a very jew-y chanukah

i got to celebrate chanukah with some of my favorite musical jews: ben
kweller and matisyahu. my awesome sister got me tickets. we
accidently ended up backstage whilst trying to find the restroom,
and gawked at BK for a few minutes before being chased away by security. matisyahu rocked our yarmulkes off. highly recommended.

the boots-over-pants ratio was high at the concert, but
still, we found enough genuine jews to get a decent hora circle going.

(side note: ladies, forget jdate. if you're in the market for a nice,
hip jewish boyfriend, look no further than a matisyahu concert.)

after chanukah, i got my christmas on. i helped the roomie decorate our tree (first ever!)
and then lil and i made gingerbread houses. well, i made a house and she made a trailer, because she's country. when she explained that it was a "double wide" i had no idea what she was talking about. (in my defense, i'm from jersey; if it's not a mall or a diner, i'm clueless.)

anyway, here's my house. isn't it perfect?

well, not entirely perfect.

muuuuch better.
merry christmas, kids.