Texas. Even the meat is bigger. BBQ…what were YOU thinking?Last week we had the good fortune to visit some good friends of ours. Bülent flew from Turkey to Dallas and I met him there.When Bülent first moved to the U.S.,…
Year: 2012
Last Friday Bülent and I flew to Dallas from our respective cities. We have had a blast visiting with friends in Texas, and made a mini road trip from Dallas, to Austin to San Antonio and back. There will be…
Now that it is summer I have been craving some light salads. I have also been away from Turkey long enough I have been craving Turkish food. I was talking about this dish with my friend the other day and…
So this weekend I had some friends come visit me. One was from Orange County in California and one was from Phoenix, Arizona. They now live in the big, bad city of Worcester, Massachusetts. For those of you not from…
Bülent wanted to make my last weekend in Turkey special, and so planned a lovely getaway for us. We drove up to Istanbul and took a ferry to Büyükada (Big Island.) It is the largest island in the Princes’ Island…
My brother Elliot is a MAN. Clearly he is a man, but now he is super macho. He is in his early 20’s, so he’s no boy. He has always worked and studied hard. He has always dealt with difficult…
One of the romantic weekends Bülent and I planned was to Bolu. We had an amazing time, but it wasn’t actually in Bolu. We had planned to stay in the Bolu city area and take day trips to Abant Gölü…
I have been in the U.S for the last three months, so when I flew back to Turkey for a few weeks, Bülent and I decided to plan some romantic weekends away. So far we have been having a great…
I am still having trouble posting regularly. I feel like it has something to do with the intrinsic nature of sharing and blogging. With blogging so often you give up pieces yourself, you share your experiences, share your thoughts, and…
My sophomore roommate from college was great. Katie and I were very different. She was organized, I was not. We had a line down the center of the room, as long as my things did not escape the line, it…