Hey everyone, guess what? It’s not snowing. I even heard some birds this morning. This is marvelous! I wanted to get the word out about two things. The first is all business and the second is really important. 1. Mihran and I will be in Istanbul from February 28th through March 14th. During that time, [...]
Archive for the ‘Istanbul’ Category
17 Nov
Haircuts, Posters and Magazine Articles
Newflash: Mihran cut all his hair off. Just warning everyone before they stumble down the drive and think we hired a new instructor. We’ve had even more exciting things happen this week: Bramblewood was featured in a poster of Tryon horse country farm signs. This three poster series is a lovely representation of the rich equestrian [...]
14 Sep
Istanbul 2007: The Horse Club
Istanbul Atli Spor Kulubu Mihran’s grandfather gave him the legacy of the horse club. When Mihran was small the club was a place out of his dreams. He’d rise early on Saturdays and take the bus across the city to this hidden spot tucked between skyscrapers. When he arrived at the club he would take [...]
14 Sep
Istanbul 2007: People
My curiosity is tempered only by my general shyness. Wandering the streets of Istanbul during the night or day endows me the outsider’s allowance to stare, to pretend I’m photographing a building when I’m actually trying to capture a face. This post contains many personal photographs, but here you will also find snapshots of strangers, [...]
14 Sep
Istanbul 2007: Hagia Sophia
I only had one touristy request when we visited Istanbul last year. There might even had been a clause issued with my art history degree at Wofford stating that any visit to the city had to include a trip to Hagia Sophia. I remember bumbling through the floor plans and apses of every Byzantine church [...]
14 Sep
Istanbul 2007: The Island
A twenty minute sea bus ride across the Bosphorus (an hour by ferry) brings visitors to the first island in a string of four small islands where Istanbul residents have kept homes and escaped the summer heat of the city for centuries. Before we left Greenville I was walking through the fiction section at Barnes [...]
14 Sep
Istanbul 2007: Saroz
Located in the far western section of Turkey, Saroz is a tiny coastal village on a bay of the Aegean Sea. This region of Turkey is famous for the World War I battlefield of Gallipoli. Mihran’s parents purchased a house there last year and spend their summers weekends away from Istanbul traffic. I felt like [...]
14 Jun
Istanbul 2007
If I were to characterize myself as a traveler, or a person, I would say that I experience everything in retrospect. I seldom take an inventory of moments as they are occurring. My feelings come to me in pieces after the act of getting to and coming from a place. I’m a nervous traveler. I [...]
