Is Nothing Sacred?

In November 2004, a new supermarket opened on King George V street in Jerusalem. It was located in the basement of a high rise building. In theory, you could reach it by going down a long escalator, but it, like many other things in Jerusalem, didn't work. So you were faced with huffing and puffing your shopping bags up two flights of stairs.
Over three years later, the escalator still doesn't work, and you can seriously throw away your gym membership - it is a real work out schlepping up those stairs.
However, I noted today an interesting delivery to King George V Street - the very day that George W Bush was due to drive down it, en route to the King David Hotel. A double, shrunk wrapped escalator, dumped rather unceremoniously on the pavement.
I guess George had some grocery shopping to do before he left town.

Oh, and speaking of the President leaving town; I could spit bullets! Tonight the President delayed my dinner. His cavalcade kept a stop light at red for a full 10 minutes, just as the "Meat Burger" delivery man drew up to them. My dinner was stone cold by the time it arrived.