adventures, finally.

Last night I had dinner with a friend from the states who's in town for a Jewish educator's workshop. On our way to dinner, we were walking down Ben Yehuda (pedestrian-only touristy street) and I commented upon a big rainbow flag hanging over our heads.

She said, "oh yes, that's the Jerusalem Open House, haven't you been there yet?"

I hadn't, so she took me up to see the first and only gl(bt) community center in Jerusalem. We got a tour from a very sweet and cute Israeli girl - there's a hang-out space with couches, a meeting room, and a library which also has a little store where you can buy very many rainbowy things. I got a schedule of events for the rest of this month, and plan to hit a special showing of an Almodovar movie and kabbalat shabbat in a couple of weeks.

Also, we got told about an upcoming LeatherDyke party at the queer bar in J'lem, and that every Tuesday night is women's night at the bar. I'm not going to the party because I have *nothing* to wear and they're enforcing the dress code, but Tuesday night I'm totally going dancing with Israeli girls! It should be lots of fun.

So, I'm slowly emerging from my nap-centric existence, and might soon actually have a social life. Go me.