Not much to write about, brag about, or complain about these days - thanks to a winter that always seems endless, I have been reluctant to venture out. Instead, I prefer the coziness of my home, cooking spagetti, almost every night(I love spagetti!), reading Vogue and Instyle, and by the way I bought a few new books - one of them is Hippie - have not read it yet, but I know it is about my favorite era: the sixties. I am making plans to go to Turkey, visit family, Mediterrenean, friends - plunge into Turkey's oriental moments of chaos and tranquillity. I really missed being somewhere - anywhere. Ah, we have also been planning two trips in the US: to San Francisco and Woodstock, the town of Woodstock, which I hear still has something of its unique spirit. Lately, my total lack of interest in political science has been replaced by my interest in cultural studies, mostly inspired by Ilgin - my brother's ex-girlfriend. This reminds me, I promised her I will visit her in New York once winter is over, so I must start planning for a New York escapade as well- this time, on my own. I am dreaming of going back to Cafe Sabarsky - I am really not a fan of cultural icons, or landmark museums. Cities to me have a different appeal now that I am in my pre-culturalist mode - look at things you can't see at first sight, places you don't know about. What is the point of going to MEMO (Museum of Modern Art) and waste time among sculptures and religious paintings that have no connection to the place they belong to - I will definitely take my notebook with me this time.