Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Yousef and Aisha at the Date Farm
With the boys at Al Rams
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Thank You Note
Friday, June 12, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Jumeirah Mosque
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Danica Does Charleston S.C.
When Danica returned from Charleston, she received an email ... FROM THE SHEIKH(!!!) to thank her for her work on behalf of the foundation.
Round trip to S.C. - 30,000 AED, Shopping in NYC on the way there - $$ don't even ask, Starbucks in the Charleston Historic District - 2.89 US,
getting an email from the Sheikh ... priceless!
Friday, March 27, 2009
The Rainy Season in the UAE
Thursday, March 26, 2009
On the way into Ras Al Khaimah
Monday, March 23, 2009
A Quarter Mile of Sardines - This is a movie so hit the play button!
We were driving the beach road back to Dubai coming from Ras Al Khaimah when we spotted these three men working to dry their catch on a strip of abandoned highway. This is a lot of fresh sardines! One question... where are the seagulls!!??
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Gold Souq Shop
$1,000.00 an ounce and this is just one of hundreds of shops in the souq. They say that the reason gold is so popular here is that you do not pay any tax on it. Just a shiny metal to me.
The Sharjah Corniche on a Friday Morning
Sharjah is the emirate next door (N.E.) of Dubai. It has a gorgeous coast line but the cost of the development is the worst traffic in the world - no really - it's terrible. What were they thinking!? But this is pretty isn't it? ... and the ladies look "absolutely mahhveluss"!
Sharjah Mosque with Danica and Etie
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Friday, December 19, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Danica Finds an Angel in Ras Al Khaimah
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Eid Al Ahda
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Queen Elizabeth II Comes to Dubai
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Home Sweet Home
Saturday, November 15, 2008
A Night at the Horse Races
The Shaikh owns most of the horses and you can't actually bet but you can pick your horses and if you're right you can win money. Who cares? The horses were beautiful and the weather was perfect.
Friday, November 14, 2008
The Dubai Fish Market
A short trip to the fish and vegetable market next door to our hotel was our latest adventure. The place is the size of a Walmart and is a mass of humanity, fruit, vegetables and all kinds of local sea creatures. Not many women venture here so Danica was a true sensation much to her chagrin. It's impossible to capture the true experience without a camera with an olfactory lense. I still have the smell of fish up my snoot!
Ayasophia(Greek) ... Hagia Sophia(Turkish) ... 532 AD
East Meets West
Inside the "Blue Mosque"
Danica and Osaz Ali from Hatta
After shopping in the Grand Bazzar, we stopped for apple tea at this small outside cafe'. Ali was a genial host and the only male who wore his traditional dress the entire time. This served him very well in Istanbul as all of the vendors assumed that he was a fabulously wealthy sheikh. His English was very good and he loved to tell his colleagues to "chill out" whenever they got excited.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Congratulations to Brandon and Katie at their wedding!
Downtown Dubai
Monday, September 1, 2008
I'm baaaack!
The name "Ramadan" is the name of the ninth month; the word itself derived from an Arabic word for intense heat, scorched ground, and shortness of rations. It is considered the most venerated and blessed month of the Islamic year. Prayers, sawm (fasting), charity, and self-accountability are especially stressed at this time; religious observances associated with Ramadan are kept throughout the month.
Danica is not here... bummer... and I now live in Dubai. My residence overlooks the Palm Deira mega-building project. I can walk to the gold souk and the creek from here. I don't have a camera yet but hopefully soon... then new pictures.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
The Temple Bar
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Cruzin' the Med in May
We were recently able to get away for a cruise of the Mediterranean Sea. We began in Spain on May 11, Mother's Day and our 34th anniversary! A pleasant coincidence! Barcelona, Malta, Naples, Rome, Florence, Nice, and back to Spain. A totally excellent adventure! It was nice to visit places where you could only find sand on the beach and it was less than 106 in the shade!
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Mens' Day Out at Khor Fakkan
Yousef and Raffat brought their sons along. One crew prepares the food while the other is engaged in serious debate over the best way to burn the food, just like home. It was nice to be in the background and not hear all of the typical complaints about how I always put BBQ sauce on everything!
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Khor Fakkan BBQ
Oman Fish Story
On yet another trip to Oman, our guides dropped a line off the back of the boat. I wasn't sure what they were after with a single line but they came up with this 3 foot long barracuda with teeth that could ruin your disposition. After showing it to everyone and scaring a few of the passengers, they secured it for a future meal. Lunch was chicken briyanni.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Chill Out in Dubai
This is an ice bar. Everything is ice: walls, chairs, tables, even the glasses for your juice (no alcohol). Winter clothing is supplied and one free drink and all chilled to a steady -6 celsius. Only in Dubai!
Ben Dhow Diving in the Musandam
Musandam III
Spring Break Trip
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
USING THIS WEB SITE .........
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Sharjah's famous Canal, Qanat Al Qasba
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Dolphins in the Fiords of the Musandam Peninsula
Watch carefully and see the dolphins racing between the two dhows. You also get to see a little scenery of the waterway near the famous Straits of Hormuz. These waters are famous for pirates and smugglers but even more for the extremely small and remote fishing villages nestled into the rocks. Today, the children from these villages travel by boat to Khasab where they stay for for a few days of school each week.