Paperless Post

In many ways Dubai is a city of the future. We have the tallest building in the world, largest man made island, a space age looking above ground metro system, and the list goes on. However, one thing that we are still a little behind the times on is a proper mail system. Then again, maybe because of email, this is the future.
To start off there are very few street names here, technically I do not have a real address. When in a taxi heading to my apartment I tell the driver "Dubai Marina, my building name, near Spinneys." (The grocery store name, everyone seems to always know where that is!) I do not give a street name or building number and I just have to pay attention to make sure the driver gets to the correct drive way.
I have not seen a mail man/woman or a mail box. I can pay to have a PO Box, but to be honest I have absolutely no idea where the post office is! This has been an interesting situation because of course the first thing my family wanted to do was mail me things! I had to explain it's complicated, I do not have an "address" and the best thing to do is send things to my husband's office. Now this is a little unfortunate for me because one of my favorite things is stationary and note cards. I am a compulsive thank you note writer (thanks mom!) so that has posed to be a bit of a challenge here. However, I think I have found a solution - Paperless Post! I apologize that none of you will be receiving hand written notes or postcards from Dubai. Instead you will be getting cutie online stationary - so futuristic, and after all I am from the future - I am eight hours ahead! (Ha bad joke, could not help it.)