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Laurent Maubert Cayla : my passion for Miami

The passion of Laurent maubert cayla for Miami

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lindoig4 · 5 years ago

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San Francisco

5 July

Having arrived in San Fran yesterday, just a few hours before we left home, we were dead beat and slept late, albeit somewhat fitfully. We bought breakfast in the hotel, just as they were closing the kitchen at 10am – then went back to bed and slept until 3.15! A very weird day for us!!

We then walked the kilometre or two to Downtown, exploring a little as we went, and called in at several places trying to buy a bigger backpack. The one I was using was filled to capacity so we decided to invest in a bigger one. We finally found a place with a suitable range just a few doors from the Aida Hotel where we will be staying on our way back to Melbourne in a couple of months’ time. The first time we came to San Fran in 1995, we stayed at Aida and bought a new suitcase at the very same luggage shop we bought the backpack. On that occasion, we had broken the wheels off our case getting it down the stairs in Richmond before we even left home on that trip so we had to replace it in San Fran after struggling with it at the Tullamarine and SF airports and then the Shuttle and hotel.

We needed to buy a few comestibles – mainly tea, sugar and coffee – interesting that the instant coffee was under lock and key and we had to get a staff member to free it from its prison so we could buy it. Apparently, coffee is one of the things that is commonly stolen (lots of other very basic things were also locked up) but I can’t see how locking it up protects it. We were still free to walk around with it and presumably hide it in our backpack before approaching the checkout.

Shopping for olives? Large, mild and nutty!

It was great to see and hear the trolley buses (in my view far and away the best, quietest, most comfortable, cheapest and cleanest form of mass transport – as well as being very traffic-friendly) as well as the streetcars (trams). I have long advocated removal of trams and all their overblown infrastructure from Melbourne to be replaced with trolleys. The streetcars have been purchased from all over the world and retain their original livery and branding. There is even a W-class Melbourne tram here – apparently recently acquired and still under test when we saw it.

The clanging of the streetcars, the police sirens and the mournful wail of the Amtrak locos are all very nostalgic reminders of our previous trips here, and particularly of San Fran. It always fascinates me how sounds and smells in particular can transport us instantly to another time and place. Things we have seen and heard in movies come alive when they are triggered by the merest hint of something similar that we experience in real life.

There are so many different forms of transport here. The car is king of course, and there are lots of pickups, more and mostly quite a bit bigger than those common in Oz, but there are several types of buses (hybrids, traditional, double-deckers, very loooong articulateds) – and several more personal moving machines. I have seen hundreds of powered and unpowered scooters and numerous variations of Segways – upright ones, simple wheels with foot rests side to side or fore and aft, all manner of 2-, 3- and 4-wheeled bikes and very cute bright yellow 2-seater, 3-wheeled motorbikes rented to tourists. And of course, there are the iconic cable cars. No place for pedestrians like us.

There are many hundred homeless people, mostly but not only, black and they all have their little cache of belongings, but some quite large collections that are transported in a range of trolleys. Some have their own patches, sometimes quite complex. I have seen mini tent cities, some small homeless colonies, tiny compounds barricaded with wheelie bins or discarded sheets of iron, plastic and so on. It is sad to see but it is America, Land of the Free, after all.

We bought a pizza on our way back to the hotel and ate it in our room – and promptly went back to sleep. Alas another fitful night, broken by a series of midnight messages back and forth to Australia about Heather’s SIM – a little more about that later.

6 July

We purchased tickets for the Hop On Hop Off Big Bus from the hotel and walked the mile or so to Union Square, the closest stop to the hotel. We only went about 3 stops on the bus to Fisherman’s Wharf before they made us all get off and join a long queue to join a different bus - no explanations, but being a holiday weekend and short of drivers who weren’t enjoying their holiday BBQs, we queued for about an hour before we managed to get on our way again. They seemed hopelessly disorganised but off we went on what was about a 3½ half hour trip around the city, out past the huge Golden Gate Park, across the Golden Gate Bridge then back along the beach and Presidio and eventually back to Fisherman’s Wharf where we alighted in time for a late lunch.

The Big Bus was not quite up to scratch really. Commentary was light on and a bit trivial, but passable. Some parts of the route were very slow, almost gridlocked in one stretch approaching the Golden Gate Bridge. As they said, it was a holiday weekend, every man and his dog (and cat and horse) were out and things were chaotic. At least we got to see a lot more of SF than we otherwise would have and we got a better perspective of places we might visit at the end of our trip.

The crowds along the wharves were overwhelming, but we checked out the sea-lion colony and the birdlife in one partially enclosed area before heading for lunch. (We had been thinking of doing a Bay Cruise, but seeing the queues for that, we decided that a couple more hours queueing and getting sunburnt BEFORE boarding wasn’t really desirable.). We eventually settled on Aliotos Restaurant (partly to avoid the long queues of people waiting to use the public toilets). Heather had her heart set on clam chowder in a big crusty bun - the signature dish for the wharf area. We enjoyed them immensely when here 24 years ago, but they seem to have lost the recipe in the meantime (or maybe the clams just weren’t biting) but it was a bit disappointing, mainly vegetarian with very few clams! I had the Fisherman’s Basket and we helped each other with our respective orders but couldn’t finish either of them anyway.

An interesting thing we heard about the sea-lions on the bus (we were on the bus, not the sea-lions!) was that the whole colony lived out on the beach for as long as anyone could remember – until 1987 when for reasons unknown, they migrated up-Bay to Pier 39 and they (and their squealing pong) have been there for the tourists to ogle ever since. We saw, heard and smelled them when we were here in ’95 and imagined that they had always been there.

We then caught a grossly overcrowded streetcar back to near our hotel and walked home. Called in at the local shop for a very small snack and brekky fare, still bloated from our 3pm lunch.

7 July

Heather has spent many hours (mainly in the very early hours of the morning) conversing with people in Australia and New York trying to get the data component of her phone contract working. She bought some SIMs in Australia to be activated along the way and although the voice component worked, the data wouldn’t and she has spent hours virtually rebuilding her phone in consultation with the phone company, but she finally got it working late morning - thanks to a very helpful guy in New York, and absolutely no thanks to the Cretans in Australia.

