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Food in Doha
I consumed so much wonderful food while in Qatar, some at restaurants, some prepared by Gina. Here’s an email I wrote about my favorite meal, which was a fusion of French and Qatari: Wow. I had the most amazing meal today- by accident. I was at the Museum of Islamic Art. I showed up at…
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Structuring my time and thoughts
Henry is the research guy in our family. When we went on family vacations over the years, I was in charge of getting kids packed, house cleaned, dogs boarded. Henry was in charge of big planning efforts: figuring out planes, hotels, rental cars and tourist attractions; all things a researcher loved and, more importantly, he…
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NYC Day 4 January 31
I mentioned earlier the Quinn side of my family; my maternal grandmother’s branch. My godmother is my cousin Aunt Ellie Novak; her mom was Nana’s older sister Aunt Mary Leonard. Aunt Ellie and her husband Uncle Paul are very dear to me, and I am lucky they were available for dinner before I took off…
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Day 2 in the Big Apple January 29
I am blessed with generous friends all over the world. My first two nights in NYC I stayed with my wonderful classmates from Cornell Law School, Don and Valerie Adleson Watnick, who live on the upper westside of Manhattan. I have gotten to know the Watnicks better over the past few years because their youngest…
MB Meets World 