Category: Musings

Unlike you and most of you, I was not born in the United States to live and enjoy democracy. I came to the United States from Turkey where I was a third category citizen. So when MLK Jr. had his walk to the courthouse in Selma, Alabama, I decided to join him because I said…

However, this year felt particularly odd. Those insightful Dry January articles from the NYTimes that were an integral part of my support system were replaced by this new breed of articles like ‘Sober Curious’? How to Embrace Mindful Drinking. NOBODY! I REPEAT NOBODY PRACTICES MINDFUL DRINKING. The only time a drinking person is mindful is…

A Negroni is the aristocrat of the cocktail world. Stanley Tucci made a lot of us happy, while a another group lambasted his Negroni making moves. A Negroni Divided Cannot Stand!