Reel to Real

Dears, David has mentioned, more than once, that it appears we are living on Tatooine. You know, the double-sunned desert planet from Star Wars. His observation has created a Star Wars Renaissance in our household. We have rented, and re-watched two of the films. We’ve also purchased two Star Wars’ Lego sets, which caught the…

Shukron, Hotel Abu Dhabi

Dears, The sun has set on our time at the Royal Ramee apartment hotel. (Photo is the view from our window last night.) We’ve been in this one-bedroom flat for three weeks. I think there have only been two incidents of yelling and crying. Both of which took place at 6:55 a.m. in the throes…

IKEA and the ORYX

Dears,  We enjoyed a lovely Swedish Arabian weekend. You heard, or read, that right. Friday was the Swedish part–spent all day at IKEA gathering things for our new apartment. At one point, David and I grew so weary of the trek around the huge store that we almost fell asleep on the display beds. I wondered…