We then walked to the Bus Transit Station, a few blocks down the hill, to suss out what we had to do to transit to our train tomorrow. All pretty easy so we walked down to the Embarcadero and the edge of the Bay. It was a beautiful summer’s day and there were plenty of strollers out, most with dogs. We walked a kilometre or so to a market in the huge Ferry Terminal and wandered around that for a while before returning to a bayside restaurant for a late lunch and to watch the world go by. One wonderful thing happened over lunch when an Anna’s Hummingbird visited a row of WA kangaroo paws right next to our al fresco table. We managed to get a few photos and had a good look as it hovered around several of the flowers before heading off to places unknown.

That was Bird 13 for me, having seen American robins, American crows, Brewer’s blackbirds, Californian gulls, vultures and hawks, night-herons, cormorants, starlings, sparrows and so on. The gulls are everywhere, but they are well outnumbered by hordes of the dirtiest scungiest pigeons imaginable. Some of the many homeless people here look very sad and bedraggled, but the pigeons look a whole lot worse.

We went to an Indian restaurant for dinner and over-ordered as usual. I thought it was a really good meal and a little cheaper than many places we have looked at. They boast more than 3000 restaurants in San Fran (I imagine Melbourne has as many!) but competition is so fierce that the average lifespan of each establishment is only a few months.

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melbournenewsvine · 2 years ago

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Melbournes Chapel Street leads suburban retail strip revival

Driving this revival, which has come at the expense of the Melbourne CBD where the vacancy rate hit 12.8 per cent in July, has been the growth of food and beverage tenancies, which now account for a third of all shops on Melbourne’s retail strips, up from 29 per cent pre-COVID-19. Fewer ‘For Lease’ signs are on Chapel Street in South Yarra. “Melbourne’s local shopping strips have well and truly bounced back from the biggest crisis the city has faced in decades,” said Fitzroys division director, James Lockwood. Mr Lockwood said lockdowns and flexible working arrangements had reinforced the position of local retail villages “as the heartbeat of their local communities”. “Our strip centres provide an environment in which people want to shop and find community,” he said. On Chapel Street, the fashion boutiques have returned in tandem with the opening of new restaurants, bars and cafés. New entrants on the strip include a boutique for local designer Casa Amuk (in a deal negotiated by Fitzroys agent Lewis Waddell) and new outlets for Saba, Gorman and menswear store Calibre (which has opened two stores on Chapel Street) Joining them is Melbourne portrait artist Lionia, who is relocating her gallery in bayside Black Rock to a shop at 538 Chapel Street. Lionia told The Australian Financial Review she had picked Chapel Street because it was a more central location, well serviced by trains and trams and more suited to a “luxury product”. Portrait artist Lionia is opening a new art gallery on Chapel Street. “The rent was surprisingly comparable with other areas that are not so central, though it’s still really high,” she said. Chrissie Maus, general manager of the Chapel Street Precinct, said its resurgence was due to transformation into a lifestyle precinct used by the local community. “Not only do we have fabulous retail and dining experiences, we have so many new gymnasiums, health centres, beauticians, hairdressers and other important services that people need,” she said. New developments like 627 Chapel Street, a 24-level office tower completed earlier this year by developer Goldfields, have also encouraged new players to Chapel Street including Sydney restaurateur Cam Northway who is opening a new restaurant and bar on the rooftop. On the ground floor, New Zealand’s Good Group will open a new South East Asian restaurant called Wong Baby in November alongside The Bagel Shop, a café run by Bruno Ceraso of Kaleida Hospitality Group. “We are seeing the revitalisation of the South Yarra end of Chapel Street with a number of new buildings, including Goldfields House,” said Russell Gray, CEO of Good Group On trendy Lygon Street in Carlton on the CBD fringe, vacancies have almost halved – from 20 per cent to 11.5 per cent – in just a year, as a host of new eateries including Mexican offering La Cabra, Indian restaurant Kahaan and dessert bar Sticksies have opened their door. Also reviving is perennial underperformer, Bridge Road in Richmond and Acland (12.7 per cent) and Fitzroy Streets in St Kilda (7.6 per cent). However, vacancies have increased on downtrodden Balaclava Street in Carlisle (11.6 per cent) and on Smith Street in Collingwood (8.4 pe cent), despite being named “coolest street in the world” by Timeout last year. Source link Originally published at Melbourne News Vine

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thenewwei · 3 years ago

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40 years ago I was born this evening at Flushing Hospital in New York City.

40 years later, not only am I glad to be alive, but I genuinely feel I’ve lived such a full and amazing life and am happy enough that even if I died today, I wouldn’t feel bad about it or regret much.

I didn’t always feel this way, but I do today.

I can’t remember my 10th birthday very well at all. But I do remember being a relatively happy 5th grader, having transitioned to my Flushing elementary school from Corona two years before. I can’t remember if bullies were still bothering me then, certainly there were jerks and turncoats here and there, but I had good friends, we went on some good overnight field trips in Long Island. Oregon Trail and Cops and Robbers were fun (end of 6th grade was especially awesome, if you count in Connect Four sessions) and it was still a couple of years until the horrors of JHS.

I can’t remember my 20th birthday either, but I definitely remember the circumstances. I was working in my uncle’s motel in NC cleaning dirty carpets. This was between my sophomore and junior years at Wesleyan, but I was slated to go abroad for a year at Oxford in late September.

It had been an eventful summer, at least for my young life. I had decided to turn down an internship at Wesleyan University Press for a month’s job at the circulation desk of Olin Library because I had already committed to it; probably a bad decision, but one that likely didn’t affect me much in the long term. During this time I continued to develop my relationship with a sweet and beautiful girl I had met that spring at school, my first girlfriend, who lived nearby in CT.

After that month, I came back home, took a job teaching kids at an “elite” tutor academy in Elmhurst, Queens, and was promptly fired a week later because I “couldn’t control the kids”—first and only time I’ve ever been fired from a job, and probably the first and only time I couldn’t control the kids—ha ha.

Anyway, my uncle offered me a job doing odd jobs at his motel, so I took the Amtrak down South and began working for him. Even though the work itself wasn’t too inspiring, I did meet plenty of interesting people this way, and experienced a completely different atmosphere from the North, and continued to write (I had already written a novella, novel and short story collection at this point—all bad, of course—and had won a couple of awards for high school and college kids).

My flight back—I decided to fly—was on the morning of 9/11/01. My uncle dropped me off at the airport. At the ticket counter, the woman processing my ticket told me a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center (assumably, accidentally). I laughed it off. I thought she was kidding.

