monday mornings in nyc: get up, get ready, and walk to the subway. along way pick up $5 flowers from the bodega on the corner... there is something about fresh flowers, no matter how sunny or gray the day, or what lies ahead for the week, that little bundle of petals wrapped in paper somehow seems to instantly make my world a better place! ranunculus happen to be my favorite, but they have a limited season...
oh how i took the bodega flower stands for granted! there is nothing like this in abu dhabi. yes, i know it is the desert so they probably wouldn't be outside... but even the grocery store flowers leave much to be desired! there are about four types of flowers readily available here from what i've seen: roses, carnations, spider mums, and filler flowers... oh my! and to make it even more appalling, they think they are doing you a favor by making "arrangements" and mixing them all together.
typically, if i receive one of these types of arrangements, within 15 minutes it being delivered, i have pulled it apart, removed all of the fillers, and paired it down into something that is more my style, rather than FTD's. pay attention men, bigger is not better when it comes to flowers!
out of sheer desperation, every time i go to the grocery here, i think about getting one of their premade arrangements, but they are so bad i'm just not sure they are redeemable. even the color combinations are bad!
what to do! this obviously needs to be explored, there have to be florists around here right?!
If there are not florists and you end up liking it enough over there to stay - I think you have just discovered a side business!
ReplyDeleteps I like the 150 KM an hour being slow - sounds like my kind of driving!
pss I hate the gridlock