THE FATHER OF THE VERTICAL GARDEN
patrick blanc is a wonderful french botanist specializing in tropical forests. he is the green-haired (really!) father of the vertical garden in general and of many of my favourite wall gardens specifically. so, he more or less single-handedly made the vertical garden trend happen around the world – you can check his website for a...
TOP 5 NEW ISTANBUL
this is the list of all my favourites in instanbul, in increasing order: 5. the besiktas galleries. i stayed in besiktas so i was lucky enough to have several good venues around. the best was probably the galerist/akaretler (one of the three places that go under the same name, the other two are in beyoglu)....
ISTANBUL MODERN – A PRIVATE MUSEUM
also on my list: the bosphorus adjacent istanbul modern. the only turkish private museum for contemporary art, this 7-year old institution in beyoglu houses an impressive, turkish-heavy main collection as well as an ever-changing series of temporary shows. also, the museum serves many other purposes such as cinema hall, concert venue (marianne faithfull was there on...
HIDDEN GEM – SANTRAL ISTANBUL
during my short istanbul trip, i expectedly checked the newest, coolest places in there. probably the best place (but hardest to find) was santral istanbul. part of the bilgi university campus, it has a quite isolated location, so plan ahead (this is a good advice for istanbul in general…). but taking the time and effort...
ISTANBUL TEASER
tomorrow i’ll start the istanbul series. all posts will be illustrated with my boyfriend’s pictures as my bag got stolen (in bucharest) and i lost all the pictures… enjoy the bosphorus view!
