We’re on crunch time for @leadiagrowth Festival İstanbul, and yet Koray insisted on getting proper R&R this weekend.😎 When in Turkey for the summer, that means heading to the seaside and having a barbeque.🍢
Here’s our dinner setup on the balcony with the mezes, cheese, bread and salads.🥗 It’s still bright and the sun doesn’t set until 9pm on summer days. Notice the two sets of glasses ready for the all-time fave local drink: rakı, a distilled liquor made from anise or licorice. Raki is usually paired with fish, and it turns milky white when mixed with water. It’s taken ice cold and with water as a chaser.🧊 It’s an acquired taste for sure, and I half-jokingly said it seems like a ladies drink because it’s sweet. I got forced laughter in reply (we call it “labas sa ilong” in Filipino) so maybe it’s scandalous to say such things.🤭
Thank you Ablam and Abim for again hosting us and letting us refill the well and balance work with rest and play.🌈
🤍 White Day is the day of wholeness, of seeing the big picture and remembering that we’re part of a whole: a whole culture, history, expression, industry, gender, family, clan, community. Today, do something to balance. Allow yourself to stand upright, relaxed and open for what’s to come. 🧍♀️ 🧍♂️