{"id":27370,"date":"2020-02-05T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=27370"},"modified":"2020-12-25T17:28:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T22:28:54","slug":"honolulu-or-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/05\/honolulu-or-cleveland\/","title":{"rendered":"HONOLULU OR CLEVELAND?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This month<\/strong> started out <\/span><\/span>with incredible weather. On Saturday (Feb. 1) I decided to bike out to shul — the eastern branch of my shul, about four miles away. I mean, it was about 49 degrees and sunny. Also, I was attracted by the \u201clight lunch\u201d come-on in the temple bulletin. Then, just as I was about to get on my bike, a friend texted me and asked if I wanted to go to the Chabad shteibel in Cleveland Heights for cholent. That was tempting, but not enough exercise. Too close. So I scheduled the cholent shabbes for later this month.<\/p>\n

At my shul, the sermon was about how you can\u2019t pick your family, like you do your friends, so it\u2019s a good idea to hang with family to get different perspectives. Next, the rabbi announced the light lunch. He said — and this is tragic — “fish sticks and french fries.” I biked to Pepper Pike for this? I was expecting humus, tuna fish, egg salad. Fish sticks? What? Who?<\/p>\n

Give it up, Bert.<\/p>\n

My point here, I biked on Feb. 1. That was the first time I’ve biked in Cleveland in February. There was a trace of snow on the bike path — an inch or so in places\u00a0 — so I took my time. I didn’t want to skid out and bruise another rib. The following day, Sunday Feb. 2, was even warmer, and less snow on the ground. So I biked out to shul again, except not to pray, just to bike. I didn’t go in the shul.<\/p>\n

Monday was<\/strong><\/span> even better weather. One of my kids was in Hawaii that day, and that kid had nothing on me. Finally, yesterday stunk weather-wise. Irwin Weinberger and I played “You Are My Sunshine” at a nursing-home gig, but no sun came out. And today is nothing to write home about. But those first three days of February were unforgettable.<\/p>\n

\"lei<\/p>\n

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