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• A Petra Kitchen

  

  I’m late. The middle east banking sector has let me down again, and the ATM has both refused to give me money and spat my card back out with the unwelcome... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Petra by Day

  

  The walk is long, there’s no denying. The path is texturally treacherous rather than difficult. I find my feet slipping over ancient cobble slabs, polished... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Night Treasure at Petra

  

  I'm in a womb, with three hundred siblings. It's dim, warm, quiet. All I can hear is the rebab, as its melancholy wail reverberates off the walls surrounding us... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Amman - Entry to Jordan

  

  Just a postcard today. Here begins my series on Jordan. This morning I woke to a misty monochromatic dawn. Amman stretches over undulations in perfect repetitio... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Orvieto - a Castle on the Clouds

  

  I'd seen Orvieto in my dreams before. Floating, a castle village resting on stormclouds. Close up it was a town of gallant knights and minstrels, pomp and power... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2012 DESTINATIONS

• What Does Dubai Taste Like?

  

  Last weekend was my second experience with Taste of Dubai. If the festival was an accurate representation of the taste of Dubai, the stalls would have been a mi... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Trsteno. The Word is Missing Vowels. The Map is Missing k...

  

  Trsteno. The word is missing vowels. The map is missing kilometers. I've finally reached the crest, and it's much further to the beach than indicators appear... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2012 DESTINATIONS

• Sustainable Dining? Or Taking the Piss? Greenhouse by Joost

  

  I found myself again, unplanned in Melbourne. Sarah has arrived for 24 hours only. Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, lucky you - quite prophetic to place... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & DRINK

• Armchair Food Travel

  

  Different people travel for different reasons. Some like adventure - they seek adrenaline injections at mountain pinnacles, ocean depths, at the end of a rope o... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Sometimes, When I'm in Venice, I Hate It. Then I Get Home...

  

  Sometimes, when I'm in Venice, I hate it. Then I get home, and I wonder why on earth I wanted to go at all. It's expensive. The food is less than average. In... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• The Mirror of Dorian Gray

  

  There are opposing mirrors reflecting the scene to eternity, volumizing the intensity of the room. The surroundings are lavish to say the least, each surface... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• My Sweet Heart

  

  I miss sugar. I've left it like an alcoholic leaves a drink. Precariously, I walk this sugar-free tightrope between poisoned pleasure and healthy pain, and ever... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2012 FOOD & DRINK

• Arabesque

  

  I posted towards the end of last year regarding what expats might miss or not miss when they move to the UAE. There's another post I need to do - what I would... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• It's Time to Come Clean

  

  A little personal deviation... There's something just not quite right with my youngest son. We didn't realize that everything wasn't exactly normal until he... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Cavalli - Roberto and Tommaso, and Style Over Substance

  

  The other night, I went to the Cavalli Club for a Wine Dinner. Some might say this is a little incongruous. It's a nightclub. I mean, we all know the... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• The Most Beautiful Villages in France

  

  Seguret, "safe place in troubled times", a haven. It’s on top of a hill, watching its neighbours on the flat – Roaix and Sablet. It’s framed by a skir... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• French Country Markets

  

  It's 6:30am on a Saturday. You might think this was the beginning of the day, but the small rabble sitting on the next table are having wine with their lunch.... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Beautiful Fountains, Beautiful Villages and Beautiful Wine in France

  

  Druyes Les Belles Fontaines. Druyes, the town of beautiful fountains. Not the fountains we imagine - fish or ducks vomiting l'aqua, cupids peeing it, greek... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 DESTINATIONS

• La Petanque - a Happy Export of France

  

  I've decided to start the year off in French. A commiseration for the downgrading of their economy, perhaps? Or maybe just because I love the place, and what... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Paris - Getting to Know Her

  

  The first time I went to Paris I was thirteen, on a bus tour with my family. They drove us around the city, describing the monuments. We stopped at Trocadero,... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE