by Deborah Quinn | Nov 21, 2018 | Abu Dhabi, NaBloPoMo, shopping
As someone who has now lived outside the United States for almost eight years, I’ve (almost) gotten used to living with a different holiday calendar. The UAE just celebrated the Prophet’s Birthday, for instance, but Veteran’s Day, Columbus Day, and...
by Deborah Quinn | Aug 19, 2013 | Feminism, NYC, Politics, shopping
Did you see this ad on the back of the Times Sunday Style section today? The ad heralds the opening of the new Juicy Couture flagship store on 5th Avenue, which was apparently slated to open in July, when this ad campaign might have made more sense. Perhaps the...
by Deborah Quinn | Aug 6, 2013 | Children, Feminism, Gender, kids, Parenting, Politics, shopping
Here we go again: This t-shirt is for sale just in time for “back to school.” Isn’t that just the cutest thing you’ve ever seen? A girl’s t-shirt that tells her (and us) that she can’t do math but it’s not a big deal....
by Deborah Quinn | Jun 5, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, expat, family, growing up, shopping, UAE
We’re moving out of the furnished apartment we’ve lived in for the past two years to an unfurnished, brand-new house in a brand-new housing “compound.” Abu Dhabi and Dubai are dotted with compounds, which are the equivalent of planned housing...
by Deborah Quinn | Apr 27, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, expat, family, growing up, Kids, shopping, UAE
Husband and I, we are a rental people. Or we were, until last week. While friends were working on a second house, or a vacation house, or a condo somewhere spiffy, we were renting an apartment in Manhattan (which we moved out of when we left for Abu Dhabi: now we got...
by Deborah Quinn | Mar 26, 2013 | Feminism, Gender, growing up, Kids, Parenting, Politics, Products, ranting, sex, shopping, Uncategorized
I will not be the only blogger who writes about this latest “ooh aren’t we edgy” marketing campaign; there are bloggers with far bigger platforms than mine who will draw attention to the latest entry in the “How Low Will Corporations Go”...
