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Interview by RV National Parks
Posted on January 13, 2012 Leave a Comment
Travelers come in all shapes and forms. I have personally, at one point or another, come in contact with or been stereotyped as: The dirty backpacker, the tour junkie, the art obsessed gallery goer, the shutter-bug, the aspiring sommelier, or the the Elizabeth Gilbert of the bunch which I like to call the “lost […]
7s Heaven: The HSBC Dubai Rugby 7s
Posted on December 10, 2011 2 Comments
My relationship with my fiancé closely mirrors my relationship with rugby. I began dating Matt seven years ago when I moved in next door to the infamous “rugby house” located strategically between campus, and the bars. If ever a real life “Animal House” were to be, this would have been it. I spent afternoons wrapped […]
Lordy, Looks Who’s 40! : The UAE Turns 40
Posted on December 1, 2011 6 Comments
I haven’t been home in the USA for three 4th of Julys. The last time I waved a red, white, and blue flag in a patriotic parade, I still thought it appropriate to prance around in a bikini and cow-girl boots. The amount of energy exerted on building parade floats, making red, white, and blue […]
Introducing Teacher Horizons!
Posted on November 27, 2011 2 Comments
Anyone who has searched for weeks online to find the perfect school, had an interview over a bad skype connection, cried over Visa forms, and scrounged to find teaching materials, can agree that at some point, even the most independent and adventurous spirit needs some help. TeacherHorizons makes searching for and landing your dream teaching […]
A Holiday in Muscat, Oman
Posted on November 21, 2011 4 Comments
The UAE landscape shows us a stark contrast between the way the Arabian Desert was, for over 5,000 years, and the futuristic horizon of a nation that has seen some of the most rapid growth in history. What the UAE is lacking however, is an architectural history. I hadn’t noticed the significance of this gap […]
We’ll Always Have Paris.
Posted on November 3, 2011 2 Comments
I had been warned prior to my gap year in Europe by the University doctor who, let’s face it, must have seen hundreds of students returning from exchange programs showing symptoms of strange rashes and itchy privates. She explained quite frankly that “travel is very romantic, you might find yourself on a train, winding its […]
Talent Search at the Subdued Stringband Jamboree
Posted on October 16, 2011 2 Comments
Three years ago I awoke with the sense that I had no talents of any sort. I had given up the violin and never bothered to pick up another instrument in its place, it had been years since I laced up my pointe shoes, and besides finding myself in a half-marathon maybe once a year […]
Leaving the Wild West.
Posted on September 24, 2011 130 Comments
In January 2011 I left behind my chapped, winter lips, wearing instead a gold wedding band, and rode in the passenger’s seat to Seattle, where Matt and I would board a plane bound for the Al Gharbia Desert. We didn’t speak Arabic, couldn’t have told you where this desert lay on a map and were […]
Sugar, Spice, and Souks: Deira Spice Souk
Posted on July 11, 2011 4 Comments
If you came to the United Arab Emirates in search of old world vignettes, tucked in narrow alleyways, filled with magic carpets, Arab men in colorful head scarves and puffs of jasmine flavored incense, you may be disappointed when confronted with the modern city. While Dubai rises high into the clouds with its contemporary sky […]
Size Matters: The Burj Khalifa
Posted on June 28, 2011 2 Comments
If you are like me, and a large population of Australians, you are intrigued by, and often duped into making detours in order to view “The world’s largest can opener”, or “The longest dreadlock.” While hopping around Australia last Spring I was taken by how many signs I saw for “Broken Hill’s Big Bench” Or […]
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