{"id":792,"date":"2014-01-18T23:55:48","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T07:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=792"},"modified":"2014-01-18T23:55:48","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T07:55:48","slug":"aydins-annual-pilgrimage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/01\/18\/aydins-annual-pilgrimage\/","title":{"rendered":"Aydin&#8217;s annual pilgrimage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year since about 2002 (for argument&#8217;s sake. I can&#8217;t actually remember), my father, Aydin Yardim, and I have met in Las Vegas during CES to ring in the new year; eat at a steakhouse; and get in a show.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s become the one family tradition which is constant and memorable.<\/p>\n<p>The trip always starts in Las Vegas, but also tends to find its way to the Pacific Ocean where an annual pilgrimage is performed. It may be January, but the ocean can still speak warmth despite its cold temperature. We&#8217;ve done road trips up and down CA-1. Visits to Portland and Seattle have happened. Funny stories about late night visits to BnBs with only one bed left are still told today.<\/p>\n<p>Aydin also holds the title of only person who has visited me at every house at which I&#8217;ve ever lived. I actually don&#8217;t know if this is true for homes in NC, but it&#8217;s definitely true of homes in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Put it all together, and you get a fun week with family we don&#8217;t get to see enough of, making memories that we tell stories about for years to come. On to the photos \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140119-132003.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140119-132003.jpg?w=765\" alt=\"20140119-132003.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140119-132013.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140119-132013.jpg?w=765\" alt=\"20140119-132013.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year since about 2002 (for argument&#8217;s sake. I can&#8217;t actually remember), my father, Aydin Yardim, and I have met in Las Vegas during CES to ring in the new year; eat at a steakhouse; and get in a show. It&#8217;s become the one family tradition which is constant and memorable. The trip always starts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[66,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQyAq-cM","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":797,"url":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/01\/19\/this-week-in-review-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":792,"position":0},"title":"This week in review","date":"January 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This week was epic. Everything was down, then up, and then down again. I'm emotionally spent, and I'm physically exhausted. Monday morning Micky woke up screaming in pain. 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