Screaming Ab Dhabs

• Moving On... 7 years ago No, we're still enjoying our adventures here in the United Arab Emirates, but I've moved the blog.You can now visit me at www.screamingabdhabs.comSee you there!
• Summer, and the Lies We Tell Ourselves 7 years ago We are standing on a tennis court, arms spread out wide. “It’s not that hot,” I lie, wiping the sweat off my forehead before it seeps into my eyes and renders me blind with my body's own stinging salt. “Yeah, there’s actually a nice little breeze,” my tennis partner says, also lying....
• On Becoming So Spursy 7 years ago “If they always disappoint you, why don’t you just support another team, like Chelsea or something?”That was me, back when this New York City gal started crossing the Atlantic with her then new steady boyfriend who happened to be a Tottenham Hotspur supporter (along with two generations of...
• Hometown Pride 8 years ago “I’m from New York.”That’s how I usually introduce myself.  Back home in New York, we love the Yankees and hate the (Boston) Red Sox, think our pizza is better than Chicago’s, and can’t comprehend why anyone would want to live any place else in the world other than in “The City.”...
• It Rained in Abu Dhabi Today 8 years ago No big deal, right?Well, yes, actually, it is a very big deal in these parts. So far this season we had one other day of rain, I think sometime in December. Then a bit of a sprinkle, for about two minutes, in October.Before that, the last time it rained was last January... so we probably won't get...

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