Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #169

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Last week I shared a building with you that I found in Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood. Walking back to my car, I suddenly saw a whole row of fascinating windows, off in the distance:

Really cool looking, right? Naturally I couldn't resist going closer to get a better look - which I'll happily share with you next week :)

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Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #168

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I was in Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood a few weeks ago, at a shopping center that I often frequent. From across the street, I suddenly noticed these high windows and balconies looking at me - I don't recall seeing them before:

I have a feeling that this used to be a pretty classy building - there's a lot of attention to detail around the windows, and the balconies themselves are pretty unique. But Jerusalem stone often discolors if not tended to properly, and this seems to be the case here. I hope the inside has aged better than the outside!

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52Frames - Week Six: Love Story

Here's my 52Frames shot for this week. I don't know why, but I can't seem to bring myself to photograph the cliche - when I hear the words "love story" I know I'm supposed to pose cute couples walking down the beach, hand in hand, but somehow, my brain comes up with this. I called it Story of a Broken Heart:

Oh well. I'm doing this weekly challenge for two reasons - one, to actually use my fancy camera (which is turning out to be a lot of fun!), and two, to explore and expand myself as a wanna-be photographer. I'm not sure if I'm limiting or expanding myself by taking shots like these... I just know that ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to be my own person. Even now, things that are common or popular make me a little bit nervous. So it doesn't surprise me that my photos don't look like the rest of the album. I just don't know if it qualifies as expansion or not :)

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Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #167

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There's talk of snow again this week! I personally have a hard time believing it - just a few days ago I was comfortably wearing sandals :) But the weather is indeed much chillier than it was then, so I guess you just never know. Anyway, all this talk made me realize that I never posted any pictures of our neighborhood in the last snowstorm. Truthfully, that's mostly because there wasn't much snow to speak of, and it melted almost immediately... but still: with no further ado, here is the view from my window, just about a month ago:

Here are the statues of sheep at a park not far from my house - I really like this photo :)

Then, later that night:

The next day everything promptly turned to slush. But a day later, we got another lovely sprinkling:

I know, I know, for those of you who live in areas that actually get snow on a regular basis, this is a joke. But for us, it was a lot of fun! Please feel free to click on any of the photos, if you'd like a closer view - that last one is particularly sparkly :)

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Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #166

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Well done, all of you! You've waited very patiently since last week's teaser, when I promised you amazing hotel photos. Honestly, there are so many, I'm not even sure I should put them all in the same post... nah, I'll let you have them now. No need to be unnecessarily mean :)


The outside is actually quite modest, I'm not sure I would have identified it as a hotel had my husband not led me right to the door:

Then when you first walk in, you're greeted by these beautiful floors:

Then when you manage to pry your eyes away from the floor, you find yourself surrounded by the most intense art-deco everything...

Walk a little further in, and you find yourself in the main lobby, designed to look like an outdoor courtyard:

It looks like a lot of the hotel rooms overlook this space:

And here's this cool chandelier thing, as a grande finale:

Wow that's nice! I'm sure I can't afford to stay there, but if you're ever in Jerusalem and looking for a lovely lobby to hang out in for a little while, do check out the new Waldorf-Astoria :)

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52Frames - Week Five: Greetings From

This week we were supposed to post something that was descriptive of where we live. It was my hardest challenge so far. What epitomizes Efrat, in my mind, is swarms of little kids playing in the park. But the cold weather this week pretty much kept the swarms of kids away, and during my one attempt, I found that taking photos of other people's kids in the park was creepier than I had expected :)

So I settled for a random local pretty view - a classic view of grape vines. We see these all over the place here in Gush Etzion. It's a nice photo, I guess, but I confess that it doesn't terribly inspire me... Here's hoping for better luck next week!

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