What we came to see: rugs, sea, food, art and architecture. What we left with: rugs (and a rug-seller friend named Gonzales), bloated bellies, and these glorious photos of Istanbul (not Constantinople).
Tag: Nancy Stearns Bercaw
Alive in the World
Three years ago, I was pretty sure my days were numbered. I drank too much. I worried too much. My thyroid was broken (although I didn’t know it at the time). I was living (though hardly alive) in Abu Dhabi with my family. I had no idea how to fix myself. Until I did. I quit drinking….
Gut Instincts Over Good Manners in Lagos
There’s so much to say about my trip to Nigeria that I hardly know where to begin or end. Okay, I’ll jump right into the middle. I was in a car — in bumper to bumper traffic, on a bridge to Lagos Island from Lagos Mainland — when I realized that the petrol fumes coming…