by Deborah Quinn | Dec 1, 2015 | Abu Dhabi, expat, Politics, The National, Travel
In October, I had the joyful experience of spending a few days in Vienna and Salzburg with my siblings and my mom. We laughed and drank, listened to music and walked through wonderful old streets exploring Austria’s history–real and imagined. There were...
by Deborah Quinn | Jun 23, 2015 | birth, Children, family, Feminism, Gender, Politics
I wrote this post almost four years ago. In that four-year time, gay marriage has become law in almost half the states in the Union and yesterday Tylenol ran a new ad that celebrated all the different types of families you can imagine — including some that look...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 2, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, expat, family, Kids, UAE
It starts in September, when I get the late August issues of The New Yorker. I’m always a few weeks behind because I like to read the actual magazine, not the digital one. Usually I don’t mind reading about current events from a month or so...
by Deborah Quinn | Jul 18, 2013 | family, Kids, Parenting, Politics, Travel
Camp Grandma convened this summer at Grandma’s new house in Illinois, just one state over from Indiana, where she used to live. You would be forgiven if you got confused between which state is which, if you were driving on one of the many small farm roads that...
by Deborah Quinn | Jan 8, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, family, Kids, Monday Listicle, NYC
I took a little internet break over the winter holidays, or tried to, anyway (I can’t ignore twitter, what can I say) but now I’m back in Abu Dhabi, back in the interwebs, wondering what to write. I mean, it’s seven days into January. I don’t...
