I was sad to hear that VG Airlines, a Belgian company, has gone bankrupt. They had a great flight from LA to Yerevan (or from Boston and I think NY) for under a thousand dollars, but they did not advertise enough and did not fill their planes therefore. I never got to try them out, and enjoy the under an hour stopover, without changing planes. Oh well, maybe they were a little ahead of their time, or just did it wrong, but there will one day be another quick and cheap flight to LA from Yerevan. Poor Tamar found out about the bankruptcy the hard way. Now I am searching for a reasonable fare to Australia, and it is proving impossible to find... heeeeelp!

Last night a few people gathered at Artsbridge to celebrate Jack's b-day. I was blown away (no pun intended) by the amount of smoke when I walked in. I realized that as far as eating out goes, the long winter has begun for me. Avoiding this massive amount of nasty smoke is pretty much impossible in the winter, so I am going to have to start having friends over and going to their homes. Non-smoking is just unheard of in this country. Anyway, as usual, I bumped into lots of people I know there. It may have been said before here, I forget, but the place in that respect is like a little "Cheers".

A postscript about the yellow pomegranates is that the inside thingys are clear, with a pinkish skin... therefore they do not stain your fingers or anything else at all!