On September 16th, 2011, BYE-BYE ISTANBUL…
…my kindly taxi driver said as I took a few last pictures of the city from the back seat of his cab on the way to Ataturk Airport…
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On September 15th, 2011, ISTANBUL BIENNIAL PARTY VIEW OF THE CITY…
…from the rooftop of the Marmara Pera hotel in the Beyoğlu quarter of Istanbul, was the perk of one of the many parties kicking off the Istanbul Biennial…
On September 14th, 2011, ISTANBUL CAT ESTATES…
…some of them lovingly hand-painted and even featuring the name of the cat over the front door, are what I stumbled upon (almost literally) this afternoon, filling a…
On September 13th, 2011, SUPERPOOL…
…the Istanbul based architecture studio founded by Turkish Selva Gürdoğan and Danish Gregers Tang Thomsen, presented their design of the exhibition ‘Becoming Istanbul‘ (in collaboration with the graphics…
On September 12th, 2011, MARK DION IN ISTANBUL…
…is assembling materials for his upcoming installation at the soon to open SALT Galata – and lately when I’m traveling I’m often just missing this inspiring artist, arriving…
On September 11th, 2011, ISTANBUL KIDDIES IN THE HOTHOUSE…
…(the Edible Estates garden headquarters at SALT Beyoglu) gathered for some gardening workshops with Pelin Demereli throughout the afternoon, and since I couldn’t understand anything they were saying,…
On September 10th, 2011, ISTANBUL GARDEN WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES…
…today and tomorrow (plus a talk this evening) have brought me back to town to check in on the Edible Estate rooftop hothouse garden headquarters on top of…
On April 8th, 2011, SALT BEYOGLU OPENS WITH ISTANBUL ROOFTOP HOTHOUSE…
…ready to welcome those who make it to the top floor for a respite of light and space with the aroma of wood shavings and fresh compost, a…
On April 7th, 2011, ISTANBUL HOTHOUSE PLANTING…
…was a gradual process today as heavy bags of fresh Turkish forest soil, compost, worm castings, and wood shavings (to loosen and lighten the soil) slowly made their…
On April 6th, 2011, SPECIAL TURKISH FARMER SEEDS…
…including lots of beans, corn, lettuce, squash, some rare precious tomatoes, and a variety of fruiting trees and vegetables starts have arrived from a friendly farmer couple who…
On April 5th, 2011, FICCIN AND HELVETIA LOKANTA…
…are my two favored food places in town – both serving delicious inexpensive basic vegetarian/vegan friendly Turkish plates that I hear approximate what your Turkish mom would have…
On April 4th, 2011, PICKLED ISTANBUL…
…in a stupendous store where every surface is covered the bright chromatics of jars brining and fermenting anything you can imagine on a market street off of İstiklal…
On April 3rd, 2011, ISTANBUL POLICE SAFETY MARCH…
…with a seemingly endless Turkish flag flowing down İstiklal Caddesi greeted me out the window this morning and here is what I could glean from Skyturk.com (through the…
On April 2nd, 2011, A GROUP PAINTING ACTIVITY…
…on the walls of the Istanbul rooftop hothouse was quick pleasurable way for us to claim the space, make our mark, mess things up – plus a welcome…
On April 1st, 2011, BALKAN LOKASI…
…the hazır yemek “ready food” restaurant off of İstiklal Caddesi is where I went to lunch today, which I happened upon during my last visit – basic really…
On March 31st, 2011, ISTANBUL ROOFTOP HOTHOUSE…
…is the next edition in the series of Edible Estates gardens which I have come here to begin work on (housed in a spacious airy new greenhouse on…
On January 15th, 2011, ISTANBUL VIEW FROM GALATA KULESI…
…the medieval tower dating from 1348 located in the center of the Galata district provides a dramatic overview of the city on my last night – but looking…
On January 14th, 2011, ISTANBUL CATS AND DOGS…
…are an integral part of the urban streetscape dating back to Byzantium when street dogs served the sanitation service of street garbage disposal; with the dog population exploding…