When I went inside the gate, I saw the news on the TV, and realized she wasn’t kidding. I can’t remember if I saw the second plane hit live or not, but it became quickly clear this wasn’t an accident, and that I wasn’t going to make it home to NYC.

Somehow I got in touch with my uncle and he drove me back to the motel. I still remember sitting in my motel room, watching people jump out of the towers while my girlfriend, on the phone with me, told me not to watch. I took the train back a week later.

I didn’t sign up for the military, and I didn’t get drafted, since the govt decided not to institute Selective Service. As usual, I decided to follow through on the commitment I had made, for better or worse. I visited Wesleyan briefly and saw my girlfriend and friends for the last time before I went abroad on a flight where even the flight attendant was openly racist towards me.

My year at Oxford was one of the best years of my life. I had tutorials where I could read and learn what I wanted, I wrote over 50 stories and essays, I backpacked Europe extensively, including alone, and had a “trans-chunnel relationship” with my girlfriend, who was studying abroad in Paris during the latter half of the year.

I experienced some racism in Europe, most of which I’ve never written about or even talked about publicly, but compared to my experiences in gang and crime-filled NYC as a teen, it was like nothing, and on the whole, it was a good experience, even though as a person, I remember being neurotic, paranoid, depressed much of the time, and of course insecure. But I had formed great friendships, I had an on-and-off again—but mostly on—gf, and I was physically in the best shape of my life (until, possibly, now).

I do remember my 30th birthday. I was depressed and didn’t do anything special but I did have a lonely meal at a Japanese restaurant and remember complaining to an acquaintance online about my depression.

I honestly felt like a complete failure. Both my long-term romantic relationships with two great girls (sweet, beautiful, brilliant, in love with me and much else) had failed. I blamed myself and frankly, I wasn’t worthy of either of them. While I had earned two masters degrees and had a decent job (maybe not for an Indian-American or whatever, but still, not terrible), I hadn’t gotten anything but rejections for my writing. I hadn’t been published anywhere since college, I hadn’t won any awards, I had no agent, publisher, college teaching gig, or anything else, even as many of my Wesleyan classmates (Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jason Pinter, Paul Yoon, to name just a few) had already achieved publication, fame and much else. Since I pretty much judged myself solely on this standard, at least professionally, of course, I felt like a complete failure.

On the social front, I still had strong friendships, and was developing more. I still had a solid family core. I was traveling and making more friends. I was single, and I still lived at home.

Fast forward to today, and I feel completely different. I’ve published four books, albeit independently, but I’m proud of them, and I feel like each book is better than the last. I’ve gotten great reviews, they’ve hit the Amazon bestseller lists, I’ve done solid interviews, been on TV, I’m active on social media.

I’m still single after more than a decade, and I still live with my family, and I still don’t have an agent (ha ha) but so what? I still have great friends, in fact, I have more than ever. I’ve strengthened many of the friendships I had then, even at distances, and made many new ones. I’ve traveled much of the world. I have friends and acquaintances of every race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship and residency.

I live in the greatest city on Earth, where I can eat any type of ethnic cuisine at any time of the day, endlessly explore any type of culture and where I have access to pretty much anything and everything of God’s plenty including art, literature, film, scientific knowledge, and much else. I’m content with my decision not to move to Cali, at least for now. So far I’ve survived the pandemic. I’m in great shape, and I’m better than ever at basketball. I’m happy. What can I really complain about?

That said, I’m hardly done. I haven’t reached anywhere near the literary fame and stature that I’ve wanted for decades. Given the odds, I may never, but I have to keep on trying. I’ve recently won awards and grants, something that never happened to me a decade ago. My next book, Bad Americans, is progressing well.

Having been a pessimist for much of my life, I feel positive and optimistic. I think the next decade is looking up for me, or at least I hope it is. I plan to write and publish many more books, and progress my literary movement The New Wei. There are plenty of other projects in the pipeline too, of various disciplines. I’m planning another road trip across the US and other adventures. Even my dating life is better than it’s been in years. Who knows, maybe marriage and the baby in the baby carriage is on the horizon (yeah right, you wish mom, but hey, anything is possible, right?).

My 40th birthday summer has been amazing. I visited a couple of good friends near Philly. I took my recently retired parents on a fun trip to the South, where we hung out with some of our large and beloved extended family. My parents are happy. My sister, who I rarely ever talk about publicly, is happy. My good friend Bob got married and I was his proud Best Man. We had two karaoke bashes with some Bayside buds. I’m planning on having dinner with some of my closest friends tonight, weather depending. Other close friends I’ll see later. I’m taking a trip to Providence RI over Labor Day Weekend with even more. I’m planning a subway musical reading. Some of my cousins gave me ridiculously thoughtful gifts. I could go on and on.

Life at 40 is amazing. I think it will keep getting more amazing. And even if it doesn’t, so be it. It’s life. There will always be hurdles, and it has to end at some point, right?

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bbcbreakingnews · 4 years ago

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Melbourne tradie fined $1,652 for butter chicken reveals why he broke lockdown

The mystery man whose craving for an Indian takeaway cost him a $1,652 fine after he broke strict lockdown rules has been revealed.

Noel Atkinson, 48, drove 32km from Werribee in Melbourne’s west to the CBD to pick up a butter chicken from Indian restaurant Desi Dhaba on Friday night, flouting stay-at-home orders.

Following his rather expensive takeaway meal, the curry-lover has been compensated with a year’s supply of free butter chicken from the restaurant.

The strict lockdown was reintroduced in metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire on July 8 to stem the tide of rising coronavirus cases.

Noel Atkinson, 48, (pictured) was caught by police driving 32km from Werribee in Melbourne’s west to the CBD to pick up a butter chicken from Desi Dhaba on Friday night

Mr Atkinson said as it was after 11pm all restaurants in his area were closed so he found one that was open in the CBD (stock image)

‘Since it was after 11pm, all restaurants in my area were closed and I wanted to have butter chicken,’ Mr Atkinson told Times Of India.

‘I finally found one restaurant that was open but there was no home delivery to my place due to the distance. So I decided to go there.’

The construction worker was pulled over by police metres away from the restaurant, and was one of 74 people who were hit with fines for breaching lockdown that day.

Mr Atkinson told police he was out to buy food but he was ordered to head back home.

‘Cops followed me for some time to make sure I was headed back,’ he said.

There are thousands of police and military personnel checking vehicles at roadblocks across Melbourne while the lockdown is in place.

