True, it’s Sunday. But I took the photo on Saturday, which must count for something. When people visit Abu Dhabi, mostly they see big shiny buildings, and big shiny malls, and big shiny hotels. It’s the land of big shiny things, except when you’re in the desert, and then it’s the land of vast and shining sand (and the sand really does shine, sometimes blindingly). On Saadiyat Beach, when you …
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Mirissa Whale Watch I: Tail Up!
We just got back from a family trip (different from a vacation, remember that) in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is one of those places that I’d never really thought about before, other than knowing it used to be called Ceylon, and is the little earring that hangs off the southern tip of India. I had been casting about for a spring break trip–we didn’t have a lot of time, we …
Saturday’s Snapshot (surat al-sabt) لقطة السبت
Shade. Abu Dhabi city stretches along the Arabian Gulf, so on one side of the Corniche Road is beach and blue water; on the other side are glass-clad towers. The city has expanded the beach recently, and this new stretch of sand has just opened. The man in the chair is a lifeguard. But by about 11AM, when I took this picture, it’s too hot to be at the beach. …
the men from the boys
So we’re at the beach. Liam has a shovel and begins to dig. Husband: are you making a sandcastle? Liam: Nope. Digging a hole. Husband: Just digging a hole? No castle? Liam: Nope. Just a hole. Husband: What about a tunnel? Liam: Nope. Husband: Who just digs a hole? Liam: Me. I just want to dig a hole. Husband: But why? Liam: Because. It’s going to be a really deep …