Traveling back and forth from Dubai at least a few times a week, I have the commute down. I know I should pass Etihad Plaza – our former home – in about 20 minutes. Once I hit Ghantoot, I’m just a few minutes from the Abu Dhabi/Dubai border. And crossing into Dubai, I’ve got another…
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Underwater Ansel Adams in the Making
Thanks to our new underwater camera, no longer am I restricted to only taking thousands of pictures of sunsets and plates of food. Now I can take as many as I want under the deep blue sea. Unfortunately a camera does not a photographer make. So to get better, Meg and I enrolled in an…
Virtual Dubai at Your Fingertips
It appears that all those time-lapsed videos have been one-upped by a super cool virtual tour of Dubai (well, part of Dubai at least). This is the area of town that we hang out in most, as they are the closest neighborhoods to Abu Dhabi, and also near the location of Edelman’s Dubai office. Take…
A Day in Dubai
Along the lines of the cool Abu Dhabi video we shared many months back, here is a 24 hour time-lapsed video of Downtown Dubai, starting at 4am local time on 11/11/11, by photographer Gerald Donovan. I love how the Burj Khalifa just dwarfs everything else. And it’s not like those other buildings are short –…
Rugby Sevens – 4 Holidays in One!
While not exactly understanding rugby itself, the Dubai Rugby Sevens tournament was a beautiful thing. Beautiful in that we spent part of our three-day weekend there (in honor of the UAE’s 40th birthday). Beautiful in that we saw a little piece of home in Dubai (with the US team on the roster). And beautiful in…
Fasting at 2,700 feet
Knowing when the sun rises and sets is extremely important during Ramadan. At sunrise, your fast begins and at sunset, your fast ends. Sounds pretty straight forward. But what happens if your line of sight was such that you saw the setting sun a little bit longer than the rest of us? Sound impossible? Well…
Dreamy Dubai Birthday
No rest for the weary, when it came to birthday weekends. With our birthdays only 10 days apart, we tend to “celebrate” a lot this time of year. On Megan’s birthday, we enjoyed a nice meal at a great Italian restaurant. And this past weekend, we stayed closer to home – going to Dubai –…
Taking the Train to Dubai
Sorry for the delay in postings – it’s been busy, busy, busy! One of the more memorable moments from February came with a trip to Dubai for Jazzfest – which, oddly, didn’t have a ton of jazz acts as the three-day festival continued on. It was still a great time with our favorite live band…
The Pohorylos go to Dubai
To sum up Dubai in a single post is difficult, but at least you’ll get a flavor of our adventures. The sun finally came out for good as we hit the road for an hour and fifteen minute trek to Dubai. We went up the tallest building in the world, from the largest mall in…