Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Free Xmas Wrapping Paper











NB - The PDF is sized at 11 by 17 inches. If you don't have a larger printer available, you can easily have a few sheets printed at Kinko's. 

Otherwise, you can download the PDF and print it on a regular sheet of paper. Select Print to Fit. And you can wrap a small present in tiny riyals. 



 





Monday, December 11, 2017

Scavenger Hunt





CHRISTMAS in KHOBAR - Excerpt from the story of the same name.


I walk into the hospitality suite room to see two bachelorettes drinking Miranda orange soda on a sofa. Oh…oh, I know the red-haired woman.
     A month or so before. Milt and I are wandering around after dinner in some alley when he tells me that last week the teenagers had a Scavenger Hunt party. A what?
     Apparently they would meet at someone’s house, be paired into teams and sent out with a list of stuff to collect. They had two hours to scavenge and then come back. Whoever had the most stuff won. 
     My first question is, “Won what?”
     Milt replies, “A hamburger and milkshake at the Fiesta Room.”
     Not too shoddy, I think to myself. “And what did they have to collect?”