My childhood Friend AL landed on the sandpit this week-end! It's her first time in the Middle East so she didn't know what to expect. First reaction "It's hot!", second reaction "Why is it so cold in restaurants and malls?"... story of our lives here in Dubai.

So on her first day here and to put her right in the ambiance, she got a mani-pedi (kind of the national feminine sport here), followed by dinner on a terrasse with view on the Dubai Fountains, what else?  I have to admit that as kitsh and loud, and too much as they are, I am still amazed everytime I see them playing.

And that would be one of my favourite themes: