On the road until the end of August

We are off for a 3 1/2 week adventure holiday. We return the last week in August.

Our first stop is Iceland. We will be traveling there with Alyson Adventures on their “Vikings, Volcanoes and Trolls” trip. It features invigorating mix of hiking, mountain biking, whitewater rafting, and sea kayaking. We will swim in a naturally-heated river deep in the countryside, hike into the cone of a dormant volcano and sightseeing in Reykjavik during their Pride festival.

We then fly to Dublin, Ireland. We have a couple days in Dublin on our own. Eddie ordered tickets to see two of plays, one at the Gate Theatre and the other at the Abbey Theatre (“The Weir” and “The Ideal Husband”). We are also staying at a gay owned B&B. Our hike in Ireland is with REI Adventures, “Ireland Coast to Coast Hiking.” From Dublin to Dingle, we hike ancient paths to the castles, craggy seashores and lush pastureland of Ireland.

The last three weeks have been very busy since we came back from our NYC Broadway trip. The two youngest kids stayed with us while they went soccer camp. We went to a SF Symphony concert, 3 movies (Wall-e, Mama Mia, Dark Knight), 3 Giants’ baseball games, 5 local plays (Stephen Schwartz’s new musical revue “Snapshots”, the Reduced Shakespeare Company “All the Great Books-abridged”, the drama “Doubt”, the funniest musical you never heard of “Drowsy Chaperone” and a very small-stage version of “Cabaret”)

Until we get back, here are three of my favorite music videos featuring hunky gay Jewish men:

Ari Gold "Wave of You"

Link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ksXyvhIJQmQ

Ivri Lider “Jesse”

Link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=g2X7HqhEHo4

Yehonathan Gatro "In a Hot Summer Night"

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL6MgxjlKSw