Dubai – Confessions of a Lady Sindbad

Continuing with the Turkish carne, and throwing it back to March 2016 in Dubai, here is a photo with #Nusret AKA #SaltBae holding a knife to my throat. Honestly, he doesn’t need to as the yummy kebabs are too good to resist.

However, this photo brings back childhood nightmares : eating, especially eating fruits, which I abhorred. Just kidding… my dear mom never held a knife to my throat even though I can ascertain she would have loved to on many occasions, and definitely, when she realized that the pediatrician’s advice was fruitless..he had told her ” let her be hungry and ask for food “ ! Which I didn’t, for a full day until she collapsed with helpless tears of frustration.

22 years later I was confronted with the same nightmare from another perspective though… with my son ..karma I guess, or rather DNA?

Among the many advantages we get to enjoy living in Abu Dhabi, this quiet, peaceful and laidback capital, is its proximity to Dubai. The energy, vibe and joie de vivre you feel in this cosmopolitan city remind me of Beirut my beloved hometown where going out for dinner means having a good meal but also see and be seen.Throughout the years, the experience evolved from the odd weekends with the family or the few weekday trips with the girls to more frequent and longer stays.15 January 2017