Coffee Reflections - #342

I'm all for getting healthy and doing good stuff... however nothing better than a cup of damn fine coffee in the morning. However, always check to see if there was a fish in the percolator...

Bluey In A Bauble - #118

Not to be left out - joining in the reflection photos... Bluey in a giant bauble, about 30cm across. Even the small things are big in Dubai.

Found in The One a Danish furniture store in Dubai.

Please check out more reflections at Greenville Daily Photo courtesy of the splendid Denton.

Sezzam Reflection - #117

Some things I like:

Food, photography, people and reflections

I like the way they come together in this shot. Taken at a nice place to have a quick lunch, Sezzam at Mall Of The Emirates - which looks on to the ski slope.

I recommend either the hammour tandoori (hammour is a cod like fish) or the thai papaya salad...

P.S. Thanks for the nice Xmas wishes - I do hope you all had a great time too.

Spot The Bluey... - #103

Taken on a fine sunny day, unlike today which is pouring with rain. It rains really hard about once or twice a year usually, this year seems more... This is one of those moments and the whole town is flooded (again).

Instead here is a nice shot of a friend in the sunshine with a little Bluey self-portrait too.

Love And Reflection - #22

As the saying goes T.F.I. Friday... Fridays in Dubai are wonderful. It is the only day that the entire city rest (like Sunday in the West but even more restful). The horrendous traffic calms to a mere trickle.

This shot was taken last Friday at actually a very civilised and quiet lunch on a Friday at Amwaj and the Shangri-La Hotel. Very nice indeed, amazing fish and lovely rose wine for about 240dhs (about US$70 / 35 UK pounds) per person.

If you look very closely you will also see my wife and I... A self-portrait and a brunch photo for the price of one photo - BARGAIN!

For some expats Friday inevitably means Brunch. To a civilised person brunch sounds like a gentle prospect. Some food at a time and size that is between breakfast and lunch. How nice.

Where as in Dubai this generally means eating you body weight in food and drinking a LOT in 5 star hotels for one set price. It is a wonderful and deadly combination.

If you are not a western expat Friday is usually a quiet day for religion, contemplation or shopping.

A Window To Another Place? - #3

While out for some errands today, I saw this... Dubai's largest (I believe) but certainly most prominent Mosque. I really is a beautiful building. Sandstone and marble in equal portions, dimensions and use. A stunning area. An educational building as the Sheikh Maktoum Center For Cultural Understanding. Daily Tours for non-Muslims. A cross cultural effort to be applauded.

A building with a pure meaning and purpose.

I have some more formal shots of the building that I will post in the future.

However in the spirit of Dubai I choose to present the above shot. A mosque reflected in a shop window.