by Deborah Quinn | Feb 16, 2012 | Abu Dhab, expat, street notes, UAE
Dear Abu Dhabi Driver, I’ve been driving around quite a bit the last few days and I’m thinking that maybe a little review about how to maneuver a several-ton vehicle through crowded streets would be useful, maybe even essential. Let’s start with...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 17, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, Travel, UAE
There is a Formula One racetrack in Abu Dhabi. Before I moved here, I had no idea that people “follow” Formula One in much the same way that people follow baseball or football (both the pigskin kind and the run-run-kick kind). The racetrack raises a chicken-and-egg...
by Deborah Quinn | Oct 24, 2010 | NYC, Politics, street notes
On Saturday there was a street fair on Park Avenue, just north of Union Square. The fair shut down Park in both directions and the traffic snarl that resulted was horrendous. As a result of the fair, the bus that stops directly in front of Babies R Us had to change...