Archive For The “Travel” Category
Let me give you a piece of advice to keep in mind the next time you go shopping for a laptop. Look closely at the windows stickers. If its like the one shown in the picture above and spells “Windows 7 Starter” then run for your life. Do not spend one KD on that laptop simply [...]
Hadeya Station have a new set of lightweight cotton & satin bags to help organize your bag while packing to go travelling or for a chalet or the gym. I use similar bags when I travel and they are really useful. Each bag is
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I wanted to visit the viewing platform at the top of Burj Khalifa for quite some time. We stood in the queue once only to find that the instant admission is for 400 AED and that all the future tickets were sold out! The next time i went to Dubai i did my homework and [...]
If you read my blog you would know that i adore Carluccio’s in the UK (post). Specifically their Pasta E Fagioli soup in the cold winter <3 So i have been waiting for Carluccio’s to open in Kuwait ever since i tried it in Dubai (post)… and finally it
When i went to Dubai i asked you my dear readers to give me hints of places to try. Dear Ansam suggested i try social house. When i was in Dubai mall i passed by Social House and i remembered seeing it the last time i was there and thinking it looks good! So i [...]
In my first review of Tribes (here) i had praised the place for making the BEST BURGER ever… according to Butootee that is… we went back with the camera to try more dishes and we sat inside this time. We had chosen two juice cocktails,
It was a nice in Dubai, warm with a cold breeze in Dubai, perfect for having dinner while sitting outdoors in the walk at Jumeirah Beach Residence… We chose Napolitana Wood Baked Pizza Restaurant…
If you are looking for unusual Tshirts and bodies to wear that are unique and not worn by anyone who can shop… Noon Tshirts is the answer! I love going to their store in Dubai Mall, looking at one innovative Tshirt after the other… reading the quirky messages in
Driving up and down Jumeira Road i have passed by Kitsch Cupcakes several times. Never did i feel like trying it. It is also sold in Candylicious Dubai Mall but the place is always too crowded to take your there. Then in my Sugar Daddy’s Bakery post (link) a couple of readers told me of how [...]
It was a fine hot afternoon… and i heard that Jamie Oliver’s new and first restaurant in the middle east has finally opened it’s doors at Marina Pavillion in Dubai. Since i’ve already tried it several times in the UK and liked it (post) we decided to go have lunch there…
When i heard about the opening of the highest restaurant in the world last January in Burj Khalifa i really wanted to try it. The Atmosphere restaurant requires reservation and so i
When i was in Dubai i was walking around Mirdif mall looking for Snog Frozen Yoghurt when i passed by
I was walking in the Avenues last weekend when i saw the blue poster above, which was designed by my father in while we were in the UK during the Iraqi invasion in 1990. When i saw the poster from a far I stopped in my tracks and my heart beat loudly for i began [...]
I wanted to try the newly opened Chocopologie in Marina Pavillion Dubai after hearing so many reviews about the quality of their chocolates… it was a fine night and people were sitting outside enjoying the weather…
One of the restaurants i enjoyed having dinner at in Jumeirah Beach Residence Walk was El Chico Mexican Restaurant. I am a big fan of Mexican Food and Dubai has a great variety of Mexican choices, something we lack here in Q8 unfortunately. El Chico’s food was very good and the service was friendly… plus the portions were [...]
The great things about Malls in Dubai is their parking. You can always find a parking space even on the busiest days! Of course they build huge parkings to accomodate all the visitors and you can easily get lost. In Dubai Mall there are machines that dispense parking tickets that tell you the floor and [...]
Though i like the mall in Dubai’s festival city i wouldn’t usually choose it as a dining destination. Not anymore though! The newly opened Marina Pavillion in Dubai Festival City offer a range of restaurants with an amazing view with lights and a lovely walkway! Jamie’s Italian will be opening it’s first
On our first day in Dubai we decided to go to a movie… as i am used to smuggling a Pinkberry parfait into movies we went to Pinkberry in Mall of the Emirates and got my self a Pinkberry Parfait…
I was standing in a long queue waiting to purchase tickets to enter Burj Khalifa in Dubai Mall… as the line was progressing very slowly i decided to entertain my self by gazing at the Gold ATM machine… afterwards i took pictures for my blog… -we didn’t get the tickets by the way they were sold out!-
We were getting out of the parking in Village mall when we a house that housed a medical clinic… what’s funny though is that they had chosen to decorate the clinic with two solemn statues that look like the genie of the lamb! Why?! Beats me!!!
People love designer outlet stores… and Dubai didn’t disappoint as it built an entire mall just to host all the outlet stores in the city! I’ve been there once before in 2008 and it was not fully open… so this year i decided to go and check it out again… the road to the mall [...]
I’ve never been to NYC before so I haven’t tried Magnolia Bakery’s cupcakes in the states. I have however allowed myself to indulge -err or over indulge- in them ever since I found out they are being sold in Bloomingdale’s Dubai Mall.
