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Adventures in Abu Dhabi: April 24, 2011
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April 29, 2011. You Have Got to be Kidding Me. Yesterday I had a serious meltdown. So when I found a place called the Women's Health Centre, I was relieved. Finally, I thought. I was a patient at a women's health center in Long Beach and had extremely positive experiences there. The doctors have great people skills and there is always chocolate around. I was in for a very unpleasant surprise. Then she drops the bomb. She needs my passport. I don't typically carry my passport, and now that I have ...And t...
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Adventures in Abu Dhabi: March 20, 2011
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March 25, 2011. The Non-Existence Of, Uh, Me*. Or, words you can't say on Arabic television. I can't believe I'm writing about this topic again, but I just saw the most bizarre thing on television today. Here I am, on my day off, watching Glee (a rerun) on Fox. We have lots of Western TV shows here, most a season behind unless you buy the premium channels. Quinn has no idea what she is talking about, and Rachel says: "Oh, silly me. It's only a problem if one of the parents is (SILENCE).". March 23, 2011.
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Adventures in Abu Dhabi: October 2, 2011
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October 2, 2011. An Abu Dhabi Miracle. When we arrived in Abu Dhabi lo these nearly (gulp) two years ago, we inherited two plants on our patio. When we moved, we took them with us. I have not particularly nurtured these plants, but I have enjoyed them. The first time we took a long trip, I was careful to move them inside and put plastic over them just like my mother taught me, creating mini terrariums. So, here we are a month or so after our return and we have a healthy, leafy, blooming tree-plant. A roa...
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Adventures in Abu Dhabi: Sneaking Away for an Afternoon
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December 19, 2011. Sneaking Away for an Afternoon. It's not so hard to get out of the bad Abu Dhabi and over to the good Abu Dhabi. It just takes a little initiative and some effort. For the lazy among us, sometimes that's easier said than done. I had an unusual weekday off today, and decided to take advantage of the lovely winter weather and head to the beach. I just wanted a good place to sit outside and read. We are so seldom outside here, and this time of year that's a shame. A colleague recently wro...
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Adventures in Abu Dhabi: May 8, 2011
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May 10, 2011. So I had this brilliant idea. I have many of them, in fact, but usually they all turn out to be considerably less so in actuality. I decided to have some clothes custom-made at one of the gazillion tailors we seem to have here in Abu Dhabi. Firstly, because we have a wedding coming up and I need a new dress. And second, it's been hard to find things that fit well. Then came the pants. If I had wanted pants that didn't fit I could have gone into my closet and grabbed any of five perfectl...
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Adventures in Abu Dhabi: July 10, 2011
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July 12, 2011. A little too much care. There is, obviously, great debate going on in the United States about health care and health insurance. And it's interesting to me that different countries handle it in different ways. It used to be something most of us never thought about. You worked for a good company and you got good health insurance. It wasn't complicated. And as time has passed, now if you get health insurance at all - you're grateful, no matter how meager the benefits. Before that, in France, ...
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Adventures in Abu Dhabi: September 11, 2011
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September 17, 2011. Is Facebook Killing the Blog? I imagine there are plenty of bloggers out there who write daily, especially those with a following. The mommy bloggers, the travel bloggers - those who don't just write what occurs to them, but have a thought-out concept. My blog is neither a must-read or a destination blog. Nobody comes here daily to see what big thoughts I'm having. I don't impart any real wisdom. The cereal situation here is weird: all the versions that around when I was a kid are in ...
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Adventures in Abu Dhabi: June 12, 2011
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June 15, 2011. When I lived in France, from 1999 until 2007, I had the good fortune to do a lot of traveling. But I did have a bit of regret when I left, that there were two places I never got to visit: Istanbul and Dubrovnik. Silly, really. Just never got around to it. I missed more than a few other places, but havent really regretted that. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Adventures in Abu Dhabi. View my complete profile. US Track Relay Teams and that Slippery Baton. A Canadian in Abu Dhabi.
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Adventures in Abu Dhabi: May 22, 2011
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May 25, 2011. Gallup Explains it All. A recent Gallup poll of 18,000 Gulf citizens has revealed some interesting things about the folks we live among. Emiratis are thriving, they contribute widely to charity and the women are well educated. And, according to a story in The National, 36 per cent of Emiratis would not object to having a non-Muslim neighbor. Of course that means 64 per cent of them dont want to be anywhere near us. If the Pants Fit . Live and learn - I knew it was too good to be true.
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Adventures in Abu Dhabi: August 7, 2011
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August 11, 2011. Making a Rest Stop. I've been obsessing about public bathrooms since we left Abu Dhabi for our California vacation. It started at the brand-new Terminal 3 at Abu Dhabi Airport. I figured wow, a new terminal, good, clean bathrooms - which was not really the case in the old terminal. Sadly, it's not the case in the new terminal, either. So I decided to keep track of public bathrooms as I traveled on this trip. Still cleaner than Abu Dhabi. How wrong is that? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
