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 | Oct 31, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, expat, family, Kids, NYC
I’m living in parallel worlds right now. In one world, Hoboken is flooded, friends and family are without electricity and heat, tunnels have become swamps, and the subways are fit only for submarines. Con Ed exploded only a few blocks from our old apartment and...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 1, 2010 | Children, food, NYC
We’ve read about it in books (thank you Michael Pollan et al); we saw the scary movie (Food, Inc., anyone?); but the whole high-fructose thing came thudding home last night when the boys lugged home their Halloween goody bags. I don’t remember the Halloween bags of my...
by Deborah Quinn | Oct 30, 2010 | Children, Kids
My mom always made our Halloween costumes. Sometimes that led to bad suggestions (Mrs Olsen the coffee lady, anyone?) but mostly we ended up with versions of vampires, cats, bats, hobos (does anyone still do “hobo” anymore?), pirates, and so on. But as I...
