The Dubai Expat Diaries

 Barasti – Jameson St. Patrick’s Party - On Saturday March 15th, Barasti hosts the Jameson 360 St. Patrick’s Day Party, allowing you and your friends to enjoy perfectly balanced Jameson served by the best bar team in town while watching Ireland vs. England in Twickenham. You may also be in with a chance to win [...]

The hot clubber’s delight at Madinat Jumeirah has closed down! The club, which recently introduced a membership scheme says it will be cancelling all existing memberships and those under review. The Trilogy site had this to say:
Please be informed that as of February 24th, Trilogy will be closing its doors for redevelopment. We are currently [...]

 
Starting March 1st, 2008, motorists in the United Arab Emirates have yet another set of caveats to watch out for. Traffic violations and offences will now be penalized by a new Black Points system (called the Unified Federal Traffic Law). These new laws place heavy monetary fines as well as penalties aimed at driver licenses. Vehicles [...]

Everyone living in Dubai / the UAE or the Middle East have probably wished they could get their hands on great products from the UK or US… be it books, music, movies, games or electronics. But very few people shop online with Amazon or other online retailers and auction sites due to the shipping [...]

The Dubai Dining scene doesn’t get any more creative than this… check out what’s cooking behind the scenes at Tang Restaurant at the Le Meridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina (located on Jumeirah Beach) - this is the only restaurant in the Middle East that employs the use of molecular gastronomy and a variety [...]

Some photos sent to us by a reader via email - these are shots / visuals of the bridge they’re planning to build from Bur Dubai to Deira at a cost of 3 billion Dirhams.

The premier appearance of the fabulous Krystal Dinner Show is drawing to close with the finale show announced for February 29th, after a very successful and extended run. The show has been running nightly since January 24th with brunches on Fridays and a Family Brunch Show on Saturdays.
The show has been watched so far by [...]

W Hotels, the fastest  growing luxury hotel brand in the world, is set to open the region’s first W hotel in Doha by mid 2008. The W Doha is owned by J&A Jaidah, principals of J&A Jaidah Holdings, one of the most well known and well respected private companies in the Middle East. 

So, I know I won’t be running the streets in the buff shouting about womens’ liberation, but I’m curious to know how repressed women are in Dubai.
My husband has landed a job on an oil rig and we will be living in Dubai.  He is going to train here in the US, and then spend a [...]

The prestigious Maktoum Sailing Trophy 2008 is a Regatta of 10 Inshore Races and one offshore passage race for individual yachts from the Thursday 21st February 2008 to Friday 29th February 2008. The Organising Authority is the UAE Marine Sports Federation through the Mina Seyahi Dubai (a division of DIMC). The race will take place [...]