So Js dishwasher takes 3.5 hrs to go through a cycle. I had just adjusted to London’s appliance times…1.75 hrs to do a load of wash…as there was no dryer everything had to be draped over something to dry. With London’s weather everything took nearly a week to go from wet to damp, and then […]
Monthly Archives: January 2020
Abi…think she might be trying to cover up other kitty smells, ie Squeak.
Decided to seek out an acupunturist for my back, which was still miserable from the flights over. J had a friend’s referral that was within walking distance of her home. Sounds easy….so J books an appt and I set out with very clear directions. The appt went incredibly well and my back is much happier. […]
Made it back to the fabric shop and our new favorite tailor. The owner offered us coffee or tea and insisted. He sent out for coffee for us.. how nice. The tailor and owner spend time suggesting fabrics for the dresses J wanted and the skirt. Even though the tailor didnt speak English, with photos […]
So after our adventure in the button shop, which also sold lace edgings, we step behind the shop and find all these textile vendors… what fun…we find one selling lengths of lace…3.5 yards by 58 inches wide….45 dirham… again more math… J buys one for a skirt and one for a black dress to wear […]
So I had signed J and I up for a photo shoot in the Deira area…and old Arab section of the city. It was advertised as “a walking tour of Dubai”. Sounded like fun. We found the area and the group of photographers going on the walk…but no teacher. Someone managed to contact the owner […]
So I still needed some supplies, we had been unable to find a button store a member of fabric store staff had recommended. The directions has been “its across from the KFC” which we found but no button store was in sight. The missing bit was “down an alleyway” across from the KFC” So found […]