It's official...

...We re driving around in the bloody "BLK HAWK". Oy vey ish mir. Mama, why did you do this? How long will it be until we get pulled over by New York's finest?

Only time will tell. I'll keep you posted.

My friend Al and I got pulled over the other night in my village coz he drove like a dick. Thank God he didn't act retarded or crack wise to the nice and forgiving African-American officer. No ticket either.

Here's a photo we took at the NY Botanical Gardens while we visited the Gardens of Alhambra Spain, which was lovely, btw. I told him I would wait for him to screw up and then publish said photo. Didn't take long at all.

Maganda Mother of the Year Award

A maganda is an uneducated, unsophisticated person. The Turkish translation is: one who has something to learn.

After living many years in Turkey, I have a pretty good grasp on what is "maganda". Calling out in the street, shortchanging someone, being rude, being "low class." But it goes deeper than this.

An ex-pat friend who has also spent an incredible amount of time in this wonderful land, , and is unfortunately state-side too at the moment, were discussing what Mama's do that embarrass us, or what we call a "maganda move."

Her Mama and mine both started from humble beginnings and found their way up the success ladder mostly due to perseverance and marrying well. But they still have their moments. I won't tell you what hers did of late but I can relay what mine did which, I believe, nominates her for the "Maganda Mother of the Year Award."

My family has always had really nice luxury and hi-end vehicles. My Papa always said vanity plates were for losers that wanted to call more attention to themselves and also the police, if they should do anything wrong and someone would easily remember the tag.

That being said, Mama, who is divorced from Papa, you won't wonder why after reading this, recently acquired a black Mercedes 4 door sedan. a step up from the 2 seater roadster with no room. Inspired by the take-down of Bin Laden, she decided to name her car "Black Hawk." OK, an older lady trying to be adventuresome. BUT...then she told me she ordered new plates that read, "BLK HAWK." They come next week.

Now how the hell am I going to get in a car like that? Allah, Allah!