14 | LIFESTYLE & ARTS
MY FAVORITE WEEKEND
Lisa and Mark talk Turkey
During their recent honeymoon, Lisa Wolfe and Mark DiGanci traveled to eight different countries. Most memorable was their time spent in two Turkish cities. First stop was Kusadasi, where the excavation of a city named Ephesus, partially destroyed during an earthquake 2,500 years ago, is ongoing — and seemingly never-ending. “We had a private tour of a new section that had been opened by a man who had worked on the excavation for 40 years,” Lisa says. “He said, ‘I will never see the end of this project.’ “ The Wolfes were amazed by one of the best surviving examples of Roman architecture (the Roman Republic took control of the city in 129 BC) in the world. “It was so advanced. They had heated floors and running water back in the day,” Lisa notes. “We were walking on the same pathway created by the Romans.” Next was Istanbul, a spot Lisa had visited before — and had vowed on the spot to one day have a Turkish chandelier in her home. They walked to the Grand Bazaar, one of the oldest covered markets in the world. After drinking green tea and beer with a
Newlyweds Lisa Wolfe and Mark DiGanci of Lake Forest enjoyed the splendors of Kusadasi and Istanbul.
“They had heated floors and running water back in the day.”
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proprietor, they helped design a chandelier. “The gentleman helped us with the color of the glass, how it hangs. We did every detail with him,” she says.
That chandelier was Mark’s wedding present to Lisa — a reminder of how he lights up her life. ■ ~David Sweet