by Deborah Quinn | Nov 4, 2018 | Abu Dhab, Children
The first time I did NaBloPoMo was the first time we visited Abu Dhabi, in November 2010. We’d told our kids—who at the time seemed so grown up but now, looking back, seem way too young for us to have hauled them around the world—that we were going “just for vacation”...
by Deborah Quinn | May 31, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, expat, pop culture, tech life, writing
The other day (okay, last month) I read this piece on the fantabulous Arnebya’s blog (she of the Chipotle story, among others) and read what she had to say about all the various ways we have to “communicate” with each other. Think about it: we have...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 18, 2012 | growing up, Kids, legos, Parenting, preemies
If you’re a person who writes a blog and if that blog should talk about your children if you have them (or your pets if you don’t, although really it’s about the same thing, isn’t it?), then the occasion of a birthday – theirs or yours...
by Deborah Quinn | Apr 8, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, NYC, Politics, tech life
The conversations goes like this: Some random person at a cocktail party: Great name for a blog, Manhattanmamma. Me, trying to be patient: No. It’s Mannahatta, not Manhattan. Random stranger, uncomprehending: Um…yeah. ‘Scuse me, I need to [get a...
by Deborah Quinn | Feb 12, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, writing
Confession: In elementary school (and middle school, and okay, high school too) I was always last chosen for games in PE. Maybe it was the glasses & braces combo (plus the stringy center-parted hair), or maybe it was the utter lack of hand-eye coordination, but I...
