rudolf the red nosed reindeer, im dreaming of a white xmas, jingle bells batman smells...

creative xmas decorations all round london..
light fixtures on the wall in the shape of xmas trees..

(outside oxo tower, london)

row row row your boat, gently down the stream..

merrily merrily merrily merrily, life is but a dream..

(warf, london)

caution overhead hazard..

as a follow up to "mind the gap", london comes up with "mind yea head"..

(london)

bosphorus bridge is falling down?!!..

the works of fireworks for Oct 29th..

posted in memory of someone very near to my heart yet so far..

(bosphorus, istanbul)

and yes up in the sky yet again but in a hot air balloon this time..

if you have a fear of heights, suck it up.. seriously..

just wear something warm cause its chillllyy..

(cappadocia)

and since it is such a great activity, i couldnt help put yet another picture :) this is our balloon..

(cappadocia)

self reflection on water :)

ihlara vadisi..

(cappadocia)

vrrmm vrrmm.. a little atv action..

its important to let go of the gas, when you break i hear :)

(cappadocia)

what's up baby doll?!..

even though i don't seem to have one! everyone leaves nevsehir with one of these.. they have taken over.. land of the dolls..

(cappadocia)

beautiful buildings, beautiful doors, beautiful people..

all so authentic and from the heart..

(cappadocia)

cave man for a weekend..

yumak otel..

absolutely lovely place to stay.. the rooms are actually in the caves themselves..

(cappadocia)

hello!!.. is this earth?!..

(cappadocia)

signs of mankind while walking around kizilvadi..

had a lovely tour guide leading the walk.. he seemed to know his way around quite well.. didn't get lost at all that day, now did we? :)

(cappadocia)

50 ytl..
let me expand on that, cause i didnt get it when i was first told.. this is what you see on the back of 50 Turkish Lira's.. This is my version..

(cappadocia)

who is decco?

(tunel, istanbul)

i dont know if this piece.. well more like ghost-like silver bus.. belongs to bienal or istanbul modern..

check it out in the night time though..

(istanbul modern parking lot)

comforting to know!?!

this year every exhibition has some form of neon-light installation.. i shouldn't like it, but i cant help getting fixated.. and im not even a vegas-gen..

(bienal-antrepo)

don't call me depressing but this is my favorite from bienal - antrepo

the floor is completely in sand with swings attached from the ceilings.. reminds me of nazi camps in a way.. gives me the chills..

(bienal - antrepo)

uskudar'a gider iken..

(uskudar vapuru, istanbul)

the search for decent graffiti in ist continues..

(galata, istanbul)

and who dare says hip hop is dead!!

(idw, galata)

istanbul design week..

if you are a follower of these things, it was basically an extension of what you already now..

however, the location (galata bridge) gave it an umpf..

(idw, galata)

santralistanbul opens finally.. it used 2b a power plant, now a centre for culture and arts.. just simply a sight for sore eyes

http://www.santralistanbul.com/

(santralistanbul, eyup)

light installation.. the colors change btw..

in front of this wall, there was a wooden table, with 2chairs.. 2megaphones were attached to 1of the tables legs and an instrumental version of "hotel california" was playing.. you catch my drift..

(some exhibition @ mimar sinan, ist)

what am i doing here.. seriously..

mango fashion show @ esma sultan ortakoy..

paragliding 2000ft high..

reminds me of rod stewart singing..

"i am flying, i am flying, like a bird, cross the sky......."

(fethiye oludeniz)

butique hotel recom 4dest goce -kas.. yonca @ gocek; misafir evi @ kayakoy; tamara @ kas..

nostalgic - music

(kayakoy)

a little trip back in time

(kayakoy)

decisions, decisions, decisions...

(muchos gracias)

once they where 2, now they are 1..

maybe thats why the plural of fish is fish..

why do they have to die so quick :(

but of course if you think about it, time is all relative..

(my office table)

im not trying 2 express myself here..

"safe" 2say it's from a gallery..

(asmali mescit)

"sexy boy" not so sexy after all..

air concert at kurucesme arena..

her hips dont lie..

(shakira concert at kurucesme arena)

after some serious consideration, and a lot of riding around in the back seat of others, i decide that this isn't just a phase..

i want my italian roast..

looking for a 2ndhand vintage vespa.. if anyone comes across one, please let me know.. cheers

moral of the story..

respect yourself and respect all others..

FIN

(london)

shhhhhhh.. i snuck vodka in my coffee!

:)

(london - urban outfitters, cg)

i am still pondering about getting one of these.. but im still insisting that its safer for me and everyone else, if i'm the second man

(london - holborn)

here is 1 recommendation from me for london this time.. "maison blanc".. a wonderful butique cafe hidden on a delightful street with very little traffic close to high st kensington.. go there with an empty stomach and a sweet tooth :)

(london)

tate used to be a factory.. i believe a candy factory.. maybe that's why i like it so much :)

in this pic there is 2 things 2b seen..

1- i eat rubbish (hint look at the river)

2- totally accidental on my part, but the clouds look like pollution coming from the huge chimney

i think they can but it is a matter of enough of us believing in it..

"global cities exhibition"

(london - tate modern)

depiction of london.. in front you see oxo tower.. hillariously smart.. i only could get a tiny portion of this miniature version of london..

(london - tate modern)

istanbul was one of the cities they examined at the global cities exhibition..

some of the facts are more than tragic..

osman bozkurt had a film called "auto-park/the highway parks of istanbul".. usually don't care for such films, but i ended up watching a 15 min film twice..

(london - tate modern)

helio oiticica- "the body of colour" exhibition

a brilliant brazilian artist that seizes to amaze on how much you can do with colour with such meaning..

if anyone's interested, got the book..

(london - tate modern)

this pretty much sums me up in london..

the second tart you see in the picture is also mine :)

(london - high st. kensington)

back in london.. but this time its cold and rainy, as it should be..

"do not attempt to travel by taxi whilst suffering from the plague"

are they serious or trying to be funny?

lovely morning meeting over breakfast @ deli bakkal..

the setting is brooklyn tough, inside's bloomin' good stuff :))

(asmali mescit)

i think it is fair to say that beastie boys was beastly..

(efes one love - park orman)

so how do you read them signs? :)

(burc beach)

underworld, top notch..

(efes one love - park orman)