Is it just me, or is cinema pretty much dead at the moment? I am a cinemaphile. I watch me a whole lotta’ movies. Due to the fact that I live in Turkey (piracy, ahoy!), I sometimes even see movies before they are released in the theatres here. I tell you [...]

I’m no money market whiz kid; and that’s an understatement. I pretty much know two things about money; how to make it and how to make it go away, usually quick fast and in a hurry. So it was no surprise when I was caught with my proverbial pants down recently at a [...]

Cooking in a foreign country is always an adventure. I can remember my early visits to the grocery store as a newly planted expat here. Befuddled is the appropriate word. Turkish grocery stores seemed very limited to me then. Where were the frozen foods, the canned goods, the microwave meals? [...]

Dear window washers,
It has come to my attention that you find me much of interest. It’s called power walking. It is a form of [...]

Apologies for the hiatus from the blogosphere. Just got back from a visit home for the holidays. Upon reflection, something occured to me which made me very smiley, indeed: my heart has more than one home and it suits me just fine.
We started our trip back with a weekend in New York [...]