Empty Nest Expat

My City of Joy movie posse, Ladies from Global Minds and Istanbook book clubs here in Istanbul What a powerful evening last night...

If ever there was a book that was a perfect match for my Istanbul "Global Minds Book Club" it is this one: "Midnight at the...

  A perfect day on my patio  Yesterday was a spectacular sunny day in Istanbul. Not a cloud in the sky with total Chamber-of-Commerce ...

I didn't get to blog as much as I wanted last year because I devoted many hours of my time to learning Turkish. Still, I increased my nu...

The extraordinary painting of Setenay Özbek at Art 350 Art Gallery in Istanbul Breathtaking Color   Isil Musluer One of the...

On the first stunning weekend of Spring we met to discuss an amazing book in a beautiful home overlooking the Bosphorus. Knowing tha...