The holidays

Friday, 29 July 2011, 20:30 | Category : food, holiday, travel
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It’s almost become a tradition that I tell about our holidays here on the blog. But as the blog has developed away from the very personal it seems progressively awkward. Anyway, I promise to make it brief and with a digression or two… We started in the UK where there was another Bar Mitzvah in [...]

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Some, but only some, of my prejudices confirmed

Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 21:15 | Category : blog
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Exactly as foretold by friends who’ve been, my visit to the United Arab Emirates has been a constant journey between Las Vegas and the Orient. Our hotel The Atlantis on “the Palm” (se picture of it in previous post) was opulent beyond description and with so many people serving that it was close to creepy. [...]

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