This summer we decided to travel a little differently. In May, rather than fly from from Austin to Dalaman-enduring three flights in a row followed by a two hour drive from the airport-we decided to break up the trip and…
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I talked about the reasons I had not been blogging, and part of it was that I could not fully express myself. We have had plans in the works, but they have been tenuous and uncertain. Bülent and I have…
This summer my husband used Airbnb.com to arrange for his lodging while he was participating in a program at the London School of Economics. Unfortunately he was extremely disappointed and felt exploited by the business. He asked me to post…
This year for Christmas we decided to do something different. For the last three Christmases we have been in Ankara. It is usually pretty quiet, there are some expat arranged parties, but somehow without family it seems a little hollow. …
Last week Bülent had to go to Çeşme for the Turkish Economic Association conference. It was at the Altin Yunus, a five star hotel. Unfortunately it rained for most of the week. I joined him on Friday and it rained…
In the beginning of the summer we did a road trip. We started off in Texas with a visit with Bülent’s BFF Shawn. I was able to visit with Shawn again and meet his wife Larinda. They were great hosts,…
Holy Moly! BlogHer! I am still working though my experiences there. I went to almost all the sessions. A couple were productive and interesting. However, the main even was…not lunch with Martha Stuart, or even lunch with Katie Couric (although…
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…
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…
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…