Every November feels the same way: as soon as Halloween is over, it feels like the end of the year is creeping up on you faster than last year, and you’ve got about a million things on your mind, from your own holiday plans to where you’re going to host the annual end of year […]
Brood II – the Countdown
Off-the-beaten track almost universally means a place and activity too far or too difficult or dangerous or damp to appeal to the middle-class, two-weeks-in-July-and-a-week-at-Christmas traveler. But on rare occasions it can mean a particular slice of time and place that occurs only every 17 years and on the east coast of the United States from New […]
Abu Dhabi Dune Bashing
If you’re in Abu Dhabi and you’re not a menial labourer from the subcontinent then you’re in the oil business and, likely, bored out of your mind. Abu Dhabi has a nice harbourfront and some beaches, some very posh hotels with maybe slightly too fancy restaurants and a very few licensed bars and clubs where […]