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First and for most I need to reiterate how much I really do like living here......Most of the time.......
We (the people in my life) like to eat out at lest two or three times a month. This is not including Micky D's or KFC, but really getting out. We are very fortunate in this neck of the woods to have some of the finest restaurants from all over the world represented. Famous places from England, Italy, America, are here. Not to mention the many local Mom and Pop cafés or splendid Arabic traditional places.
From Drive Thru to Drive You, We have it all. We still have car hops and I don't mean like Sonic. I'm talkin' people come to your car, wait for you to order, sit there and have a chat with you if their not busy and then run your shwarma and fresh juice out to your car still pipping hot and ready to drip hummus all down your chin. UMMM I think I need to call for delivery. Oh yeah, They deliver here. Not just the corner cafeteria but also the little shop with fresh bread, milk and batteries; the drug store if you ran out of tampons, even the dry cleaner will come to your door and pick-up and drop-off your clothes.... WELLLLLL for a small fee. Of course this might be alittle hard for you all who have big back yards and lots of elbow room to understand. We have all these things sure but 8 out of 10 families in the UAE live in apartments. I'm not talking about little Apartments. I live on the 16th floor of a 22 floor building. And it's not small either. My place is bigger then my mom's house! OH NO I've gone and done it...... rambling...... OK ok back on track...
Eating out is alot of fun here. You could eat at a different place everyday for a whole year and not be able to visit them all. There is just one thing I have to complain about. That is when we go out to the American restaurants I get alittle ticked. All most all the places here will charge you for water... I know I KNOW crazy right? ok well that is there right I guess but when I walk into my favorite "All American" feeding box and find that I not only have to pay for a small glass of water but also chips and salsa...... I mean really! This is not on! I know it has been a few years since I made it across the pond to the motherland but surely you all don't have to "order" chips and salsa. Or bread sticks or any of those other fine little get started treats they might give you just to wet the whistle and get those taste buds all woke up! It's not like they are over charging or anything, it is just knowing that if I were back in the good ole' US of A I wouldn't have to pay for it at all.
So, next time you and yours go out on the town and the waiter or waitress comes up to the table and fills up that glass with water or sets that nice basket of chips and salsa down in front of you, think about me. I might not have to leave my house to get tampons but at least you don't have to pay for chips and salsa.



I feel the pain my country feels today.
One of its faithful was taken away.
May be he was a writer or
she next to reach the stars
I Don't ask why it happend
I Don't ask the who, the when, or the way
I just feel... the pain My Country feels today.
God please watch over VA. Tech