Day 27 - Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is universal, and cheesy no matter what country you are in.
Abdi Ipekci Blvd is a long wide street which over the past couple of years became the ritziest, most expensive, pretentious street in the city. It is considered the prime shopping street in Istanbul but we are talking about stores like Louis Vuitton and Alexander McQueen, and last time I checked the average Turk didn’t shop at these stores. It is now a trend for the municipality to decorate the street with appropriate holiday theme, set up a big stage for live music and get the crowds excited. They are envisioning this street to be the new Champs-Élysées; we are about a thousand years away from that. Needless to say, fake blonds and socialites come to this neighborhood on the weekends by dozen fulls and are chased by paparazzi. I live 2 blocks away from this zoo.
Here are some snippets from Abdi Ipekci tonight; Happy Valentine’s day everyone.
The red carpet that nobody walks on.
Love tree.
Proposal in front of strangers, classy.
The love tunnel.
I thought these guys were in the US.
And finally Mr. Valentine himself.
