Those who know me well know how much I love plants and flowers and how difficult it was for me to leave behind the 4 orchids and numerous other plants I had collected over the past 5 years in San Francisco. Last week I was strolling in Tel Aviv and low and behold I found an orchid man! I had just spent my last bit of cash on frozen yogurt (my love for frozen yogurt hasn't changed since moving) and he was selling orchids for 60 shekels (very good price considering I had seen them a few weeks earlier for 200 shekels at a little flower shop). I freaked out, called Tom immediately and went in search of an ATM. The ATM ate my card and then the bank was closed (they like to close from 1-4 in the afternoons) so I was shit out of luck. He only sells the flowers 2 days a week in preparation for Shabbat so I was lucky enough to return the next day with money and purchase my 2 new best friends!
He didn't have many varieties, but I was still there for over 30 minutes examining the flowers and trying to decide who would be lucky enough to have me as a mommy. In my broken Hebrew (which is getting better by the day) I explained to him that I used to have many orchids in San Francisco and that I was excited to start my new collection in Israel. I also told him once we had our own apartment I would be back to buy more (we're still living at Tom's dads house) and I think he thought I was crazy. I don't think anyone has ever come to his shop (it's actually just a bootleg operation on the sidewalk) and spent as much time as I did staring at the beautiful flowers.
Here are my 2 new best friends...
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