A decade as Mr & Mrs – our Dubai wedding
Ten years. Ten whole years since that warm October day in 2008! I can’t believe it’s been 10 years already. We were already living…
Arabian Musings
A new normal: learning to live with chronic illness
I can’t pinpoint when it started. Of course everything changed when my son was born, and like every new mother I found myself exhausted…
Thoughts on a World of Relentless Self Promotion
So here we are again, it’s been a while! I wrote before I went to Sri Lanka about my own struggle with social media…
What I Learned from Failing as an Expat
Whilst I was excited to go on holiday recently, I’ll admit that I was a bit apprehensive about going back to Australia. After having…
In Pictures: 10 Years in the UAE
On this very day 10 years ago, after having packed up my life, sold some of my things, sent even more to the charity…
Finding my Motivation: Inspiration in Abu Dhabi
It seems like life is passing me by lately, things on the to do list never seem to get crossed off and the days…
Mummy Musings: “what’s wrong with me?”
I don’t often write about being a mother. But this week, on the day my baby started nursery for the first time I felt…
Going Logo Down in, er… Abu Dhabi
So I’ve been pretty quiet since I got back from my trip to the UK, but that doesn’t mean that nothing has been going…
The Truth about Life in the UAE
What everyone wants to know – here it is – the truth about living in the UAE:
My hopes and dreams in review
I talked in my first ever blog post about how I’d learned about far off places that ignited my desire to travel, but that…
Abu Dhabi vs Dubai: What People Think vs The Truth
I hear a lot of things from people who don’t live in Abu Dhabi about what people think about the city, and more often…
4 Most Romantic Restaurants in Abu Dhabi
Valentine’s Day – love it or loathe it, is almost here again so for anyone still looking for a place to take that someone…