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...

Official HD Trailer for Tom Shadyac's documentary "I Am" Years ago, Oprah recommended a movie called "I am...

After my daughters and I spent a few days in Arkansas, my children and I parted. It was incredibly satisfying for me to know they were both ...

One night I was invited to a gal's night out with about six Turkish married women. My friends were organizing themselves to see a new Tu...

Deported Czech Jews working as conscripted laborers in Estonia I haven't yet been to Terezin, the concentration camp that is frequently ...

The number of inspiring cafes in Prague is literally overwhelming. I would love to see them all because they are as different in personalit...

I've safely arrived in Madison and am up early because I can't sleep. Maybe because it's high noon in Prague. Luckily, there...

This is the 200th post on my blog! Since what I like to blog about is cross-cultural issues between America and the Czech Republic, it seem...

This weekend I went over to my friends' flat and watched the first two installments of the HBO series "John Adams" about Ameri...

One of the nice things about having a large English-speaking population in Prague is that expats have started to create and grow their own i...

This month I've been reading book after book in English written by Czechs. Among the pile of titles a friend lent me was a book called ...

I went to see the new Bond movie with Gulnara and Nhan, two new friends in Prague. When we went to the movie theater we were surprised to l...