November 2011 – Eat dessert first.

Her şeyin yenisi, dostun, şarabın eskisi. (All things are best when new, but a friend and wine are best when old.)

I am going to start this post off with some recipes because I am SUPER excited right now. So the back story is: we wanted a real Thanksgiving dinner in Turkey. Unfortunately, things like canned cranberry sauce or corn syrup (for the pumpkin pie!) just don’t exist. So first came the cranberry sauce… 200 grams…

Botaş verses BC Horizont

Most random night ever: Botaş (from Turkey) verses BC Horizont (from Belarus) Women’s professional basketball game. This story started last night when I was on the plane back from Manchester. I was sitting next to a young-ish looking man in a sports coat and tie and he was chatting with a really tall woman. You…

Remember, remember the fifth of November…

Surprise party when you’ve only met three of the people there (not including the birthday boy): success!!!!! I arrived in Manchester around 2:30 in the afternoon and was met with a rose (aww) and trifle (awwwww) and we then headed back to the apartment so I could take a much-needed shower. Champagne, bubble bath, and…