Shalom

My name's Dave.  Long time reader first time contributor.  Some of you know that I'm living in Portland right now.  There's a pretty good Colby community here which is nice, even if Mr. Sweeney and Mr. Goldring are too sweet to hang out with me.

After cooking at the restaurant in the airport for a few months I have moved up in the culinary world to Sea Dog Brewing Company.  If any of you have been to the one in Topsham its basically the same restaurant except that this one is located near the Maine Mall and has a lovely view of the highway and a furniture store instead of being on the water.  My days here are numbered though as I have found out that in February I will be going to Israel for a five month Hebrew immersion program.  I will be living on a Kibbutz (that's a collective farm, Aditya) relatively close to both Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.  My time there will be split between Hebrew classes and working.  I don't know what kind of work they will give me but its possible that I will be working in the petting zoo.

I am thinking about taking the month of January off from work to get ready for my trip and I will probably try to travel around a little bit and visit with people.  In the off chance that any of you would like to see me this is your last chance.  Ever.

I hope everyone is healthy and happy.

Dave