İstiklal’de bir saat!

Uzun bir süredir iyi bir blogger olamadım biliyorum. Bunun sebebi gerek yoğun bir çalışma hayatına girmiş olmam, gerekse theMagger’daki yazılarımın blogumu boşlamanın yarattığı vicdani yükü...

Saatler boyu TED’deki konusmacıları ve sunumları izleyip iç geçiren tiplerden değilim ama bazı sunumlardan aşırı derecede etkinlendiğim de oluyor. Bu sunumlardan biri Ken Robinson’ın “School kills...

Ben Geldim!

Evet, bir zamanlar benim bir blogum vardı, neredeyse her gün bir şeyler yazardım, sürekli aklımdaydı falan… Değişen ne oldu peki? Blog hala hep aklımda ama işte zamanla ilgili büyük bir problemimiz...

Milano Milano!

Herkes Milano’nun sıkıcı bir şehir olduğunu söyler durur… Katılmıyorum. Paris ile, Roma ile karşılaştırırsanız, biraz hayalkırıklığı sizi bekliyor ancak 2-3 günlük bir kaçış, kısa bir dinlenme için...

Allure!

You love some songs, you keep listening them for days… Then, you forget them for a while and one day they will find their way to home, your memory. I love those moments. People are strange. Losing...

Japan, Vogue, 99 Francs!

When my dad used to tell me about his Japan memories during my childhood, I was not so much interested in. Probably, Japan was too far away for a child and I was not at the required maturity level...

Balmain and Oliver Roustening!

I believe that a Balmain jacket is a must-have for all woman including me, if only I could afford one Balmain marka bir ceketin, kendim dahil tüm kadınlar için bir olmazsa olmaz olduğu düşünüyorum,...

Futbol, Sadece Futbol Mudur?

Futbol benim için “22 kişinin bir top peşinde koşturduğu saçma bir oyun” değil, futbolun benim için anlamı büyük, izlemekten çok zevk alırım ve “erkek”leri doya doya futbol oynadıkları, maç...

Yolculuk Nereye?

Uzun yolculuklar konusunda hislerim karmaşık… Bir yerden bir yere gitme hissi; nereye gidersem gideyim, kimi arkamda bırakırsam bırakayım, kime kavuşacak olursam oluyum, beni melankolikleştiriyor…...

Are you Happy?

Whenever a change occurred in my life, whenever I made a decision on my own, my mum used to ask this extremely direct question. “Are you happy?” Of course, this innocent question wouldn’t make any...

Those Little Touches…

It was the holiday time for me last week. It was the true proof that 5 days are enough to refresh yourself. No Internet connection, almost no phone… I was amazed with the fact that how much I was...

Lose Yourself in Patterns: Yuzen Paper Art

Before moving to Istanbul for good, I have already started naming my favourite spots in the city. Last week, when I was in Istanbul just for 6 days, I discovered a great library of Istanbul Fashion...

Transition Phase… In Progress!

It is official now! I am entering to a new era of my life. Done with university, done with the city I was living for 10 years! Evet, artık resmen hayatımın yeni bir dönemine giriyorum. Universite...

Vocale as the Best Instrument?

I believe that unique voice of a vocal artist can be the greatest instrument, sometimes. When I hear a song for the first time, my attention is taken directly by a vocal artist, not melody or...

NOW, NOWNESS!!!

Stumbling on Nowness.com is the biggest daily activity of mine, nowadays. Nowness is the editorially independent website of LVMH Moët, one of the leading luxury groups in the world. Nowness… What a...

The Look: Charlotte Rampling!

Today, I have watched a documentary, Charlotte Rampling: The Look! I admire Charlotte Rampling. The only reason is not her heavenly beauty, great acting skills and her movies. As director of the...

Caramel: Is It Sweet or Painful?

The reason why I love Pedro Almodovar cinema is quite straightforward. I like movies with meticulously built women characters, naturally articulated stories and mesmerizing usage of colors. 2007...

Cannes through Magnum’s Eyes

The equation for this post is quite simple. I love Cannes Film Festival and following it. I adore photos by Magnum. Why not making a post that greets photos of old Cannes Film Festival taken by...

Ray-Ban: Never Hide!

I appreciate creativity when it keeps everything extraordinarily simple. I prefer simple-accessible combination to sumptuous-rare combination. Parallel to that, I love how Internet changed the...

Photographer Saul Leiter!

“I don’t have a philosophy. I have a camera.” said famous American photographer, Saul Leiter, to Dean Brierly during an interview. I admire artists who are not dying for explaining their works and...

Evoking Lisbon!

I love exploring new countries… The thing is, as you see, I can not do it very often However, I would like to enrich Travel section of All Happy Things Around. One of my closest friends traveled to...

Reading List: Pioneers of the Possible!

Lately, Assouline published a great book, Pioneers of the Possible. This book honores 20 of the world’s most inspiring women that has changed the people’s perception towards women. They were...

New Math!

I feel sorry that I discovered Craig Damrauer and his works so late! He initiated an outstandingly great project, New Math. New Math basically offers new explanations to fundamental aspects of our...

It Smells Good…

I am very devoted to my own rituals… No, devoted is the appropriate word, it is slightly different from obsession and mine is no obsession I am a bit conservative when it comes to experimenting new...

Cities I Wonder…

There are 2 cities in the world that are hitherto main actors of my day-dreaming sessions… You call it either a play of my conditioned mind about thsose cities or a simple coincidence.. These days,...

GIFTS!

I love giving and receiving gifts.. And.. It all starts with a self-discovery.. When I was in elementary school, I was a geek, let me say, interested in space and all kind of scientific...

Latest Discovery: Holly Golightly!

I am talking about a band here, not Truman Capote’s well known character from Breakfast at Tiffany’s.. This might be great topic for another post, though.. Combination of different women into one,...

A PORTFOLIO: PIA ULIN!!

I love discovering nice photography portfolios. Recently, I can’t stop looking at Swedish photographer Pia Ulin’s website. Beautiful combination of of interior, lifestyle and personal photographs....

BLOG RENOVATION!

Surprise, surprise! All Happy Things Around has a brand new look I hope you all enjoy it! I will keep my Tumblr account as a regulat photo-sharing Tumblr page. However, I will continue my main blog...

FREE SPIRIT: FLORENCE WELCH!!

I like singing.. Not that I am really good at but I just enjoy it Listening my favourite bands while getting ready for the day is apparently not enough for me. I start singing as soon as I hear one...