Ridiculous! I have posted about their döner before, but I feel it needs to be done again. We ordered döner, the rest you see is complimentary. Mixed green salad, with a pomegranate molasses dressing. Fresh French Fries with a homemade…
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I am not closer to 30 than to 20. It feels weird. Though I was still the youngest (adult) at my birthday party. There was a 4 year old, but of the people who have learned to read in that…
Unless you are planning them. So this is to be my first big party, ever. I have hosted large dinner parties, but not full scale bashes. I am slightly nervous about it. Part of it is that I don't know…
Life is progressing here in Turkey. I finally feel as if we are settling in. We have bought a car. We have recovered from H1N1. Life is good. Last night to celebrate our auto purchase we went out to an…
Pretty lazy actually. Tonight I had McDonalds delivered to my door. They do that here. All the fast food places deliver. They have little mopeds weaving their way all around the city delivering Big Macs and Whoppers to the lazy…
The other day I spent the afternoon in Kızılay, in downtown Ankara. Kızılay is awesome. It has open air bars and cafes, street vendors, live music, and a general pazar like atmosphere. I was super hungry after walking around and…
The other day we went out to lunch with Bulent’s father. He is from the city of Adana where they make “Adana Kebab,” it is a specific style of kebab. The place we went is the only place he will…
Bulent and I have gone out a few times and this is one of our favorite places. We usually split a lahmacun and a doner durum wrap with sauce and onions in it. The durum doner wrap usually comes…
So as you know, we are staying in Turkey. While this is exciting, I also miss things from home. Like sushi and bacon. There are just some things here that I can not get, or are incredibly expensive. I certainly…
We have traveled quite a bit recently. To Bodrum for our friends’ (from San Diego) Turkish wedding reception. Then another week we drove to Bulent’s grandmothers in Seferhisar and on the way we visited Bodrum, Kusadasi, Izmir and Cesme. Bodrum…