13 of My Favorite Foods that Keep Me at The Gym

 
I have been delinquent the last few weeks as I couldn’t think of any inspiring themes. Then I thought, why not just write about the one thing that’s on my mind 24/7….Food! 
So this week, here are 13 of my favorite foods that keep me [...]

I got my offer letter yesterday from the company I had interviewed with – yay!!  After my last interview, they said the offer letter would be forthcoming in a day or two but that was 2.5 weeks ago. Things are definitely slow here.  My husband waited over a month before his offer letter and contract [...]

 
The House Hash Harriers is an international running, drinking, and social club. Sometimes described as a “drinking club with a running problem,” there is a hash group in practically every major city in the world. Hashing began way back when in 1938 in Kuala Lumpur by a group of British expats.
The co-ed group [...]

 
What does one do with a new dining table? Host a dinner party of course! I had a few girl friends over recently for an M-themed party. 

 
We started the night with Mojitos and Martinis.
Then for starters we moved on to Middle Eastern dates wrapped in bacon, Mushroom caps stuffed with parmesan, [...]

 
It’s been exactly two months since I started looking for work in Dubai and there has been some developments since the last round of rejection emails. A very very good development actually. Last Wednesday I was offered a job position and I accepted! Woo-hoo!
But I am superstitious so until I get the actual [...]

Was just checking my website statistics today and I noticed that even though I hadn’t posted anything in the last couple of days, my blog was getting more visitors than usual.
Turns out, my entry on Asian grocery stores was listed in a Dubai periodical – the GulfNews “Blogosphere” article for May 6. You [...]

 
The days and nights are starting to heat up here in Dubai. Most mornings I wake up to 30C (86F) temps. The balcony garden is going okay. Remember the sad looking rosemary? Well, the poor plant never took root so it died a slow death eventually drying out completely. I [...]