by Deborah Quinn | Nov 14, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, environment, expat, NaBloPoMo, Politics, UAE
It’s hot here in the desert. Even now, in November, when people say “ah…the heat has broken,” we’re still talking 90F at midday. The road I have to take to my house winds through a whole huge construction project designed to make room...
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 | Apr 1, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, expat, Travel
Our vacation in the Maldives a few weeks ago was perfect, and that’s all I’m going to say about that. It seemed as if we were in a natural paradise…but “natural,” these days, isn’t always what it seems: There were no mosquitoes: The...
by Deborah Quinn | Jan 18, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, street notes, UAE
The men who work in our apartment building as cleaners often bring their lunch to work in tiffins: lunchpails that separate into little dishes. One worker is dispatched to buy drinks for the group and then they sit in a patch of shade outside for their meal. ...
by Deborah Quinn | Sep 7, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, UAE, wordless wednesday
for more wordless wednesdays, check out this link, and this one, and this one
