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New Shoes and a Race for the Place 5K
Since I’d put over 300 miles on my pair of New Balance shoes it was time for a new pair. I drove over to Playmakers and went into the store and was greeted by two salesmen. I held up my well-worn New...
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Our Next Big Adventure (Plus an Indulgence)
This is the Sulemaniye Mosque as seen from Istanbul University. Three years ago my wife and son visited Istanbul, staying with friends we met when we were living in L.A. It was part fun, part work. My...
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To Chichen Itza and Back – Part One
Two of the things my wife Stephanie and I wanted to do on our recent trip to Cancun, Mexico was to see the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza and swim in a cenote. We managed to accomplish both in one day....
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To Chichen Itza and Back – Part Two
After walking around the sun-drenched ruins at Chichen Itza, our tour group ate lunch at a restaurant outside the park. Lunch was a buffet of fresh fruit, tamales, rice, beans, chicken, and one of my...
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Since We’re Already on the Boat…
I had it in my head that we would take the ferry to La Isla Mujeres, rent bicycles, ride around the scenic island to a park, rent snorkel gear, and then snorkel along a reef. Where I got this idyllic...
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Running Is a Pain
There are times when running sucks. Those are the times when you’re running in pain or can’t run because you’re in pain. I’m in one of those periods right now. The tendonitis in my left ankle I...
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Some Housecleaning
Picture of the Bean and the sky taken two years ago in Chicago in Millenium Park. It was time to change to look of the blog. Overdue, really. The monochrome design had outlived its Sell-By date. This...
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Smiles, Swans, and Hearts All on a Bed
During our trip to Cancun last month, my wife Stephanie and I stayed at the Live Aqua resort. It was a big indulgence that we had bargain-hunted heavily several months ago. We managed to get a great...
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The Only People Dancing and Eating Dessert in the Moonlight
The whole point of going to Live Aqua in Cancun was to have a vacation where my wife and I didn’t have to think. That’s why we left the kids with my in-laws and chose an all-inclusive resort. We...
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The Run 4 Phil 5K
It was 90ºF. I hadn’t run in two weeks. My goal was to run without pain and, hopefully, well. Between the heat and my layoff to deal with the plantar fasciitis in my right foot, I was not looking for a...
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If It Was Easy, More People Would Do It
As of late, the blogging has been light here at Honest Errors because planning and executing a trans-Atlantic move (even a temporary one) requires a lot of attention. As we have prepared for our move...
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Never Delivered
When moving overseas, there are so many tasks that have to be accomplished that it’s expected that something will go wrong. It’s like that old engineering principle: the more moving parts you have the...
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The Shape of Memories to Come
When we returned from China last summer, I wrote a post about the sadness and relief I felt at the end of our trip titled, “Michigan Seems Like a Dream to Me Now.” That line from the Simon &...
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At the End of a “Çıkmaz Sokak”
The flight to Munich left an hour later than scheduled on Monday night because we had to wait for people whose flights were late and were connecting to our 6:00pm flight. It’s a good thing we ate...
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The Apartment We Hate (AWH)
Though the apartment at which we were staying temporarily is tucked into the end of a cul-de-sac, it was only quiet from about 4am until 8 or 9am. That’s because there are several bars, clubs, and...
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The Hotel That Cannot Be Seen
Just how crappy did I sleep during our second night at the AWH? I had gone to bed around 10pm. At 1:24am, still unable to fall asleep due mostly to the music from the bar next door, I got up. Steph was...
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We Get To Be Tourists and I Get to Wear a “Skirt”
I asked before we left the hotel Sunday morning if shorts were okay while visiting the Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet). My wife assured me that they were. I consulted our travel guide and it said nothing...
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Food Istiyorum!
The decision on where to go eat lunch was made by my wife Stephanie. I couldn’t make a decision. I was too hungry. I just wanted to eat. I didn’t want to have to think. I can be a real asshole when I’m...
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For Family, Friends, and Anyone Else Who Is Just Plain Curious
We’ve had several friends within the last 24 hours send us news reports about the U.S. State Department pulling people from Adana, Turkey. We’re grateful for all of the concern. The truth is that my...
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How I Registered My Cell Phone in Turkey
Or How I Bumbled My Way Through the Turkish Bureaucracy in the Quest to Make a Foreign Phone Work in Turkey I am sure I am not the first foreigner who, after attempting to follow the mysterious and...
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