Atkinson’s craving for Indian takeaway cost him a $1,652 fine after he broke Melbourne’s stay-at-home rules (pictured, Melbourne drivers are questioned by police on the Princes Freeway during lockdown)

Workers are seen wearing face masks in Melbourne on Monday as the city endures its second lockdown while coronavirus cases continue to rise

Police also conducted thousands of spot checks at homes, business and public places across the state.

Residents are only allowed to leave their homes for work, food, medical reasons or for exercise.

But Mr Atkinson claims the rules are not clear enough and plans to contest his fine.

Desi Dhaba owner Amit Teteja said he was taken aback by Mr Atkinson’s dedication to getting his butter chicken and will now provide him a year’s worth for free.

Indian restaurants across the city have latched onto the trending topic by rolling out marketing campaigns for their delivery services, such as ‘save $1,650 by staying home’.

As of 11.59pm on Wednesday everyone in Melbourne must wear a mask or face covering when leaving home (pictured, a women in a mask in Melbourne on Monday)

Since the lockdown was reinstated on July 8, more than $1million worth of fines have been given out – the equivalent of at least 700 infringements.

The total number of coronavirus deaths in Victoria is 42 and the national toll is now 126.

The state recorded 374 new cases on Tuesday, with 3,078 cases active and 174 people in hospital, 36 of whom are in intensive care.

At 11.59pm on Wednesday, a rule requiring residents of metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire must wear a mask or face covering when leaving home will come into effect.

People in the locked-down areas who do not wear a mask when outside their residence for one of the four allowed reasons could face a $200 fine.

MELBOURNE’S SECOND LOCKDOWN

AREAS BACK UNDER STAGE THREE RESTRICTIONS:

* Metropolitan Melbourne covering 30 Local Government Areas – Banyule, Hume, Moreland, Bayside, Kingston, Mornington Peninsula, Boroondara, Knox, Nillumbik, Manningham, Port Phillip, Cardinia, Maribyrnong, Stonnington, Casey, Maroondah, Whitehorse, Darebin, Melbourne, Whittlesea, Frankston, Melton, Wyndham, Glen Eira, Monash, Yarra, Greater Dandenong, Moonee Valley, Yarra Ranges, Hobsons Bay.

* Mitchell Shire which includes the towns of Broadford, Kilmore, Seymour, Tallarook, Pyalong and Wallan.

WHAT WILL CLOSE AGAIN:

* Community sport

* Indoor sports and recreation including arenas and stadiums

* Swimming pools, saunas and bathhouses

* Food courts

* Indoor and outdoor cinemas

* Casino and gaming

* Brothels and strip clubs

* Beauty and personal care services

* Holiday accommodation and camping

* Play centres and playgrounds

* Galleries, museums and zoos

VISTORS AND PUBLIC GATHERINGS:

* No visitors allowed in homes

* Public gatherings and exercise can only be with immediate household or two people

ALLOWED OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES:

* Fishing and boating

* Tennis, golf and surfing

OPEN FOR BUSINESS:

* Retail subject to density

* Markets for food and drink only

* Hairdressers

HOSPITALITY:

* Cafes, restaurants, pubs, clubs and bars return to takeaway only

REAL ESTATE:

* Return to remote auctions

* Inspections by appointment only

INTIMATE PARTNERS:

* Visits allowed

SECOND PLACE OF RESIDENCE:

* No visits outside the restricted areas – subject to conditions

HOLIDAYS:

* Can be completed by those already on holiday

* No new holiday travel from 11.59pm on July 8

FUNERALS:

* Ten people, plus those conducting the funeral

WEDDINGS:

* Five people (couple, witnesses and celebrant)

RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES:

* Broadcast only.

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sun-of-the-mourning-blog · 7 years ago

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Tomorrow is our first date

I'm taking her to a Thai restaurant out in Bayside. While we're talking tonight, she says she's so confident our first date will go well that she already went and planned our second date for next evening, Friday. We're going to the Comedy Get Down at the Barclay Center featuring DL Hughley, George Lopez, Eddie Griffin, and Cedric the Entertainer...

I have to admit, I dig it. She's also talking about doing the NY Restaurant week too. Suggested Indian food off the bat 🙌🏾

Maybe 2018 will be my year after all 🤷🏿‍♂️

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Eat Versatile Cuisines at Famous Indian Restaurant in Bayside

With growth and expansion of restaurants across the country, there has been a trend of restaurants coming up with innovative and creative ways to attract customers. This has led many restaurants to add more features than just serving great meals. Listening to music with relishing dinner is preference of many people so for that they should visit best live band restaurant. One method of attracting customers is to offer entertainment along with dining experience.

Live music is a very popular attraction in restaurants. Types of live music performances include violinists, single instrument performer such as guitar soloist, harpist, saxophone players etc. Restaurants can also have musical groups such as jazz bands, country bands etc. These restaurants use live music to enhance the theme of their restaurant. Clubs are not just an Indian buffet restaurant they also offer full range of services including party venue hire that is ideal for everything from weddings to Christmas party venues.

Live music is perfect in the context of candlelight dinners and dates. Music is something which people enjoy hearing especially the soft tone songs. Indian restaurants are widely popular due to their versatility of spices, dishes and their vibrant presentation. Enjoy relishing spices and cuisines of Indian culture at famous Indian restaurant in Bayside. These clubs have your night of food and entertainment covered.

One can choose from their la carte menu of Indian Asian fusion cuisine or elect to experience the generous buffet. After eating the tasty meals people can have at the end delectable desserts and then can get on the dance floor. These restaurants have buzzing entertainment venue with live music playing on Friday and Saturday nights. Types of music featured on the nights include top 40 hits, swing, jazz, Bollywood, rock androll with slow ballets and dance party music so that people can enjoy thoroughly.

