Turkey Comes to Trin Carl's Blog

Here is another expat blog, aysulove.com This woman is writing from Turkey. She has a montage of beautiful city pictures of Turkey in her cover page and she has a post called Ex-Pats the TV show.  I like how she describes herself in her blog A married girl married and living in Turkey for 3 years, sadness to happiness. Here you will hear about the struggles and high points of living in another culture, learning the new ways to cook, speak, make friends along with many more.  Now I really thought I heard it all when it comes to reality shows but here we go folks another show to add to your list.  She posts a link of where you can find the show on her page aysulove.com/2014/01/19/ex-pats-the-tv-show-2/ .

Here is another Blog from Turkey called Post Cards from Istanbul.  But the actual site can be found at pointwhitedrive.wordpress.com and the writer has a cloud list of words related to Turkey.  One phrase  caught my mind Night Life in Istanbul.  Okay readers, what do we think we'll find here? Yes, of course clubs and more clubs  One of the clubs called Quick China looks very modern and romantic, dark and cavernous.

G is for Going back to a favorite Post #AtoZChallenge via @trincal

G is for Going back to a favorite post.

My theme this year is Anything Wirter(ly)  

I wrote this post back in December and I love it because it's about my two favorite things:Dancing and Basketball 

We watched the NBA game on December 25th.   Basketball is one of my favorite sports. My alumna high school won the state championship four years in a row, and in the past I would watch every game from the sidelines and wait for my dance team to perform at half time.  Needless to say we were die hard fans. 

Total lack of awareness

   

A poem

Total lack of awareness, stuck on the methadone.

She was totally unaware.

If she asked everyone in the library for a piece of gum  it was fine.

With her she spoke so load that the folks with the headphones could hear her.  She was unaware.  She didn't care.

She hit down on the computer keys with her manicured nails to the annoyance of the librarians whose shush-shushing noises began a cadence of music and sound.  

Roosevelt High School, Minnesota

Dancing through the night with Snoopy and Friends

   

I went through the area of Shakopee today (921 Shakopee Ave) and they had this display with a ferris wheel and stuffed animals sitting on this lift. It was pretty adorable. The display also had a seasaw, merry-go-round, seesaw, swings and moving train set with guess what! Additional stuffed bears on each ride.








There was also a miniture hockey game going on with charcters like Charlie Brown, Patty, Shermy, Snoopy, Violet Gray, Schroeder, Lucy Van Pelt.( Score Snoopy 2, Woodstock 2) 

Considering London Flats and American Apartments

 Otherwise after visiting London in 2011 I always wandered if we have the same compact housing and flats that are literally connected to one another in America and we do. All though these are more like apartments they are located in the city of Crystal. Some say that flats in London are one level abodes and that they tend are houses which are later split up into separate residences. Others say flats consist of one level, having no second or third floor by way of a staircase and are therefore flat!

 

 

 

 

 

It's actually in the 40's in Minnesota and I don't care what anyone says I'd rather take a rainy day than a drop in temperature. We've had three days of straight rain but at least I can go outside without scraping the ice off my windows or take a walk without falling on the ice or turn my steering wheel without feeling the gripping cold from my exposed hands. Much of the snow has melted in many of the residences near my home but watch for updates on my blog as its supposed to drop to twenty degrees Fahrenheit by Tuesday and snow is expected. 

Disney on Ice Barbie and Ken

     

I absolutely loved this scene. Ken and Barbie's plastic hair is so flattering for their characters.

A Piece of Cake in St. Paul

      

I took a break from going to the Disney on Ice yesterday at Xcel Energy center in St. Paul to go to Piece of Cake, a cafe in St. Paul. I chose a nice chocolate creme bar to eat from the bottom shelf in the picture on the right side.  Although the chocolate gonache cupcakes looked equally delicious.