two weeks in the middle east.

to sum up the last two weeks wouldn't do the trip even the slightest bit of justice, so i've broken it down into moments and photographs...

roadside camels with their front legs tied together (so they didn't run away.)


gliding down dubai creek with my love in a fisherman's boat. sunshine and seagulls all around.


heaping plates of grape leaves (my favorite), tabuloueh, fasoola, kibbeh, and lamb.


turkish coffee in the foggy morning.


lying on the "better than bahamas" beach drinking a glass of chardonnay, listening to the melding of accents and languages around me, and laughing with said.


buying short snazzy party dresses with said's mama.


cruising around ras al khaimah with the haddads eating fast food falafel in the backseat. yum.


said schmoozing us into buddha bar so we could drinking expensive martinis and only want to talk to eachother.



falling in love with the haddads' dog whitey only to be bit three times in one day.



dubai = beautiful, expensive excess.