by Robin Sparks | Apr 23, 2012 | Blog, Published Articles, Uncategorized
Istanbul, 2008 I am up hours before the sun speeding in a taxi to Ataturk Airport in Istanbul to assist Iraqi refugees who are headed to the country that I have voluntarily left behind. Refugee: One who has crossed an international border and is unwilling or unable to...
by Robin Sparks | Mar 4, 2012 | Blog, The Best Places In the World, Travel, Where's Robin now?
I love gnarly shiny Bangkok with its jarring juxtapositions. Vendors selling anything and everything you didn’t know you needed (vibrator anyone?) for miles and miles along potholed smelly sidewalks, next to towering air conditioned shopping malls, the likes of...
by Robin Sparks | Feb 5, 2012 | Blog
Words can take an us out of our heads and into our bodies…From intellect to full body sensuality From my favorite blogstress, Daniel LaPorte: “I want my day to feel like jazz. I want kissing to feel like eating an orange off the tree from Tuscany. I want...
by Robin Sparks | Dec 18, 2011 | Blog, Photos, The Best Places In the World, Travel
After I moved to Istanbul in 2006, a Turk named Mehmet told me that one day the European Union would beg Turkey to join. That day may be soon. Turkey is booming in the midst of Europe’s current economic crisis, and Istanbul was recently named by the Financial...
by Robin Sparks | Dec 12, 2011 | Blog, Film Clips, Travel, Uncategorized, Where's Robin now?
Been home less than 24 hours after flying half way around the globe – Turkey to Northern California – in time to get my mother to the doctor for Round #3 chemotherapy treatment. …So grateful for the ability to get around the planet with such speed....
