How to File for a Report of Marriage in the UAE
When my husband and I got married last September, I was married on one side of the world and ‘single’ on the other side.
Looking for China: The Hit-and-Miss for Authentic Chinese Food in Dubai
Previously, Panda Bao Bao got me pledging allegiance to their boiled-fried-steamed chicken feet (topped with special fermented soy bean and garlic sauce and boiled peanuts).
An Interracial Expat Couple’s Guide to Marrying in the UAE Courts
You have met, fallen in love and made the life-changing decision to be bound to your special person as man and wife.
A Year-And-A-Half-Long Odyssey Later, We Got Married
On the very last day of Summer this year, I married my husband. — Who, as I’d mentioned previously, is not the man of my dreams, but in many ways, is so much better than him.
Soon: Part 2 – The Dress
Note: This is the second part of the “Soon Series,” a series of blogs which should have been published in the countdown before my wedding 2 weeks ago. I originally wrote this blog last year and kept it on the side until after we survived the battle for the pre-marriage documents. When I wrote this, I was on my post-engagement high, naively thinking only of my wedding dress, shoes, makeup… What a difference a year-and-a-half can make, indeed!
Soon: Part 1 – The Engagement
Note: This is the first part of the “Soon Series,” a series of blogs leading up to my wedding this Sunday!
Uncovering A Sunken City: The Lost Chambers of Atlantis (The Palm)
One of the first things I did when I arrived in Dubai was to take the Hop-on Hop-off tour bus.
Pride and Prejudice… and How None of It Would Have Happened If It Weren’t All Fiction
For those of you who did not have Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice as required reading in high school literature, it’s a story about two people who were initially not attracted to one another, but because of being repeatedly thrusted in each other’s way, eventually saw through their own pride (and prejudice) and well, fell in love.
The Unexpected Expectation
Yesterday afternoon, a friend started a conversation with me on Dubai marriage requirements.
CLUB UnsatisFACTORY: An Online Shopping Review of Club Factory
It started with a bag.
I complimented a friend on her Anello-inspired backpack and asked her where she got it from.