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5 Fun Things to Do in San Diego for Adults

Discover Some Fun Things to Do in San Diego for Adults

Sometimes it really is just frustrating trying to search through a multitude of websites in desperate hope of finding something worth doing… Well, I’ve condensed your searching into one article! Whether you live in the area and are wanting to do something different or you are on vacation and wanting to make every moment worthwhile… This should help! Get out on the water The Gondola Company The Gondola Company is basically your Passport to Italy as it allows you to experience the magical tradition of Venice… in the United States. You will have the chance to softly cruise in a private gondola - a flat-bottomed boat with high points at each end, rowed by one oar - through the beautiful canals of the Coronado Cays. There are different options for these gentle cruises such as, Pasaporto Cruise - relaxing and romantic, Sunset Cruise - a twilight gondola cruise, Carolina Cruise - for families, Fleet Cruise - to celebrate special occasions with family, friends, or coworkers… You may have up to six gondolas travelling side-by-side, seating up to forty-three people at once. Whichever you choose, you can upgrade your cruise with a professional mandolin or violin player. La Jolla Kayak With this kayak tour you will get to kayak through the La Jolla Ecological Reserve. This reserve is home to leopard sharks, Garibaldi (California’s state marine fish), kelp beds, sea lions, and sometimes even pods of dolphins. Depending on weather you may even have the chance to enter into the sea caves! Prepare to get wet! San Diego Whale Watching Cruise One specifically thrilling, yet relaxing, thing you are able to do in San Diego is whale watching! You will sail San Diego waters aboard a replica of an infamous sailing schooner - the world’s first America’s Cup trophy winner. Throughout the experience your guide will share interesting and informative commentary about any marine life in the area, as well as about some US Navy sites you will pass. Along this cruise you have the chance to spot migrating whales and/or dolphins! Exciting! Go sightseeing Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Sunset Cliffs Natural Park is a city park that sits on a unique coastal landscape. It has a three-mile family-friendly (aka, rather easy) hike along the shoreline. There are several amazing points to access on the trail which include Ladera St. and Sunset Cliffs Blvd. in the Hillside section. From these access points, you can find stairs that lead to tidepools as well as to the path that meanders along the coast. Along this said trail you will have the ability to see the Sandstone Arch and Cormorant Rock. The Meditation Gardens More specifically called, Encinitas - The Place: Self-Realization Fellowship Meditation Gardens. At these gardens you are said to lose yourself in thought as they are peaceful and “cleansing.” Here you will find yourself walking on stone and dirt paths, surrounded by well-manicured gardens filled with tropical plants, trees, beautiful vibrant flowers, and potted plants. There are also small, soothing creeks and miniature waterfalls that lead into little ponds - which are filled with colorful koi fish. Now, if you are not wanting to walk the whole time, do not worry. There are benches located along the paths and some more hidden in remote corners so you can sit down, and soak it all in. Maybe even meditate. Stonewall Peak Trail This trail, located in the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park of San Diego, is actually one of the most popular in San Diego. Upon hiking this trail, you will have the opportunity to see breath-taking three-sixty views from Cuyamaca Rancho State Park to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The trail is not too difficult, and it has a few places to stop if you want a break. Maybe have a picnic in Paso Picacho Campground - located along the trail. Something especially cool about this trail is that you will be upon rounded hills of granitic and metamorphic rock… This rock is the ancient roots of a once actively volcanic, Peninsular Range. Do not worry, it is totally safe now. Visit all sorts of parks Balboa Park Balboa Park is considered central to the story of San Diego as it started up one-hundred and fifty years ago when leaders took the step of setting aside the mesa overlooking downtown to establish a city park. It is ethnically diverse, historically rich, culturally abundant, and naturally breathtaking. This park includes seventeen museums and seemingly infinite gardens. There are different tours, restaurants, shopping places, and theaters. It is seen as one of North America’s most “iconic” urban parks - it definitely seems to be a must-see. Belmont Park Belmont Park is actually an amusement park but that can still be fun for adults… Right? There is access to laser tag, sky ropes, sky climb/rockwall, mini-golf, and a seven-dimensional theater. Who knew there even was such a thing?! Not only will you be able to participate in said activities but there are also many rides, as it is an amusement park. Some include The Giant Dipper, Beach Blaster, Control Freak, and so on. Petco Park Petco Park is a Major-League baseball park located in the downtown area of San Diego. It is also sometimes used as a venue for concerts, soccer, golf, and rugby sevens This Major League ballpark differentiates itself from others built in the same era with its absence of retro-style red brick and green seats. The stadium is garbed in Indian sandstone and stucco. Any exposed steel is painted white and the (about) forty-thousand fixed seats are dark blue. It’s a truly unique design, making for an even more special experience. Laze on the beach Black’s Beach Black’s Beach is definitely one for adults only… You will see why in a moment. This beach is perfect for surfers as the coastline has big winter swells. But, for non-surfers, the beach is known as San Diego’s nude beach. Nudism is indeed unlawful in San Diego, but it has persisted at this beach for decades. If you are looking to surf, the surfers tend to head south, of the Glider Port Trail, to the main peaks. If you are looking to laze (18+ style), the nudists hang out more north. If you are not interested in either, keep reading as La Jolla Shores may be for you. La Jolla Shores La Jolla Shores is one of the most popular beaches in all of California - it is actually on a peninsula, surrounded by three sides by the sea. During the summer and fall months, the waves are gentle, and the waters stay warm. This is perfect if you are just looking to float in the sea, maybe even lay in a raft. Or, if you are wanting to simply stick your toes in the water… ass in the sand. Ocean Beach Not only can you surf or sunbathe here, you can also walk amongst a wooden pier that extends an entire half a mile out to sea - you are permitted to fish here, too. Also, there is a sub-beach to Ocean Beach called Dog Beach. On this beach pets are not only allowed, but heavily encouraged to come at any time! See some animals San Diego Zoo Some exhibits include; Monkey Trails and Forest Tales, Owens Aviary, Scripps Aviary, Panda Canyon, Urban Jungle, Polar Bear Plunge, Discovery Outpost, Ituri Forest, Elephant Odyssey, Gorilla Tropics, and so on. San Diego Safari Park Some exhibits and attractions include; Asian Savanna and African Plains, Tiger Trail, Nairobi Village and Gorilla Forest, Hidden Jungle, Lion Camp, Condor Ridge, African Woods and African Outpost, and more. SeaWorld San Diego Some exhibits include; Aquariums, Explorer’s Reef, Dolphins, Killer Whales, Wild Arctic, and Seals and Seal Lions. There are also rides such as Bayside Skyride, Ocean Explorer, Riptide Rescue, Electric Eel, Journey to Atlantis, and the list goes on! All in all, there really are so many different, fun things to do in San Diego. From sailing San Diego waters to hiking up an inactive volcano, you have hopefully found what suits you! Have a blast with whichever one (or more) of these exciting adventures you choose! More info on things to do in San Diego can be found below: https://californiathroughmylens.com/things-to-do-in-san-diego/ https://gocity.com/blog/san-diego-for-adults/ https://www.tripster.com/travelguide/things-to-do-in-san-diego-for-adults/Sail San Diego Bay in style | America’s Cup Sailing Charter Read the full article

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Tours of Peggys Cove and Halifax NS

The HALIFAX TOUR GUYS tours of Peggy's Cove and Halifax NS are a perfect combination of local, enthusiastic guides with a private tour to reflect our culture and history.

