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…
Tag: Expatriate
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 moved to Turkey almost 3 years ago, leaving behind almost all my my personal possessions in San Diego CA. This was really difficult. After I graduated from college Bülent and I moved to San Diego, and slowly started accumulating…
Traditionally after the wedding the bride and groom exchange gifts. Or so I was told. So for my gift, my new beloved husband told me he would finance my LASIK surgery. YAY! My eyes are horribly myopic, around –3.75 plus…
I am a little late for the obligatory New Year post, but I have good reasons. We spent New Years Eve with some very good friends of ours. It would have been a lovely evening if I had not been…
A few weeks ago we took a trip to Niğde, where my husband’s mother is from. Niğde is know for its apple production, and his family owns a small apple orchard down there. We were going to watch the harvest.…