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Archive for April, 2008

Grorcery Finds #3

Here are a couple of things that I have seen before, but just now getting around to check out the prices:
(This is from Shumaila Hari)
Heinz Soup (canned). At Shumaila Hari they have a lot of varieties.  I saw maybe one or two flavors at City Mart.  This soup is 400 riyals (~2dollars) for a 71 [...]

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Grocery Finds #2

This week I found eggs for 395 riyals (for a tray of 30) at Shumaila Hari.
Also, they have moved their household appliances upstairs.

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For those in Sana’a, here are a few new things that I have noticed at Shumaila Hari (off of Haddah Street):
Kraft grated Parmesan Cheese and Kraft Parmesan and Romano grated cheese. (in the green cylinder canister) A little on the expensive side: 1800 riyals. Located in the dairy/juice refrigerated section.
Hershey’s Chocolate Chips Semi Sweet or [...]

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Well, on April 1, we got our first rain for the new Gregorian year. I thought’d be interesting for us to track just how much it rains here, which is not a lot. There are about 1-2 rainy seasons per year where it will rain for days and then no rain to be [...]

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I received a comment on my blog in regards to my Glad to Be an American post, so I wanted to elaborate/clarify a few things in case someone else felt the same as the person who commented/was offended.
A comment was made about surprise being shown that I was glad to be born in a kuffar [...]

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