Empty Nest Expat

Alina Gallo, artist One of the beautiful things about my PAWI (Professional Women of Istanbul) group is that I meet interesting America...

Loving Life in Chicago Summer of 2014 This summer I spent two-and-a-half months back in America. It was the longest I'd been home...

The Sidewalk Along Barbaros Boulevard in Istanbul   One of the pleasures of my daily life in Istanbul is this sidewalk. Every time ...

 My friend Barb and I had planned to meet a bunch of friends in Istanbul's Yıldız Park for a fitness challenge this weekend. Unfortunate...

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

Twilight beckons on the Bosphorus But the Woman in White is unmoved.

  A photo of the Beşiktaş Forum, a nightly neighborhood discussion happening in my neighborhood park and twenty other parks through...

Protesters doing yoga in Gezi Park What a fascinating week in Turkey as my friends have risen up and demanded their Turkish democracy be...