by Deborah Quinn | Jul 14, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, NYC
New York isn’t Abu Dhabi, for many reasons. Two of them are in this picture: the green green green trees. And the guy with a pigeon on his head.
by Deborah Quinn | Mar 16, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, Education, expat, Feminism, NYC, NYUAD, Politics, ranting, teaching, UAE
I live in Abu Dhabi. When I tell people that, I usually have to do a few follow-up comments. No, Abu Dhabi isn’t where they filmed that “Mission Impossible” movie, that’s Dubai; yes, it’s the setting for the dreadful “Sex and the...
by Deborah Quinn | Dec 9, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, expat, UAE
The other day I went to Spinney’s, a grocery store that caters to expats. Spinneys has a pork room (aka “the hall of shame”) and next door to the grocery store is the liquor store (hall of double shame). And upstairs at Spinney’s is ...
by Deborah Quinn | Sep 26, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, Monday Listicle, NYC, UAE
This week I remembered that it’s Monday! Stasha’s prompt is quite seasonal: the end of summer recap. But you know what? I can’t do it. It’s 100 degrees out there, with a breeze blowing hot from the east and the air feels like soup....
by Deborah Quinn | May 13, 2011 | Books
Click on this link to go over to Blogcritics and read my review of Hamilton’s brilliant memoir. Then click over to Amazon and get yourself her book…it’s one of the best books I’ve read this year. Then probably you should go to her restaurant...
