by Deborah Quinn | Feb 14, 2019 | Abu Dhabi, family, Kids, marriage, Travel
It’s Valentine’s Day and a friend just asked for advice about planning a safari, so it seems appropriate to re-post this meditation on love, marriage, shit, and rainbows. You know, just your basic extended metaphor but with hippos. One of the gifts, for...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 4, 2018 | aging
Older Son sent in his early decision university application the other day; the application to the universities in the UK went in a few weeks ago. There are more applications in the offing, and Husband has racked up any number of marriage points by filling out the...
by Deborah Quinn | Jun 16, 2013 | family, Kids, Parenting
Ha! Husband thinks he didn’t get any gifts for Father’s Day. And here I got him this whole blog post on Blogher! Plus I did NOT get him steak knives, or a vacuum cleaner, or any other household item. Isn’t he just the luckiest fellow? Actually, we...
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...
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...