Messin’ with Texas

I made an album of pictures from this past weekend. The pictures are located at the following address:

Izzy’s Boat

I have been thinking a lot lately about why I came to Turkey. Things have not been as easy as I had anticipated they would. There are many things that bother me, and that are not going as I would like them to. I won’t go into any great detail because frankly, it’s not interesting.
This [...]

Current Mood: BoredRegardless of who you are, where you come from, or what you are interested in, you must go to Taksim. It is the heart of Istanbul. There are clubs, restaurants, shops (one of which haven’t closed for a minute in over 40 years), bars, nargile cafes, Starbucks… you name it, and it’s there. [...]

Current Mood: EsctaticFor pictures from the weekend go to:

Izzy’s Boat
Once again I had quite a weekend. Friday night, Izzy, Tahsin and I went to Berna’s birthday party. We played some beer pong, socialized with Berna’s large group of what seemed like all foreign friends, and ate, nothing unusual. Afterwards, our group went back to Tahsin’s [...]

Current Mood: EsctaticDon’t worry mother, I am not in jail, nor was there any real chance of me going to jail, but we did have a little run in with the cops last night.
Let’s see, where to begin. I went into the city to go to some opening with Izzy. When that fell through we [...]

Current Mood: HappyFear not! This entry is not actually about traffic, nor is it very long. Well maybe it does have something to do with traffic. As I am learning more and more about Turkey, I am really beginning to appreciate the… small differences. One such difference came to my attention last night.
Yesterday I was [...]

So, someone asked about how to call me here in Turkey. I posted my cellphone number, but since then I have a line in my apartment. I am posting part of the message I sent so that anyone who would to reach me can do so.
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On weekends, my cellphone is a good bet. It is [...]

Current Mood: EsctaticI am back from my week in the US. It was an exhausting week. I had to take care of some stuff for my Turkish visa, visit a ton of people (Amy, Andra, Eddy, Dave, Jennie, Andy, Kat, Jeremy, Lukasz, Rahul, Kim, my cousins (John, Dawn and Grant), my grand parents, Katie, Jennie [...]

If there is one thing that visitors to Istanbul will remember, it’s the traffic. There is always a lot of traffic, especially as you get in closer to the city center. Places like Levant, Besiktas, Taksim, Kadikoy always seem to be choking on traffic, night and day. On May 14th, a ferry will begin running [...]

Current Mood: ConfusedHmmmm, I am not quite sure how to begin this one. Let’s start with Friday. If you have been regularly reading this blog you will know that I was in Izmir on Friday on business. Since we did not return until late, my weekend really only consisted of Saturday.I spent a large chunk [...]