A Dance For Haydarpasa
It began like this: “Let’s meet at Haydarpasa. I think there’s some kind of performance there tonight.” I…
January 6, 2014
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The Unexpected Pleasures of Funky, Surreal Belgrade
Belgrade was my base in the Balkans. I was constantly in and out, flitting from festival to city…
October 18, 2013
Mad Trombones & Surreal Sousaphones: It’s HonkFest!
Guca was not my first trumpet festival. For the three-and-a-half years before I moved to Istanbul, I lived…
October 11, 2013
A Practical Guide to the Guca Trumpet Festival
I discovered the Guca Trumpet Festival through some fortuitous online searching. I couldn’t resist it– a days-long festival…
October 8, 2013
The Ancient Ruins of Ani
Imagine this: a land of vibrant green plains with a picture-perfect cornflower blue sky. The countryside appears deserted,…
October 1, 2013
The Simple and The Spectacular: David Gareja Monastery
There are sparks when you place the mundane with the insane. The common and the crazy sometimes create…
September 19, 2013
Lost In The Clouds in Kazbegi, Georgia
We climbed to the top of the world and walked in the clouds. At least, that’s how it…
September 5, 2013
The Amazing Dinamo Market of Tbilisi
The Amazing Dinamo Market is labyrinthine. It curves, winds, layers; staircases hide behind cases of raw meat, the…
August 27, 2013
Tbilisi, Georgia: How Quickly We Fall In Love!
I had dreams about Tbilisi long before I ever went there. The mysterious Georgian capital intrigued me for…
August 23, 2013
Cappadocia Is Wild
I’ve been dreaming of Cappadocia’s moonscapes for years. The region in the middle of Turkey is famous for…
July 8, 2013