Empty Nest Expat

An exquisitely dressed bride smiles on her way to her photo shoot Every weekend in Yıldız Park in Beşiktaş, brides come to have their...

"American Gothic" by Iowa artist Grant Wood   If you live away from where you grew up, have you ever received an invitation...

  American ladies arriving at the entrance.   Jennie Toner, far right and front just founded the Istanbul Instructors' Network ...

The ensemble cast of Süleyman's Ottoman Court Hollywood is so dominant in entertainment, it's easy for Americans to think no on...

For a week straight, my college friend Robin and I did nothing but shop and eat and talk to her husband Jim.  Jim, as a wine maker and a lon...

  Washington working on the Debt Deal Recently, friends were visiting Istanbul from Palo Alto, California and I asked them, "what's...

  The Royal Kiss We're having a big discussion over at The Displaced Nation. Come in and contribute to the conversation. Jane Green, c...

  My beautiful young couchsurfing hostess Kamilla Somewhere between Prague and Sophia, the look of the people changed.  I don't know w...