Liz Totton
13 Birthdays. For Skye.
Happy 13th Birthday!! On the occasion of my daughter’s 13th birthday–my very first teenager I have had to contend with (with the...
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Liz Totton
- Feb 28, 2014
- 1 min
Daily Photo–Turquoise Mosque
I am a more than a little obsessed with all things turquoise, so you know. Every week when I go on my grocery shop to Carrefour, I pass...
Liz Totton
- Feb 10, 2014
- 1 min
The Anatomy of a Seashell
X-ray of a Whelk Part of why I love living here in Abu Dhabi so much is that the sea is my frontyard. Suburbia was never very easy for...
Liz Totton
- Jan 19, 2014
- 5 min
When Life Hands You Bitter Lemons
When Life Gives You Lemons, You Rejoice, Right? Wrong! Prior to now, I had never really understood this proverbial phrase. After all, I...
Liz Totton
- Nov 25, 2013
- 2 min
Waking Up & Smelling Real Coffee
Transformer, SO much more than just a dumb movie! So, yesterday morning, I awoke to the smell of real coffee in my tiny kitchen! For...
Liz Totton
- Nov 18, 2013
- 3 min
Cloudy with a Chance of Haboub
The “stormy” beach. Yes, I have the sense of humor of a 9 year old. I’ll say it, I think the word “haboub” is funny. Let’s just get that...
Liz Totton
- Nov 14, 2013
- 1 min
Shameless Plugging. Two Reasons to Be Happy Tonight!
Someone out there, other than my mother reads my blog! I know my mother reads Lizzy of Arabia very seldom because she cannot see all that...
Liz Totton
- Nov 10, 2013
- 7 min
Dubai Mall Rat, Part ٢
Obligatory family photo at the tallest building in the world! So, getting back to our whirlwind Dubai tour that we embarked upon in Part...
Liz Totton
- Oct 12, 2013
- 7 min
Grocery Shopping: Abu Dhabi style: Emirates’ General Market & Al Mina Fish and Produce Ma
Map of Abu Dhabi We zoomed through the city to the other side of town. The coordinates in our generally trusty Garmin were supposed to be...
Liz Totton
- Sep 30, 2013
- 7 min
Zippers, Buttons or Plain? Part ٢
The room was a little like this. I easily found the X-ray waiting room. It was not as you would expect if you were comparing it to a...
Liz Totton
- Sep 5, 2013
- 4 min
Friends at First Sight.
Lucie made a friend in the pool the other day—a red-headed, little spitfire of an 8 year old girl named “Zaina.” She is originally from...
Liz Totton
- Aug 29, 2013
- 2 min
T.G.I.T.? Thursday is the New Friday
Thank God it’s Thursday! So, there are a lot of things to get used to here: such as the insane heat, the barren desert views, the...
Liz Totton
- Aug 17, 2013
- 4 min
My WA Keychain is Empty. My Heart is Full.
I am homeless and carless. I have not been in this state in a very long time—not since my last stint at traveling. I was 25 then. Very...
Liz Totton
- Aug 7, 2013
- 5 min
What The Heck Are We Doing?
What a fitting title to my first real attempt at blogging. Confusing? Probably! It seems to summarize my existence to some degree. I own...
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