by Deborah Quinn | Dec 12, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, food, Monday Listicle, UAE
Mid-December and the madness is upon us: students trapped in end-of-semester zombie-state, with circles under their eyes down to their jawlines; piles of (as yet ungraded) papers; emails from Grandma asking what the boys want for Christmas presents; a round of holiday...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 19, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, Monday Listicle, writing
Stasha’s listicle today, with a suggestion from Kerstin at Auer Life: ten things we learned in 2012. I’d like to go on record as saying it’s still a little soon to be making lists about the entirety of 2012. I mean, in the next six weeks, before 2013...
by Deborah Quinn | Jun 11, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, expat, Monday Listicle, Politics, pop culture, UAE
The Sisterhood chose the listicle topic for today: “things that make you go hmmm.” If you don’t know the Sisterhood, you should; they’re exactly the kind of people you’d like to have on vacation with you, in part because they’re so...
by Deborah Quinn | May 28, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, expat, family, Monday Listicle
Home. That’s what Stasha is asking us to think about this week and as often happens, the listicle topic and the topic floating around in my own brain right now seem to mesh. I’ve been missing “home” a bit, even as I’m wondering where home...
by Deborah Quinn | May 22, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, family, marriage, Monday Listicle
Because of traveling and work and just general life, I’ve missed a few listicles, which I swear to god keeps me awake at night – will Stasha hate me, I wonder? But now the semester is over, so I’m climbing back on the listicle bandwagon – and...
