Sali Pazari: Discovering My Neighborhood Market
Sometimes I’m so eager to explore farther corners of this sprawling city that I forget to look in…
February 27, 2014
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I Went To A Camel Wrestling Festival. Yes, Really.
I stood in the middle of the sunny pitch, surrounded by dancing old men quaffing raki. Frothing camels…
February 24, 2014
What A Difference The Light Makes
Photography is all about light. With digital photography, it’s much easier to manipulate the light of an image…
February 20, 2014
Travels With Sister: Three Lessons
It’s hard to find a good travel companion– one reason I prefer traveling alone is that it removes…
February 16, 2014
A Holga Update: It Gets Weirder
This little toy camera continues to be a fickle friend. After the slew of wonderful suggestions I received…
February 7, 2014
A Year Abroad
It’s been a year. A whole year. When I left snowy Boston and landed in Istanbul, I had…
January 29, 2014
World Music Wednesday: The Second Mixtape!
(On Wednesdays, I post a song from somewhere in this big wide world on my Facebook page. Every…
January 23, 2014
The Perfect Quiet of Off-Season North Cyprus
Traveling off-season to North Cyprus is very quiet. I went in December, when the summer sun crowds had…
January 21, 2014
Nicosia, The Divided City
Everywhere I turned, I bumped into a wall. Crude concrete creations blocking sidewalks. Barbed wire atop gray monoliths.…
January 16, 2014
The Logistics of a Holiday in North Cyprus, The Unrecognized Country
Cyprus is a tiny island with a big problem. Since 1974, it’s been split in two. The British…
January 14, 2014