I’ve been to The Dubai Mall many times since it opened last year.  I didn’t think I would like it as it’s hyped as the world’s largest mall (based on total area) – blah blah blah.
But, it’s actually quite a nice mall.  I don’t go evenings nor weekends when it’s a bit packed but as a [...]

 
So all I wanted was rice noodles.  Quarter-inch thick rice noodles – to be exact.  Last time I bought them in Carrefour and saw a whole boxful in the Al Maya market just downstairs from my apartment.  Should be as easy as buying oh, rice perhaps?
Well, I don’t know what’s worse.  Driving to 5 different grocery [...]

Being a New Yorker, I’m always amazed at how safe and relatively crime-free Dubai is in comparison. The picture above was taken in my neighboorhodd (JBR Walk) during Ramadan. It’s mid-day but since no food or drink can be consumed during the month of Ramadan, almsot all restaurants are closed until sunset.
Notice how [...]

My mom makes a killer Vietnamese Sweet and Sour Soup. It’s pretty much restaurant quality. Actually, it’s better than restaurant quality. She gave me the recipe a few years a go and I like to make it every once in a while because it’s mm-mm good. DB’s not a big soup person so he will [...]

First let me say that I managed to figure out my photo uploading issued with Wordpress.  Turns out that I have neglected upgrading to the new version for months and months now and after upgrading to the lates WP version, everything is working again.  Well…sort of.  I have never been able to upload via Firefox [...]

Okay, I swear I meant to post the below yesterday! But for some reason my picture upload function wasn’t working on Wordpress and I tried 2 laptops, Firefox, IE, Chrome but nothing seems to work! When I click the upload button, there is supposed to be another window that pops up for me to choose [...]

So it’s been more than one month since I’ve returned to Dubai after summer vacation spent in NYC, Chicago, France, and Switzerland.  And what have I got to show for it?
Nada.
The baby room is still completely empty (well, we did buy a rug for it…but then decided to keep it for ourselves so moved it [...]