by Deborah Quinn | Jun 1, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, environment
It’s summer. We moved here last August and it was Very Hot. It’s June 1 today and already it’s hotter now than it was last August. How hot? Really hot. For those of you thinking “it’s a dry heat, though, so it’s not that...
by Deborah Quinn | May 26, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, expat, Travel, urban nature
Memorial Day weekend has never been a big deal for me. I do a mental “thank you” to the military and then go on with my business. I don’t like parades; I’ve never had a summer house that needs to be “opened” for the season; for most...
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 | Sep 1, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, Children, family, Kids, Parenting
Like I’ve been saying in these last few posts, our family has been spending a LOT of time together. Like, every waking hour, all day long, from July 6 (the day we moved out of our apartment in New York) until…well, right now. There were five precious...
by Deborah Quinn | Aug 3, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, Travel
Husband chides me for already thinking about what I’ll miss when we get to Abu Dhabi, but I can’t help it. Just as I like to fight with him about hypothetical situations–you know, just to mark out our positions in case the situation arises–I...
