Summer of 2016 was a summer of big plans for us. We had LOTS to do for our parents, kids, us and just accumulated business to take care of while we were in the U.S. Not unusual. This is the typical expat’s life when they go home each year. There is always stuff to take […]
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Desperate Housewife…Not
Don’t you get bored? It’s a common fatidical question posed to me, usually preceded by the other one we can never escape from: What do you do? And though at times it can be unnerving, I realize I’d probably be asking the same question. As one can guess, I’m the clichéd “trailing spouse” living in Dubai. Looking from the outside, […]
Do Expats Ever Stop Comparing?
Do Expats Ever Stop Comparing? Of course not. Why? Because that’s the fun in it. We all do it and for most of us, it’s in tongue-in-cheek. It’s only when we become obsessive with it and let existing differences make us miserable that it becomes a problem. But to me, it’s those differences — good […]
Dubai’s Little Piece of Flower Heaven
Well, I finally made it to Miracle Garden last week and boy was I blown away! If there is a Garden of Eden on earth, I think this may be it. An absolute horticultural marvel! With more than 70,000 sq. feet and 45 million blooming colorful flowers, I did not even know where to start. […]
