Empty Nest Expat

Rita Golden Gelman Author, "Tales of a Female Nomad" and over seventy children's books It struck me today as I was sit...

These guys gathered a small crowd of cheerleaders at the bottom of the stairs News comes from America that it has been the hottest ...

Is he alive or dead? Cats and dogs are allowed to roam free in Istanbul. During these dog days of summer, I often find an animal in m...

  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...

Longtime readers of the Empty Nest Expat blog know I am a huge fan of Czech artist David Černý and his very Czech brand of irreverance and b...

Looking back on my participation in "The Vagina Monologues," I can not be more proud of myself for having done it. Eve Ensler is t...

Aldo Leopold I have a young teenage friend here in Istanbul who pines to be out in the Turkish countryside among apple orchards, tending...