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Our tour usually takes 5-6 hours depending on the length ‎of time spent at various stops.

Your driver/tour guide will show you all the Highlights of Halifax, stopping when and where our guests prefer for pictures, while telling you about Halifax and it’s History. Your stops can include Immigration Museum at Pier 21, Historic Victorian and Georgian Homes in the South End Of Halifax, Point Pleasant Park, and a stroll through the Halifax Public Gardens.

From there you can visit Halifax’s Citadel Hill, Fleming Park, War of 1812, Halifax Explosion, and Titanic Burial Site. We then travel towards Peggy’s Cove, stopping at Acadian Maple Products‎, for some samples of maple candy, cookies, and brittle. You can also taste samples of various grades of maple syrup, and maple wine. They also male a maple vodka, but no samples are available.

From Acadian Maple Products we proceed towards Peggy’s Cove‎, we will take you out Indian Point Road to see some beautiful Vistas of St Margaret’s Bay and if we are fortunate, see some local wildlife.

Afterwards we travel along St Margaret’s Bay, towards Indian Harbor, passing the Peggy’s Cove Museum on the way. We can stop at The Finer Diner, or once in Indian Harbor the Rhubarb Restaurant, or The Finer Diner in Hacketts Cove for lunch if your hungry.

Then on to Peggy’s Cove!

Guests that bring their Passports with them can have them stamped with the Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse at The Sou’Wester Gift Shop in Peggy’s Cove.

The Village of Peggy’s Cove was founded in 1811 when the Province issued a land grant of more than 800 acres to six families of German decent. The settlers relied on fishing as the mainstay of their economy and farmed where the land was fertile enough, using the surrounding lands to pasture cattle.

By the early 1900’s the population peaked at 300 people, but with the collapse of the fishing industry the population today is 62 people, mostly fisherman and their families.

Peggy’s Cove has a classic red-and-white lighthouse with an automated light still maintained‎ by the Canadian Government.

The lighthouse is situated on an extensive granite out crop at Peggy’s. Point, immediately south of the village and it’s cove.Visitors can explore the granite out crop around the lighthouse, but they need to use cation near the water.

Despite the warning signs posted about wet slippery rocks and unpredictable surf, visitors have slipped on the dark wet rocks in Peggy’s Cove or have been swept off the rocks by waves, sometimes drowning. Please be careful on the rocks.

On our way back to Halifax we will travel through the Village of West Dover, Communities of ‎Bayside, Shad Bay, Prospect Bay, White’s Lake and Hatchet Lake. Once back in Halifax, if time allows, we will see some more of the Highlights of Halifax on the way to your Cruise Ship.

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Dubai Premium Malls & Virtual Offices Presents Best Iftar Options

Written by News Reporter at Time Out Dubai. Original article can be found at https://www.timeoutdubai.com/news/402157-best-dubai-iftar-options-for-ramadan-2019.

Best Dubai iftar options for Ramadan 2019

Where to break the fast this year – from traditional buffet to set menus.

During Ramadan, iftar is the meal that breaks the fast after sunset each day – and there are hundreds to choose from across the city.

While many offer traditional Middle Eastern buffets, others feature contemporary set menus to be shared with family and friends.

The fast is usually broken with dates and a small drink of water, juice or Arabic coffee. Prayers are then undertaken and iftar is served – usually starting with soup, followed by rice, salads, grilled meats and more.

While many restaurants serve iftar, Emirati families often put on big evening – and you’ll even see tents popping up outside big villas.

As a reminder, the Ramadan 2019 dates are expected to start on Sunday May 5 and go on until Tuesday June 4 – although that’s subject to change because the dates are determined by the sighting of a new moon.

Is your restaurant hosting an iftar? Click here to submit a listing for inclusion on Time Out Dubai.

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Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding Get a deeper understanding and learn about the history of Ramadan in the UAE by attending this unique experience for tourists and residents alike. The SMCCU sits in the heart of Dubai’s Old Town the Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood and is a hotspot for learning about Islamic culture. Iftars will run every night from May 8 to June 1 except on Fridays. It begins with Athan (the call to prayer) followed by breaking the fast with your Emirates hosts. You’ll enjoy coffee and dates and watch the hosts pray, before joining them in a delicious Emirati dishes. Asking questions about Ramadan, Islam and UAE cultural traditions is encouraged. Available for private bookings, too. Dhs185 (adults), Dhs90 (ages seven to 11). May 8-Jun 1 (except Fridays), 7pm-9pm. House 26 and House 47, Al Fahidi District (04 353 6666).

Business Bay

Bayside Restaurant & Terrace This restaurant overlooking the water is offering a traditional spread of Arabic favourites alongside international fare with a different theme each day. Expect live cooking stations with delicacies from across the globe, with indoor and al fresco seating available. Dhs175 (adults), Dhs100 (kids aged five-12), free (kids under four). Daily, sunset-10.30pm. Steigenberger Hotel Business Bay, Dubai (04 369 0000).

Kcal Life Restaurants Not quite in the mood for cooking? Try a combo of Ramadan dishes that will be delivered right to your door – soup, mains and side, dessert and a snack for just Dhs65. Kcal focuses on serving healthy, balanced dishes. Starters include veg labneh dip and cucumber, mains include Arabian beef, chicken makloubeh or veg biryani and sweets, which are made with zero sugar or white flour, include salted tahini caramel bars, brownies and oat bar. Dhs65. Delivery: daily from 10am-1am, dine-in sunset-1am. Various locations in Dubai including Business Bay and JLT, kcallife.com.

City Walk

Gürkan Şef Take in Turkish favourites at this steakhouse with a selection of kebabs and a four-course set menu on offer for iftar. Dhs149. Daily, 7pm-10pm. City Walk, Al Safa Street (04 379 9777).

Walnut Grove This popular family-focused rustic restaurant comes to Dubai direct from South Africa. For iftar, it’s offering a three-course set menu including appetisers, mains and desserts inspired by the red, white and green of the UAE flag. Guests will also get a special gift box. Dhs129. Daily, 7pm-10pm. City Walk, Al Safa Street (04 344 441).

