Last night my friends hosted an early Thanksgiving. They normally go to Austria for Thanksgiving holiday and celebrate it the week before. My friend’s husband was diagnosed with a gluten allergy last year and is still being tested for Celiac…
Tag: Expat
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…
This holiday is also known as the Feast of Sacrifice. This is a very important Islamic holiday which celebrates willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his first-born son Ishmael. The sacrifice was not completed as God intervened and had Abraham sacrifice a ram…
The last week weeks I have been fighting colds, coughs and fatigue. While I am still having sleep issues (Friday night I did not fall asleep until 4:30 a.m., the fatigue is better. I think a lot of it was…
Feeling so drained. I have been working on the Cooking Page revision project, and if you have noticed, there are some shifts and changes in my blog. Comments and suggestions are appreciated. While I am not done yet, the structure…
A while back I created an Ev Yemeği/Home Cooking page, which has been sadly neglected, thought I cook all the time. When I post recipes, I have been doing so in a haphazard way. So over the next few weeks…
I was on a posting roll, and now silence it back. I am working on building new routines. I have been away from the apartment for about seven months in total since January. Coming back spurred re-organization and new projects. …
After our vacation, Bülent and I decided to buy a car in Texas, where the cars have less rust damage from salt and snow. We would then drive out to New Hampshire in time for Bülent to start his teaching…
My friend Sarah is my oldest friend and was the amazing Matron of Honor at my wedding. We met on the first day of first grade, when she let me sit with her on the bus. We pretty much have…