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…

Dears, Factoid One: I take four cab rides each day. Actually, it was 5 today because the first cab got a punctured tire, so we had to hail another during the morning rush. Factoid Two: We have found an apartment and are moving in on Sept. 15. The place is on Reem Island, which is…

Dears, Allan just texted to me to say it was hump day (Wednesday) and I had to giggle. Technically, though, it’s not hump day because the work week ends on Thursday here. Tuesday is actually hump day in Abu Dhabi. By the same token, it could be said that every day in the U.A.E. is hump day. People…