For most people here, living in dubai unfortunately rhymes with high end shopping malls, beaches, and pretty much going back and fourth between the dubai mall and jbr. many of those i've met consider they know this place after 5 months living here, and go on about how bored they are, and they have never even walked around the souks in bastakiya...

If you refer to some previous posts on this blog, you'll probably come accross some words on korean movie genius wong kar wai.. ahhh, in the mood for love, 2046, and my blueberry nights, only to cite a couple of the film maker's beautiful aesthetic and eye. women are almost always sublimated as an strong characters, sophisticated personas with incr

I have to be careful if i don't want my adult's blog to turn into a baby's blog, but for the time being, my daughter being only 26 days old, she tends to be my only preoccupation. while i'm still trying to figure out how to dress my shrinking bizarre postnatal figure, baby hasn't been having any problems at all! actually seems like people loooove b

I have been silent the past couple of weeks.. indeed, i have been blessed with a little angel, a bundle of joy, a gift of happiness... which has been eating up my beauty sleep hours! they tell you kids don't sleep, they tell you breastfeeding is a commitment, but seriously, nothing can prepare you for what lays ahead. but hey, we (try to)cope! ever

I am not happy about what i saw yesterday, so once for a change, here is a cribbing article. yesterday, we went shopping for an evening gown with my mom, as wedding season is at its peek and you can not wear the same gown twice, no? ;-) so we decided to head to boutique1 at jbr, seeing as it is sale season and we hoped we could find something suita

I was really impressed with the armani fall couture show! the whole japanese theme has really been nicely interpreted and all the designs have a beautiful flow to them. that's the difference between couture and the rest: the details, the prints, the delicate clutches... the fabrics really come out nicely and you feel quality flows from evey single

Oh my god! finally overblog is working again! i have had so much trouble connecting, i was litterally unable to access my own account! but now things are back on track and i'm back with energy! my friend from work catherine looooves shopping. and she has an eye for finding new cool things, like these cute vintagy little pouches and wallets from boo

Yesterday, o miracle! i left baby girl with he daddy and i had a full 2 hours to myself! lucky me there was the launch of a photography exhibition at wafi shopping mall, brought to us by the wonderful and wordly renounded school of design and fashion esmod. have you heard of studio harcourt in paris? well... if you haven't, then chances are you are

Brace yourselves ladies, object of desire, comin'up! the other day, i finally signed up on linkedin, after all these years of 'i have to do it', i stopped stalling and got myself to doing it. i loved the idea of getting back in touch with some of my highschool mates and finding out how life has been treating them. turns out one of my friend is co-f

Amy winehouse, or yet another rock'n'roll story gone bad... the soul diva is gone, at the tender age of 27. i will not remember the sad concerts with amy drunk one time too many, i'd rather focus on the music, the words revealing a sensitivity perhaps too fragile for this world.. i first heard amy winehouse on radio nova, in paris, and was astonish