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Al Mansour Dhow An iftar with a difference, taking place on the back of a traditional dhow. Enjoy juices, soft drinks and a large spread of Arabic and international favourites while taking in the views of Dubai Creek. Dhs199 (adults), Dhs89 (kids aged four-12), free (kids under four). Daily, 6pm-8pm. Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Deira Creek, Deira (04 205 7033).

Aseelah Traditional iftar buffet putting Emirati dishes front and centre served with juices and soft drinks. Dhs199 (adults), Dhs89 (kids aged four-12), free (kids under four). Daily, sunset-9pm. Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Deira Creek, Deira (04 205 7033).

Fish Market Near the Creek, this restaurant has excellent views and makes fresh seafood a key part of its menu. Each night’s iftar offers a buffet as well juices and soft drinks. Dhs199 (adults), Dhs89 (kids aged four-12), free (kids under four). Daily, sunset-9pm. Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Deira Creek, Deira (04 205 7033).

Glasshouse Brasseries This art deco spot will be decorated specially for Ramadan and will serve up a traditional iftar buffet each evening. Dhs139 (adults), Dhs69.50 (kids aged six-12), free (kids under five). Daily, sunset-10pm. Hilton Dubai Creek, Deira (04 227 1111).

Minato For something a bit different this Ramadan, try the iftar buffet at Japanese restaurant Minato. It will feature some of the restaurant’s signature dishes as well as juices and soft drinks. Dhs199 (adults), Dhs89 (kids aged four-12), free (kids under four). Daily, sunset-9pm. Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Deira Creek, Deira (04 205 7033).

New Season Restaurant Iftar buffet with a wide selection of traditional dishes and delicious salads as well as Asian-inspired mezze and grills. Tea and coffee are also included. Dhs89 (adults). Daily, sunset-10pm. City Seasons, Port Saeed, Deira (04 294 2777).

QE2 Two iftars are on offer at this traditional vessel. At Majlis Al Malika, a buffet will showcase the very best in Arabian gastronomy, while at Majlis Al Mulook guests can expect live stations, grills, salads, mezze and an English roast carvery. Dhs195 (adults), Dhs97.50 (kids aged five-12), free (kids under four).Majlis Al Malika: Daily, sunset-9pm.Majlis Al Mulook: Daily, sunset-11pm. QE2, Port Rashid, Deira (04 526 8888).

Shabestan A Persian restaurant with traditional flavours and music. Expect a buffet of traditional dishes and the restaurant’s signature classics along with juices and soft drinks. Dhs199 (adults), Dhs89 (kids aged four-12), free (kids under four). Daily, sunset-9pm. Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Deira Creek, Deira (04 205 7033).

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Fogo de Chão Offering a different take on typical Arabic cuisine, Brazilian steakhouse Fogo de Chão’s nightly iftar is a must for meat-lovers. Running from sunset to 9pm, diners can mix both traditional Arabic favourites with South American specialty cuts such as alcatra (centre sirloin), cupim, fraldinha (bottom sirloin, leg of lamb and marinated chicken all served tableside by gaucho chefs. Finish with a selection of homemade desserts and wash down with iftar beverages. Dhs199. Daily, sunset-9pm. Central Park Towers, DIFC (050 616 5415).

Downtown Dubai

Angelina Café & Tearoom This Parisian-style café is creating a special four-course set menu combing French and Middle Eastern flavours. You can work your way through soups, salads, mains of steak, saffron risotto and sea bass or ratatouille and desserts, alongside aromatic Ramadan special juices in Angelina’s elegant setting. Its location in The Dubai Mall means this will be a popular spot throughout Ramadan. Prices vary. Daily, sunset-2am. The Dubai Mall, Downtown Dubai (04 449 2112).

Bab Al Mansour Iftar buffet inspired by the regions of Morocco, with live calligraphy displays each evening. Dhs220 (adults), Dhs110 (kids aged six-12). Daily, sunset-2am. Loft East, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard, Downtown Dubai (04 350 9440).

BiCE Mare Another great spot for those seeking a family-friendly iftar with Dubai Fountain views, BiCE Mare’s La Famiglia menu reinvents Italian fine dining. Expect four courses, including Mediterranean favourites such as gnocchi, meatballs and slow-roasted lamb shank, plus a selection of Italian mini cakes. Dhs195. Daily, sunset-11pm. Souk Al Bahar, Downtown Dubai (04 423 0982).

Burger & Lobster This well-known international chain will cater for fans of shellfish, burgers or both. The five-course menu will include soup, the classic cheeseburger, mini prawn roll, half a pound of lobster and tres leches to finish. Dhs149. Sat-Wed sunset-midnight; Thu-Fri sunset-2am. Burj Daman Building, DIFC (04 514 8838).

Dubai Opera The auditorium will transform into a magnificent banquet hall with three different iftar menus throughout the month. Choose from Arabic delicacies and international favourites from the huge buffets and dessert counters every night from sunset to 9.30pm. There’ll be live musicians playing, too. There’s a discount for bookings of 11 and more, call for more details. Dhs260 (adults), Dhs130 (ages six to 11), free (six and under). Daily, sunset-9.30pm. Dubai Opera, Downtown Dubai (04 440 8888).

Karak House This homegrown Emirati restaurant is serving a four-course menu of dishes that have a modern interpretation of traditional dining. Begin with lentil or chicken and mushroom soup, summer or superfood salad, mains of non-veg biryani, lamb machboos, shish taouk and finish with cheese and pistachio katayef, fudge brownie or rehash pistachio basbousa. You can opt to dine on the terrace and watch the Burj Khalifa glittering in the background. Dhs109. Daily, sunset-2am. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard, Downtown Dubai (04 551 6852).

Trèsind Throughout Ramadan, Trèsind (Time Out Dubai’s Best Indian Restaurant 2018) is running a special steak menu. And, at Dhs175, it’s a top way to experience the flair of the modern restaurant at a pocket-friendly price. Eye-catching dishes include date candy with popping sugar, meat board, steaks and chefs’ take on a baklava. A veg menu is available, too. Dhs179. Daily, sunset-11.30pm. VOCO Hotel, Sheikh Zayed Road (04 308 0440).

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Alloro Dubai The flavours of Italy meet Arabic traditions at this iftar, which promises to blend both cuisines. Wide selection of dishes on offer as well as juices and water. Dhs119 (adults), Dhs55 (kids aged 12-16). Dubai Marina (04 407 8872).

