I have a confession. I’m a tidepool addict. Growing up in Florida, I didn’t know these colorful, mesmerizing little worlds existed until I visited a rocky Oregon beach. Now I look forward to a visit every time we get the chance. John Steinbeck described tidepools as “a fabulous place…where the sea is very clear and the bottom becomes fantastic with hurrying, fighting, feeding, breeding animals.” If a…
I arrive later than I’d planned because I had to wait until traffic died down around Tel Aviv’s busy city center. The Carmel Market, known as Shuk Ha’Carmel in Hebrew, has been hopping for hours. It is packed with locals and tourists alike. I start on the end with the produce sellers and am immediately confronted by crowds of various nationalities, and blaring western music. Music from…