Jan and I came to spend the Christmas with Elif and Mina in Salt Lake City a couple of days ago. Mina has been busy making presents for family and friends, and of course her teacher. Today after lunch the girls decorated the tree and I photographed them in action. After the tree decorating, Mina … [Read more...]
Cape Cod Visit – 2
In the previous post, Jan narrated the places we visited despite the overcast and often rainy couple of days. But we certainly enjoyed the trip and I really enjoyed watching Jan to go back to her childhood. Bramble Inn was a quaint old building with small but comfortable rooms. We arrived as the … [Read more...]
Cape Cod Revisited
Remember the old adage "You can't go home again"? What's past is past and is best viewed in our own memories. But, last week, Cemal and I, armed with our "bucket list", traveled the nostalgic road to Cape Cod and learned you can go home again. In the late 1940's,my grandparents built a Cape Cod … [Read more...]
Outings With Mina
(If the image is not animated click on the image to see Mina run) Before they returned home we had a couple of outings with Mina. Mina and I went to visit the Festival Ballet Providence with the hope of seeing some dancers. Unfortunately all the company dancers were in their summer break and the … [Read more...]
Moonlight Monastery
Ayvalik, a small town on the Aegean coast of Turkey, has a rich history and many remains and reminders of that. Several churches in various states of structural integrity, many old houses, windmills, an orphanage, and a surprising number of monasteries are peppered in and around the town. The … [Read more...]
Barry Becher
Added 6/23/2012: Addition of comments has made remembering the Ginsuman a richer experience, keep them coming. Ask friends to contribute and share their good times with Barry. After a long struggle with complications resulting from surgery to remove a growth over his kidney, my good friend … [Read more...]
London – Boston
he handicapped traveler service of British Airways was far below par. Although I had requested a wheelchair, at the check in I was asked to go to another place to get help, go figure! I shuffled there and I was asked to wait. A little later someone came with the wheelchair and took me through the … [Read more...]
London 3
I am back on the State side and almost fully acclimated to the local time and caught up with things that had to be done right away. I would like to catch up with the posts that will wrap up the London trip. On June 1 we visited the National Gallery to see Turner Inspired In the Light of Claude on … [Read more...]
The Photographers’ Gallery
On Thursday, May 31, 2012, we set out to visit The Photographers' Gallery, a five-story building dedicated to photography with a very nice bookstore in the basement. The main attraction was Edward Burtynsky: Oil, an exhibit by the Canadian photographer. It focused on the extraction, transport, and … [Read more...]
London 2
On day two in London we walked out and took a taxi to St. Paul's Cathedral. On the way to the street we went by Anya Hindmarch, an exclusive boutique at the corner where they had clutches that the queen uses on display. You could own one of these small bags for a mere 490 pounds! St.Paul's Cathedral … [Read more...]