La Vie Et La Danse

On Friday I confided in my playsister that I was feeling a teeny twinge of kıskançlık in my heart. She said, “Don’t be jealous. You have a good life.”
Looking back, it has been a great week.
Khadijah, a dancer from Denver, by way of Saudi Arabia, was in Istanbul.

We squeezed a lot into her visit–costume shopping, a visit to musician Raquy’s Darbuka Ofis for a bit of drumming and henna,

a show at Gar Muzikhol where we saw Athena perform,

a photo shoot with photographers Beatriz (Brazil) and Kareem (Egypt), mutual friends of Athena and Khadijah, but who I was only just meeting, and the Fındıkzade bazaar.
Khadijah left on Saturday and I met up with a few people to visit a smallish club, which was overly crowded and a bit smoky, but otherwise good, then to a huge club, which was also overly crowded, but had some flexible trapeze artists performing above us.

Today I met up with dancer friends Athena and Leeann for brunch and a trip to the salon, where I got a magenta lock of hair!

Now I’m at Hits On Air, where my percussionist friend Coşar (formerly of Baba Zula) is recording an album.

Tomorrow, a trip to the bank and tax office. Woo hoo!

What fun things did you do this week?