by Deborah Quinn | Nov 21, 2018 | Abu Dhabi, NaBloPoMo, shopping
As someone who has now lived outside the United States for almost eight years, I’ve (almost) gotten used to living with a different holiday calendar. The UAE just celebrated the Prophet’s Birthday, for instance, but Veteran’s Day, Columbus Day, and...
by Deborah Quinn | Dec 6, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, Books, expat, Feminism, reading, UAE, writing
It’s been a big week out here in the ‘Dhabs, I have to say, starting with the Rain Day two weeks ago. What is this “rain day,” you ask? Well, my dears, that’s when the serene desert skies bust open and it pours, like a veritable...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 25, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, expat, family, food, lost in translation, NaBloPoMo, UAE
I left most of my cookbooks in New York when we moved out here. With epicurious and all the other food websites (dinnerdujour, anyone? or the fantastically named ezrapoundcake?) I figured I could use that space to pack more of Caleb’s important Sticks and...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 24, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, expat, Travel, UAE
We’re a long way from home today, on Thanksgiving. I mean, we’re a long way from home all the time, but on a day like today it’s a little bit harder than usual. Usually I’m scurrying around the kitchen making a mess, swearing occasionally,...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 25, 2009 | family
Sometimes, frankly, it seems like everything is just going to hell in a handbag: violence, poverty, hunger, disease, pollution…and that’s just in New York. We need this day of Thanksgiving – a pause that makes us remember all that we do...
