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(Notes for the Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah)Archive for Abu Dhabi
December in Abu Dhabi: Santa in the Sand — ديسمبر في أبو ظبي : سانتا في الرمال
Around (everyone else’s) Christmas time, the UAE is stil tropical, still desert. But of course, Santa still comes to visit (admittedly from the Philippines).
Top: December sunset
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Middle: The road past Liwa to Mureeb
Western Regions, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Bottom: A visitor tells Santa that she just wants a picture with him for Christmas.
Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Christmas in the UAE: Polar Bears — عيد الميلاد في الإمارات : الدببة القطبية
Polar Opposite Caps
A Christmas diorama at the Intercontinental Hotel
Abu Dhabi, UAE
More yuletide shenanigans from INGULFED today @ the Huffington Post
Grocery List: Abu Dhabi
One head lettuce: 5.3 dirham / $1.44
4 carrots: 3.45 dirham / 94¢
4 tiny limes: 0.6 dirham / 16¢
0.065 kg Indian chilis: 0.65 dirham / 18¢
1 loaf boring brown bread: 1.5 dirham / 41¢
3 Chinese golden apples: 3.35 dirham / 91¢
1 white onion: 1.7 dirham / 46¢
4 cashew ice cream bars: 7.8 dirham / $2.12
2 pistachio kulfi bars: 1.9 dirham / 52¢
3 small cucumbers: 0.65 dirham / 18¢
3 lemons: 2 dirham / 54¢
6 small tomatoes: 1.6 dirham / 44¢
3 giant figs: 6.45 dirham / $1.76
1 red repper: 3.75 dirham / $1.02
4 black plums: 3.30 dirham / 90¢
3 red onions: 0.65 dirham / 18¢
Total: 44.65 dirham / $12.16
$رأس من الخس (1) : 5.3 درهم / 1،44
جزر (4) : 3.45 درهم / ¢94
ليمون صغيرة (4) : 0.6 درهم / ¢16
تشيليز الهندي (0،065 كلغ) : 0.65 درهم / ¢18
رغيف خبز ممل أسمر (1) : 1.5 درهم / ¢41
تفاحات ذهبية صينية (3) : 3.35 درهم / ¢91
بصل أبيض (1) : 1.7 درهم / ¢46
$قضبان الآيس كريم الكاجو (4) : 7.8 درهم / 2،12
قضبان القلفي فستق (2) : 1.9 درهم / ¢52
خيار صغير (3) : 0.65 درهم / ¢18
ليمون خضراء (3) : 2 درهم / ¢54
طماطم صغيرة (6) : 1.6 درهم / ¢44
تين ضخمة (3) : 6.45 درهم / 1،76$
فلفل رومي أحمر (1) : 3.75 درهم / 1،02$
برقوق سوداء (4) : 3.30 درهم / ¢90
بصل أحمر (3) : 0.65 درهم / ¢18
$المجموع : 44.65 درهم / 12،16
Greater Eid, Indeed.
!عيد مبارك
Eid Mubarak!
Happy Birthday Mom!
The mosque in the evening.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Abu Dhabi, UAE
عيد الاضحى — “Festival of Sacrifice”
!عيد مبارك
Eid Mubarak!
Happy Eid al-Adha, the “festival of sacrifice” or “Greater Eid”.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Once and Future Happiness: This Decade on Saadiyat
It is essential that we have hope. For human beings to push forward we must have some confidence in the brighterhood of tomorrow — happiness is our fuel and our pot of gold. Saadiyat Island, the UAE’s Orwellianly marketed “Happiness Island” will host New York University beginning in 2014, and will has already begun selling villas to early birds with big nest eggs. The major museums are on the slate for five years Gulf time, or approximately 7-? years.
Here’s a blurry look at some major projects and where they stand.
Major Projects — اهم المشاريع
The Guggenheim
The Louvre
Saadiyat Beach Villas
Monte Carlo Beach Club
Park Hyatt Hotel and Villas
Shangri-La Hotel
New York University Abu Dhabi
St. Regis Resort
Zayed National Museum
State of the Etihad — حالة الاتحاد
The Vision — الرؤية
(Buzzwords in the UAE: “vision” and “outlook” and “innovation” and “tomorrow”.)
Helipad — مهبط مروحية
From the Helipad above the 47th floor
Medinat Zayed / Khalidiya Neighborhoods
Abu Dhabi, UAE
الشيخ في التزلج على الرمال — Sandboarding Sheikh
On the dunes. In a dishdash.
Somewhere, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Shadow Play — لعب الظل
People moving or not moving
Spots along the Corniche
Abu Dhabi, UAE