The rules were written long before modern toothbrushes or toothpaste were available, and by now, those rules are so established that people who are going to be keeping kosher are probably going to try to just follow them rather than rewriting them every time a new tooth-cleaning solution comes on the market.

Chick n' Chow is a kosher restaurant that has fried chicken.

Regarding kosher sushi, the thing is that the only kosher fish are the ones with fins and scales. So, no crab, no octopus, no shrimp. Still can do tuna, salmon or yellowtail.(Or vegetarian sushi.)

One of the hors d'oevres at my wedding was kosher sushi rolls.

Allyson, insent to aol addy.

I thought that holding the plane tickets in my hands will make the trip look more real.

It doesn't. I keep checking it, to make sure, but it still doesn't.

It probably won't seem real until you're actually on the plane. At least that how it is for me when I'm embarking on a much looked forward to trip.

It probably won't seem real until you're actually on the plane.

Last year, when I left Israel for the first time, for the conference in Rome, it didn't feel real until after I landed, and the smell of the place was so different. Not exactly smell, maybe "air" is a better word.

[Edited to not answer an unasked question]

I'm not sure if the air in LA smells different, but it looks like poop.

Just like Tel-Aviv, then.