ATTENTION SPEED FANS
Istanbul's Formula One Grand Prix has been rescheduled from September to May. Thank God; maybe the F1 GP committee finally understood that holding these races in a 100-degree-in-the-shade weather's not working out. Well, cross your fingers and hope it'll stay in late spring.
If you do get a chance, come and check it out. That is, if you can still get those your hands on tickets. Aside from TV and sport celebrities, the race at Istanbul's brand spanking new (not even three years old) Grand Prix racetrack in Samandira, an outpost on the city's Aisan flank, is exciting, to say the least. Tens of thousands in denim cheer for the usual red stable, none other than Ferrari (it's big here).
The parties at the clubs about town also ratchet up a bit. Check out Crystal (same street at No. 65, +90 (212) 229-7152, www.clubcrystal.org) or Anjélique (Muallim Naci Cad. & Salhane Sokak 5, Ortaköy; +90 (212)327-2844, 6 p.m.-4 a.m. daily), if you can't get in to Reina.
Have fun....
STRICTLY SPEAKING: Car--Araba (Pron. as it is read)