working real hard in phoenix

A few weeks ago, my company, Orthovita, held its annual sales meeting in Scottsdale. It was my first trip to Arizona, and it was a fun one. There were plenty of presentations to sit through and demonstrations to give, but we stayed at a a very nice resort and had plenty of fun too. Be […]

falafel, shawarma, or pizza – day 10

Saturday, Day 10, was our last day in Israel. Thus, this is the last post from my February trip to Israel. We started the day with a talk by an Israeli intelligence expert on a brief history of the issues between Israel and the Arab countries. It was very interesting, but, as you can see […]

falafel, shawarma, or pizza – day 9

After this, only 2 days to go. And instead of splitting them up, I’m putting all photos from a single day in one post. Day 8 was a long one, as we spent it in Jerusalem’s Old City. We woke up early and headed to a city lookout to take a group photo. We then […]

falafel, shawarma, or pizza – day 8

Day 8 in Israel was also Day 1 in Jerusalem. We were up early and made our way to Yad Vashem (יד ושם), the site of Israel’s Holocaust museum and memorial. The new museum opened in 2005 and reminds me a lot of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in that they both attempt to […]