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The Istanbul Chronicles: Mary Poppins

So it was my first winter in Istanbul and it was the first winter that Glenna and I was spending together.  Of course I can tell you that the winters in Turkey are far different from the winter in Chicago.  The differences are that one, Istanbul is some 2,634 meters above sea level (y'all don't ask me how many miles is that! I am still on the meters part) and two, there is no wind but the steel cold  that is sharp enough to cut through all the layers that is between your coat and clothes. Now as a Chicagoan I am so used to being blow around by strong wind that I sometimes don't even move. But on this particular day in which I am about to talk about, I had to be Glenna's anchor so that she would not get blown way.  I did tell y'all that there is no wind in the winter, right?   Before I mentioned that we lived in Kadikoy inside Istanbul and on this day I can not remember where Glenna and I was going however we were heading towards the ferries by the Bosporus.

May baby!!!!

May is here people and we know what that means, right?  Mother’s Day is coming!!!  Who like me has a list of mothers that they too wish to find a great gift for? May 1 st Law Day since I have ever broken the law, can I used this day to do so? May 2nd National Life Insurance Day which goes well with National Truffle Day because that is a good reason to die by chocolate. And if that day for chocolate does not work well for you, then consider,   May 3 rd National Chocolate Custard Day! (I am just saying!)  For all teckies out there May 3 rd is also National SAN Architect Day, which reminds me to update my MS Visio to create one.  Plus it is National Two Different Colored Shoes Day.  This is so fashionable incorrected! May 4 th will have a more specific meaning to it so it will be National Star Wars Day, hence “May the force be with you!”  This day is shared with National Orange Juice Day, which I don’t mind as long as it also involves Vodka. May 5 th Cinco d