A Good Man is Hard to Find, part 2
An interlude with a bushy-mustached, roly-poly tea-and-nut seller near the Open Air Museum:
Man: How you like Turkey?
Kate: Çok güzel! ("choke-oo-zahl," very beautiful)
Man (to Kate): You are çok güzel. (Points to me) You are sisters?
Kate and me: Yes, we are kardeş.
Man (to Elliot): Brother?
Kate: No, we are... (makes a smooching noise)
Man (to me): You have boyfriend?
Me: (shaking head)
Man: Why you no have boyfriend?
Me: No good men left in America! (points to Elliot) Except for this one.
Elliot: (holds out his hand and makes the 'so-so' gesture)
Man (to me): You find boyfriend!
Me: I'll try! (to Kate): Okay, I'll buy some apple tea. I'll laugh every time I drink it.