Category: lifestyle

An Embarrassment of Riches; Defined and Distinguished; Conversations from the Pool; Free Tickets to Expo Carelessly Refused: How Far is Mecca From Here?; Breakfast Pandemonium; Back to Room Meeting Fabulous Next Door Neighbor; Great Day with MAD Accomplishing Everything; Photo of Loving Note, Jimmy Choo Bag; Wedding Dress (not yet or maybe never)

At this moment in time, here at the JW Marriott Marques I am suffering from an embarrassment of riches. What does that expression mean and where does it come from?” It is an overabundance of…

Redefining (Yet Again) My Identity; Breakfast Overlooking a Magnificent Facility for Arab Horses; Meeting Men from Senegal; Attempting to Retrieve French; Two Marriage Proposals in One Morning; Tea Time in the Executive Lounge; Happy Hour Happily in Conversation with a Saudi Engineer; Snippets of the Conversation; Photograph of the Two of Us

Somewhat accidentally I discovered the Executive Lounge of this hotel. For an extra charge one can use the facilities of the lounge, which are superlative. It is high in the sky, on the 37th floor….

I am Like a Kid in a Candy Store; Uninhibited Defined and Illustrated: Inability to Untie Knot Brings a New Friend and Great Joy; Emails Sent Back ‘Home’: Surveillance Spells Safety; Twenty Staff Members from Twenty Countries; Front Tooth Gap Found in Middle East Royalty; Photograph of Me In Sunglasses and Me and a Member of the 12%

Like a kid in a candy store. That expression came suddenly to mind when I thought of the happiness and joy I feel at this hotel at the present moment. Googled it and, yet again,…

The Most Amazing and Exciting Time of My Life is in the Here and Now; Deluxe Defined With Copious Examples From Room and Hotel; Exhausting and Tumultuous Day; Meeting Another Member of Meddle Eastern Royalty and a Judge of Great Repute; Thoughts on the Faith and the Relationship with My Mother; Photograph of Painting, Drawer and Alexis and a Sultan

It is almost impossible (even for me) to describe the sheer joy I am feeling – and this is only the beginning of Day 2. I am staying in a magnificent hotel – that is…

The Eagle Has Landed; Eagle Has Landed Explained; Birdbrain Explained; Night time in Dubai With Jet Lag and Starvation; Anxiety Attack on Airplane as Communicated to Jacob Huerra Who is Not a Bad Guy After All; Where Would I Be Without You to Seat Mate; I am Not Bald But Someone Else is; Funny Comment About Private Jet; Three Photographs; One From Plane, One Upon Landing and the Other a Young Alexis with Short Hair

Well, the eagle has landed, said I, in an email to Jacob. But where does that expression come from? “The eagle has landed” is a common expression used to indicate any successful arrival or completion…

It Appears That I Think Like a Sheikh; Human Scorpions Attack Again; Supernatural Defined and Illustrated; Clothes By a store called Excellence in Town Center; Funny Joke About Me Being Short; Eulogize Defined; Moving Trucks All Over the Place; Photograph of Me in Excellence Clothes and Framed Picture

Rather accidentally I found a statement contained in a book that was authored by the Ruler of Dubai, as I call him as his real name is difficult to spell (and to pronounce for that…