HelloNeiman! | January 15, 2013
Not really sure how to sum up our 53 hour excursion to Paraty, Brazil in a short post, but I will do my best. When I worked at Herzl Camp, I coined the term “Teva (Nature) Excursion” for the overnight trip in the woods we would take the campers. I feel like this weekend has [...]
HelloNeiman! | February 13, 2012
My experience with backpacking has come a looooong way. When I think back to that first trip backcountry with Michael Fineman in 2002, I laugh at the boy I was. After going through Tom Neiman’s survival packing list (and ignoring the big disclaimer at the top that it was NOT intended to be an all-encompassing [...]
HelloNeiman! | January 7, 2010
Well, its that time of the year again. Hello Neiman is off to Vegas, and who knows if I’ll return. Maybe I’ll strike it big and move to Maui, maybe I’ll lose big and get buried in the desert … or maybe I’ll wake up in a Presidential Suite at Caesar’s Palace with a missing [...]
HelloNeiman! | July 2, 2009
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Q1wr8bXZY&feature=related “Here’s a fun fact, Voltaire contracted Syphilis just two blocks from here” So funny story. First it was the Appalachian Trail (sorry Benjie), then Australia, then almost Hawaii, and finally settled on Europe. This September, Hello Neiman is finally adding “dirty American scum” to my list of personality traits. Last night Devorah finished finalizing [...]
HelloNeiman! | June 30, 2009
Well, I’m back from NY and in DC again for the week before finally heading home this Thursday. Its tough being on the road and going on a trip for the weekend, I feel like I haven’t been home at all this month (and to be honest, I probably haven’t been there for more than [...]
HelloNeiman! | June 25, 2009
“Fascinating! Semmi, look at this! America is great indeed. Imagine a country so free, one can throw trash on the streets!” Its been a long week here in DC, but I’m headed to the big apple tomorrow with Grant to show those Yankees (Hage, that is a historical, not baseball, reference) how well the Midwest Movement [...]
HelloNeiman! | June 4, 2009
Last night Ingie and I were headed to “the district” to meet up with Adam Schiff and another friend, and we drove through what was probably the worst thunderstorm I’ve experienced on the east coast. This storm does nothing to compare to the Ides of July in Webster/Siren, but I was pretty much singing the [...]
HelloNeiman! | May 15, 2009
This weekend Lindsey and I are joining the Hage’s for a couple days/nights of camping and hiking in Nerstrand State Park. Best known for the waterfall scene above and the “Second Strangest Tree in Minnesota”, this should be a good time … as long as the weather holds up. It may be my only time [...]
HelloNeiman! | April 30, 2009
smart frog, dumb frog Registration is open!!! As you may know, Herzl Camp is hosting an Alumni Camp Weekend this year from August 7-9 in Webster. Given the changes Herzl is preparing for, this may be our last chance to once again experience a Herzl Camp Shabbat like when we were kids/staff. It is also a [...]
HelloNeiman! | April 8, 2009
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY www.WhereTheHellIsMatt.com Well well well, after 5 glorious days on the beaches of Ft. Lauderdale, I am back to the dullness of Minneapolis. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad to be back home … but after spending a week in Florida, I have to ask myself why would ANYONE choose to live in Minnesota?? The ground [...]
