RUE ST. ANN

FRENCH QUARTER, NEW ORLEANS

OTTOMAN HOUSES NEAR CHORA CHURCH

COLORFUL WOODEN HOUSES BY CHORA CHURCH

Istanbul is still a magical place.

But it is losing many of its old wooden houses to fires, neglect and over development.

Thankfully, some architects, designers and history buffs are buying and restoring the great Ottoman-style homes.

GRAND BAZAAR

ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Footsteps from Hotel Niles.

Touristy.

Amazing.

Historic.

Must see.

Bought my wife's birthday jewelry from  a silversmith there.

THE JOYS OF WALKING THE BACK STREETS IN ISTANBUL

ABANDONED PUBLIC PHONE IN ANCIENT FENER

Elegant, but broken. Listing to the left, yet perfectly photogenic. This old, beaten Turk Tele Kom station looks like an objet d'art posed against an ancient wall on a winding back street not that far from the shores of the Golden Horn. Think about the joys of life when we get out of our cars and wander the back streets.