October 2008

Work and play

October 31, 2008

Likely why I returned so completely exhausted.






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Wrecked

October 31, 2008

It's been almost a week since I've returned from my middle east tour.  I have been completely, physically wrecked.  Exhausted beyond words.  Two straight weeks of hot weather and zero sleep caught up to me this week and I had to take the afternoon off yesterday to just sleep.  I'm feeling much better on this […]






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Dubai evening 1 – Dancing, Shopping and a little bit of luxury in my hotel bathroom

October 17, 2008

I'll write a more elaborate post about the fantastic evening I had in Dubai tonight (meeting new friends, dancing to reggae and salsa at a old dive bar, driving through crazy traffic and shopping like a mad woman).  This post is about my really great hotel bathroom.  =)  It's modern, black granite, with a rubber […]






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Live from the taxi line at the Mall of the Emirates

October 17, 2008

The taxi line is an hour long. There's a yellow enzo ferrari parkedbeside me. And its ridiculously hot and humid.






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Dubai: Opulence

October 17, 2008

Dubai is total crazy madness.  What kind of planet have I landed on?  This place is insane!  I ordered an airport pick up from the hotel.  I didn’t realize that in doing so, I would be treated like the sultan’s wife or something!  Two people met me at the airport gates, another guy fast tracked […]






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Girl friends

October 16, 2008

You know you've found your soul sister when, while you're away on business, she folds your laundry and makes a pile of old underwear that you need to trash.  The kind of underwear that you can't be caught dead in by the fireman because there are holes in them! My mom has always yelled at […]






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Emirates Airlines

October 15, 2008

I flew from LHR to DXB to CAI on Monday night.  I haven't slept in nearly three days.  I don't even know how it's possible for me to write a cohesive sentence.   But I wanted to report on my Emirates flight.  Why have I never flown Emirates before?  It is amazing!   Top notch. […]






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London at Night

October 15, 2008

Is it possible to fall in love with a city?   With its people experiences foods corners parks skies chaos unexpected moments of bliss little moments http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/london_from_above_at_night.html






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