Monday, December 19, 2005

Clips, Rink, Vacations

We just shot the second set of "social issues awareness clips". We're aiming at producing about 2 a month, and we're definitely going to have previous clips continuing to air in the meantime.

The responses from the first 3 seem quite positive, which is a major relief. Armenians, particularly from Armenia, are quite difficult to please, but I'm glad we're receiving quite a bit of support with this project.

Maybe I can upload them on the net soon for anyone who's interested in seeing them.

So this skating rink Raffi's been logging about was such a great idea. All summer long the city is just filled with people hanging out all over downtown Yerevan, and then winter comes along and the city seems dead. We finally have something in the center which is attracting people. 100 maximum on the ice, but another 300+ hanging around the ice watching and smiling. The rink is surrounded by benches, which would be cool to use if our local figure skaters decide to put on some shows.

I went Saturday night, just after midnight for almost a couple of hours. Ice was horrible, but anyway, I still had fun. Can't wait to see what the rink in the Sports Complex is going to be like.

Armavia just announced 3 new directions which is very cool news. Tel Aviv, Delhi, and Rome (which they had at one time but discontinued.) More options for direct flight vacations. :-)