"Take me to the Ace Hardware by Zayed Port ( Read more... )

Caught about five minutes of the new season of Steven Seagal, Law Man, the other night. Five minutes was all I could stand before turning it off ( Read more... )

...said the karaoke machine as I walked into the room ( Read more... )

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After visiting Kinokuniya in Dubai, based on reading this article, and about which I wrote here, I decided to follow up further and find the other book stores listed in the same news story; particularly Thrift Books and Book & Bean, in Abu Dhabi ( Read more... )

I took a road trip to Al Ain, the weekend before last, with coworkers.

Al Ain is Arabic for The Spring. It is the fourth largest city in the UAE and the birthplace of its first president. It has been inhabited for at least 4000 years and has served as an oasis for all of that time ( Read more... )

I paid a visit to Kinokuniya Book World in Dubai Mall, yesterday ( Read more... )

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I went to Oman last weekend with coworkers. It was interesting.

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I think the truth about the United Arab Emirates is found in the back stairwells ( Read more... )