from London on a BMI plane, you file a complaint against the airline with your tourism ministry, and get that stuff fixed before it becomes an international incident.
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The Swimsuit Secret Is Out... On Monday
We’ve been doing our best to hunt down the ladies and locations of this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Unfortunately, we still have no idea who’s going to be on the front. Although, we will be staying up past our bedtime this Monday, as the secret will be revealed on the Late Show with David Letterman.
We do know that for the first time, Esti Ginzburg will be joining the crew of the issue. We’re thinking that during last year’s shoot in Israel, the SI crew did a little talent scouting along with taking in the landscape. Unlike fellow Israeli, and Jaunted fav, Bar Refaeli, Esti will fulfill her military obligation in the nation’s army. Knowing that, we will not be making any attempts to get her phone number--not like that would be an option anyway.
Besides Letterman, the SI crew is using “experiential marketing” this year to get the word out about their iconic magazine. With this new promotion, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 24/7 New York to Vegas, teenage boys will get the chance to fly from New York to Las Vegas and hang out with the beauties. For those who aren’t big winners, they’ll be plenty of behind the scenes videos to oggle on YouTube.
Related Stories: [Photo from 2008 of Ana Beatriz Barros in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua: SI]
·Letterman To Unveil SI Swimsuit Cover [MarketWatch]
·Israeli Cover Girl’s SI Swimsuit Debut [Forward]
·Marketing the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Models [AdAge]
·Bikinis coverage [Jaunted]
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Berlin Artists Risk Scalps For Art
Want to pay to watch a room full of people sitting in a room, scratching their heads because they've got lice? Now you can! An exhibition at the Museum of Bat Yam near Tel Aviv has just that.
Although it sounds totally random, and not exactly enticing, there is some reasoning behind this bizarre display. The museum wanted a display exploring the theme of hosts and guests, and so seven young artists from Berlin came up with the idea of the museum hosting them, while they in turn hosted head lice, for three weeks. And unsurprisingly:
The group acknowledged that living with lice was uncomfortable, but said it was worth it for the sake of art.
It's kind of like Big Brother, with lice. A catchy concept? Probably not, but you might catch the lice.
Related Stories:
· Are Lice Art? [Reuters]
· Israel Travel coverage [Jaunted]
· Museums coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: pshab]
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Jerusalem No Longer Exists
Don't worry, we don't want to get ourselves involved in any long-running old political disputes. We just want to report the truth. And the truth is that an English-language sightseeing brochure about Jerusalem boldly proclaimed recently "There is no such city!"
The confusion of any travelers who were already there when they read the news can now be allayed: It was simply a translation error. What it should have said was "Jerusalem. There's no city like it!" Got a qualification as a translator from Hebrew to English? Looks like Jerusalem needs you.
[Image via Carmelo Aqillina/Flickr]
Related stories:
Jerusalem Lost in Translation [ABC Online]
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Wallpaper* Digest, May 2006 Edition
The May issue of Wallpaper* is the most inspiring issue of the magazine in quite some time, with the mag's Newspaper section leading the way.
Case in point: David Kaufman's article on the proliferation of Israeli café chains, several of which are eyeing international markets. The accompanying sidebar pegs 12 coffee bar chains around the world, including Vienna's iconic Aida, Jordan's Blue Fig, California's Peet's, and Cape Town's Vida e Caffé. The Cape Town chain gets the highest aesthetic praise.
Also covered in the section is the happy return of Ostalgie. Berlin's former East German State Council building, circa 1964, has morphed into the European School of Management and Technology. (It's hard to keep the excitement out of a place like that, we guess) The honors go to HG Merz, an architecture firm focusing on museums and renovations, with offices in Stuttgart and Berlin.
Also noteworthy in the May issue: Macau travel, Portuguese canned fish packaging, Paris' Stalingrad 'hood, and new Swedish furniture designers. Note that South Africa joins the Wallpaper pricing elite, with the price of the magazine now listed in rand. We know just the coffee shop for reading the mag.
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· Spanish Fly [Jaunted]
