Messin' with Texas

I hear it everyday; “Conrad, you are so lucky.” Friends, people I meet, coworkers; They all share this opinion. I have been called “[my company's] spoiled child,” “the luckiest employee in Turkey,” and many other things. On more than just my life in Turkey, people say that I am so lucky, that they can’t believe [...]

Saturday morning I woke up on the extra mattress on the floor of Izzy’s room as I usually do. It was too hot in the room when I had been trying to go to sleep the night before so I had opened the door. As I was slowly waking up I felt a cold crisp [...]

I went to a wine and cheese house party on Saturday night. It was composed almost entirely of female expatriate teachers in their 20s. So it was a pretty good party, and a nice change from hanging out with the guys all the time.
But that is not the interesting thing I would like to share [...]

A friend of mine contacted me a few weeks ago to ask for my help. Her mother, Kathie, is the assistant dean of Duke’s business school (I think that is her position), and she is interested expanding Duke’s executive MBA program to Istanbul. Kathie asked her daughter if she knew anyone in Turkey and my [...]

Current Mood: AlarmedUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is visiting Turkey today. She will be attending a conference on Iraq between Iraq’s neighbors, to talk about security in Iraq and many other issues. Her appearance visit here is to hopefully keep Turkey from invading Northern Iraq, where a large Kurdish population is believed to be [...]

On Wednesday night, Izzy and I went to a Halloween party in Bebek (I haven’t mentioned this before, but Bebek is the worst place in the world traffic wise. I hate Bebek and usually avoid it at all costs). Despite the party being in Bebek it was a lot of fun. Izzy and I arrived [...]