What is writing, anyway? A way to communicate, sure. But to communicate what? According to Webster's Dictionary, to communicate means...

The campus center at the University of Tennessee. In talking with a friend the other day, I realized I've never described the courses I...

My guide and I parted ways after visiting the Galata Mevlevi House Musuem—she to see her mother-in-law, and I to check out Galata Tower. ...

“Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.” ― Rumi A trip to Istanbul is incomplete without mention of the 13th...

It might not look it in pictures, but the hill from Karaköy to the Beyoğlu district, past Galata, is quite steep. I walked it several...

Say Istanbul and a seagull comes to mind Half silver and half foam, half fish and half bird. — Rahmi Eyuboglu, Turkish painter and poet...

After visiting the Patriarchate of Constantinople, my guide and I wandered around two of the oldest neighborhoods in Istanbul, Fener and...

It's a busy week, and I don't have time for a full post today. I included this image in last week's newsletter, but I like it enough to...

My third and final day in Istanbul started with a visit to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, or the Patriarchal Church of St. George,...

In addition to the amazing food in Turkey (more on that later), one of the first things I noticed in Istanbul were the Turkish Evil Eye...

This post is a little different than my recent ones. In it, I share the misadventures of my second full day in Istanbul. I didn't take...