Tag: uae

  • Jovee: Eat, Sip, and Stare at the Burj Khalifa

    Shoveling chicken risotto in my mouth, my neck muscles twitched. I couldn’t help myself. In order to absorb the tallest building in the world with my little eyeballs, I had to bend my neck backwards while eating. Let me say, I would do it again. Jovee is a modern European and Japanese restaurant. It’s in…

  • Abu Dhabi, UAE

    The oppressive heat in the mall parking garage made enduring the speech from our tour guide a matter of survival. The garage was sucking all the water from my body like a leech. He was ensuring we understood how women were expected to act in a mosque. My hydration wasn’t helped by the fact that…