We had a very pleasant evening yesterday with Amal. It started with a nice
dinner at an Italian place at the Intercontinental Hotel called Za Moda,
followed by cappuccino at Najjar, a new Lebanese coffee shop here.
The atmosphere at both these places was lovely and somehow felt very
normal, as if we were not living anywhere near a conservative Gulf country.
I guess this the best way to survive this place; pretend you do not reside
here.
In other developments:
- We finally have wheels. We rented a Renault Clio and we are gonna keep it for a month. Living here has a new meaning when you are the king of the road.
- I’m currently reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Euginedes. It is the story of a hermaphrodite. Interesting stuff.
- We finally got to watch Spiderman 2. I loved it. I thought it was even better than the first one. Toby Maguire’s performance was top-notch.
- We are planning a short trip to Dubai in Oct. It will be a celebration of our one-year anniversary. If all goes well, the trip will be a great chance to meet up with Dalia and Duri and see their newborn baby, Sanad.
Meanwhile, I’m still cooking and having those complex, vivid dreams. Blame it
on the mattress cover. Life goes on.
Actually our anniversary is on Oct 16. If all goes well, we’ll be in Dubai few days before that as we are trying to have the trip right before Ramadan.
We haven’t booked yet, but we are hoping to be there between October 11-13.
Drive safe, enjoy your reading, and since you didn’t mention the exact date of your anniversary, and just in case you had no time to blog, then I wish you both a very happy and blessed 1st year anniversary, and may all your wishes come true 🙂
Hope you’ll be able to meet Dalia and Duri.
Keep cooking and don’t bother about those complex dreams 🙂