My Stories 

If you think a futuristic city popping out of desert dunes, full of amusement parks and beaches, sounds too good to be true, try Abu Dhabi!

It’s been a long, hard lockdown. If you can, why not treat yourself to a feast delivered right to your doorstep from Emirates Palace. I’m...

You all know I love food, and Mexican is probably my most favorite food on this planet. There aren’t too many Mexican restaurants that ar...

Rub’ al Khali desert dunes One Arabian Night–that was all we had. It really is not enough to even begin to explore the largest area of co...

Dragon Boating? Yeah, I did that in Abu Dhabi. #bucketlist It’s no secret; I love to try new things. I think I love trying new things mor...

Coming “soon”? The Opening Soon Saloon. Oh yeah, it’s the Opening Soon Saloon! It FINALLY happened! My sidesplittingly funny friend, Chri...

God Help the Butt Sweets Shop! Could this unfortunate name possibly be impacting its business? But, what is in a name? Some of the names ...

Aren’t they cute? If I were lucky enough to win free tickets to the Justin Timberlake concert next Friday night here in Abu Dhabi, I woul...

My neighbor on Camel Street. If the city street names absolutely MUST change again, let it be known that I, personally, Want to Live on C...

Because I feel like almost every day here in the UAE offers me some new opportunity to travel from the sublime to the ridiculous, today I...

Fabric Rolls at Cairo Textiles This past week, I visited Cairo Textiles in Abu Dhabi, not Cairo Egypt–not so lucky yet, friends. I am not...

Aladdin. Disney’s Lovable Jinn In the short time that I have been living here, I seen more than a few stories in the local English-langua...

Circle K logo There are some things you take for granted in your daily life in your home country, like self checkout aisles in grocery st...