Empty Nest Expat

On a ferry between two continents  is a great place to read In the last two years, one of the most fun things I have done is get invol...

  This article about Boomers downsizing and their children not wanting their stuff made me smile, as I have had this experience when I d...

The last time my free speech was censored in Turkey was right before a local election. The entire Google Blogspot domain was shut down. The ...

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...

A cup of Turkish coffee is the perfect accompaniment to blog reading It's a beautiful snowy day here in Istanbul. It was a joy t...

Yesterday I found out that my blog was recognized by ExpatsBlog.com as their silver award winner for Turkish expat blogs. This particula...

When I first moved to Turkey from the Czech Republic, I noticed the different vibe immediately. America's dominant vibe is commerce and ...

Cherry Season in Istanbul! I can't get enough of them. Turkey has such a vibrant and local agricultural industry. Seems like every...

  Brian Smith and me One of the fun parts about living in Istanbul is so many friends come through town as tourists. This summer it wa...

Me and my girls This month I had the occasion to go home to the United States to see my youngest daughter graduate magna cum laude fro...

I remember when I hit 50 friends on my blog. I was so excited! I'm just shy of 100 now and I would love to move into triple digits. Coul...

Friends having fun! That's how we spell it: Y-M-C-A How was anyone an expat before the Internet? That was when people really left home a...

Maiden's Tower on the Bosphorus I haven't blogged here for awhile.  It is not because I don't have a million things to say; I d...

Recently I reconnected with an old business competitor and dear friend from my hometown of Ames, Iowa named Rich Weiss. He made a comment a...

Thanks to Miss Footloose (aka Karen van der Zee) I've been invited to participate in the My 7 Links project organized by Tripbase, the...

 Me with fellow expats Catherine Bayar and Anastasia Ashman This week I attended the Istanbul simulcast of the TEDGlobal conference live ...