Month: October 2010

Movie theaters suspend reality. Something about sitting in a dark theater drops me out of place and time. Friday night, as we came out of

We were late. The taxi driver – who we knew was overcharging us, but we went along with it anyway because it was a cold,

On the third floor of a cafe, overlooking some of the nicer and busiest streets, it’s easy to forget that Istanbul has been an imperial

We walked out of the hotel into a blustery wind. A storm brought a strange mixture of warm air with cold, cold gusts and rain

My dad tells this story frequently. When I was about ten, we had a foreign exchange student from France come and stay with us for

Emily is creative. The other day, she updated her list of logins and passwords she keeps in hidden files in our backpacks. The old ones

The sunset created a golden glow over the Bosphorous. Exactly as I had wanted and imagined, I watched the sunset over the European shore with

“Why do you need all this space?!” Emily asked as we walked through the Hagia Sofia. “You don’t NEED all this space,” I said, “It’s

Fatigue makes us feel guilty. Emily was tired and didn’t really want to go out into the cold, chilling wind that swept through the city

“Yes, please!” they all say as we pass – as if we were asking who would like a cookie. Some clap and point. Others begin