I HEART CONCRETE

Toro Canyon Residence

" When John Mike and Marcia Cohen volunteered to drive their daughter’s car from Vancouver back to her Los Angeles home, they only planned to stop in Santa Barbara for a rest. But they left with a piece of property in nearby Toro Canyon. John Mike—a semi-retired architect—drew up a plan and took them to Robin Donaldson of Shubin + Donaldson. The result of the collaboration is a house whose concrete walls are massive in form, yet whose mahogany-framed windows are finely detailed. The cubist form is sleekly modern, but the living spaces are filled with color and collections that make them warm and contemporary."

 

   

California Home + Design magazine

Shubin+Donaldson

TRIP FROM MOROCCO TO JEDDAH

I decided to travel 3 days before Ramadan and that was not a good idea AT ALL. I forgot that during Ramadan lots of Muslims from all around the world go to Saudi Arabia to visit Maka  and Madinah for the holly month.

I had a confirmed ticket to Saudi so when i arrived at the airport i was not late but somehow they closed the gate early because the airport was packed with travellers. Any way i missed the flight, so did other people .  I went to check when was the next flight the lady said the nearest one is after 2 weeks : ( i was like whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat ....

Went back to the hotel and the travel agency in Jeddah helped a lot. I spent 3 days....in a hotel room...alone....missing my family....during Ramadan. The next day i decided to go out and check Casablanca, but everything was closed!!!  ohhh come on Moroccon people for the love of god it is just after esha prayer. The driver said he will give me a car tour and will take me to a small market which was open. The day after i decided to go out and same thing, everything was closed and it was not late, so the nice driver took me to buy some Moroccon sweet and to a cafe.

Finally the travel agency found a flight.  Qatari airlines to Jeddah. All other flights where only available for omra visa holders, i didn’t know that. Any way i made my way to the airport checked in and then i found out that we had to stop at Tripoli for 1 hour ..i was ahaaa ... OK then to Qatar for 2 hours ...ahaaaaa... then to Riyadh for 5 or so hours then to Jeddah . I went to the airport round 11 p.m Saturday and when i got home it was almost 12 P.M SUNDAY so i have been between airports for almost a day ...
So instead of the normal rout, which should be like this

My special unique Na rout was like this

By the way this is nothing, wait until you hear about my flight to Milan.
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