RÜYA Set menu with a weekly soup, cold and hot starters, a choice of main course and a selection of Turkish desserts served to the table. Juices, tea and coffee are also available and included. Dhs249 (adults). Daily, sunset-1am. Grosvenor House Dubai, Dubai Marina (04 3999 123).

Garhoud

Yalumba Expect Middle Eastern favourites including kibbeh, katayef and more in a large iftar buffet spread. Price includes juices and water. Dhs169. Daily, sunset-9pm. Le Meridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre, Airport Road, Garhoud (04 217 2455).

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Al Maeda Buffet featuring Lebanese cuisine including kebabs and lamb mandi. Iftar is accompanied by traditional live oud music. Special rate available for corporate bookings. Dhs139. Daily, 7pm-10pm. DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Dubai – Jumeirah Beach, JBR (055 166 8092).

BiCE Italian-inspired iftar with sharing starters and desserts as well as live cooking stations for main courses. There’s Arabic live music on the weekends. Dhs250. Daily, 7pm-11.30pm. Hilton Dubai Jumeirah, JBR (04 318 252).

Bombay Bungalow The menu brings an Indian twist with dishes such as assorted kebabs or stir-fried greens to name a few and finally a sweet desert platter. Dhs110. Daily, sunset-2am. The Beach, JBR (800 692 8779).

Oceana Restaurant Iftar buffet with live cooking stations in a restaurant decorated in a traditional Ramadan style. There’s live oud music each evening. Dhs215 (adults), Dhs107.50 (kids aged six-12), free (kids five and under). Daily, sunset-10pm. Hilton Dubai Jumeirah, JBR (04 318 2540).

Sah El Nom There’s an iftar set menu at this new Syrian restaurant on Bluewaters Dubai. Dhs145. Daily, sunset-9pm. Bluewaters Dubai, JBR (04 587 7096).

Seven Sands Restaurant Taste authentic Emirati dishes at this iftar buffet that offers cold and hot starters, main courses, a daily carving station and desserts. Dhs155 (adults), Dhs77.50 (kids aged six-12), free (kids five and under). Daily, sunset-9pm. The Beach, JBR (04 551 6652).

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Nosh Iftar buffet combining Arabic favourites and international cuisine. Live cooking stations with ouzi carving, Arabic mixed grill and shawarma. Juices included in price. Dhs135 (adults), Dhs67.50 (kids aged six-12), free (kids five and under). Daily, sunset-10.30pm. Mövenpick Hotel Jumeirah Lakes Towers, JLT (04 438 0000).

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Bebabel Tuck into some brilliant Lebanese home-style cooking with a side of Dubai Fountain views. The iftar menu includes a choice of soups, hot and cold talatas, mains such as lamb, siyyadieh and chicken freekeh with a sweet finish. Just sit back and be amazed by the water show below. Dhs120. Daily, 7pm-midnight. Fashion Avenue, The Dubai Mall, Downtown Dubai (04 419 0950).

COYA Time Out’s reigning Best Latin American presents exquisite Peruvian food with a twist. The special iftar menu is dotted with plates like beans with black truffle, sea bass croquettes, chicken tacos, shiitake and avo’ rolls, baby chicken, salmon and more. Dhs250. Daily, sunset-8.30pm. Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach, Jumeirah 1 04 316 9600).

MASTI This is currently the city’s Best Indian Restaurant, having scooped the accolade at Time Out Dubai’s awards this year thanks to its fusion-style cuisine. And, you can enjoy a special selection of Ramadan dishes for a snip at Dhs150. Highlights include dynamite cauliflower koliwada, kheema empanadas, chicken or paneer curry, MASTI-style biryani and a selection of desserts. Dhs150. Daily, sunset-2am. La Mer South, Jumeirah 1 (04 344 4384).

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Asateer During Ramadan, you’ll see tents springing up across the city at scores of restaurants. None is as big or famous as Asateer at Atlantis The Palm. It’s headed up by famed chef Ali El Bourji and typically serves 60,000 diners during the month for iftar and suhoor. Expect to find buffets for both, live cooking stations, hot and cold mezzeh, soup, grilled meat and seafood, Ramadan desserts and more. Dhs220 (adults), Dhs110 (ages four to 11), free (three and under). Daily, 6.30pm-8.30pm. Until Jun 12. Atlantis The Palm, Palm Jumeirah (04 426 2626).

Ibn AlBahr Savour authentic and fresh seafood, at fishermen owned Lebanese restaurant IBN Al Bahr. Iftar highlights include sayadieh, fish biryani and fish curry. There are glorious views out to the coastline here, too. Dhs125. Daily, sunset-2am. Club Vista Mare, Palm Jumeirah (04 553 9575).

Hakkasan Try an alternative take on traditional iftars by heading to the world-famous Cantonese restaurant. The four-course set menu includes signature dishes such as the Peking duck and dim sum platter as well as dishes specifically created for Ramadan. Dress code is smart elegant and only children aged ten and above are permitted. Dhs288. Daily, 6.30pm-onwards. Atlantis The Palm, Palm Jumeirah (04 426 2626).

Kaleidoscope Serving up a vast international buffet, Kaleidoscope features dishes from around the world and is ideal for families and groups of friends. The restaurant will be offering its usual Mediterranean, North African and Indian specialty dishes, alongside a special iftar spread with live cooking stations for a more interactive experience. It’s a goodie for young travellers. Dhs215 (adults), half-price (ages four to 11), free (three and under). Daily, 6pm-8pm. May 5-Jun 4. Atlantis The Palm, Palm Jumeirah (04 426 2626).

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Hotel Review: Capella Marigot Bay Resort and Marina, St Lucia

Capella Marigot Bay exterior with pool and bar

The St Lucian landscape, especially around the south west coast on its Caribbean edge, is a tapestry of twisty hilly roads laced with lush valleys, banana palms, hillside forests and white sandy beaches. When it comes to luxuriant beauty, this island has it in abundance.

Following one of those twisty hills leads to the five star Capella Marigot Bay Resort and Marina. It’s carved into the hills around the natural harbour of Marigot bay and the first approach is to the hotel’s reception on the hilltop. You are greeted by a flurry of team members who take your bags, offer cold towels and a drink and generally make a fuss. From there a path leads to 127 rooms that cascade downwards towards undulating and lush landscape of the resort, the pools, restaurants, marina and shops.

Bird’s eye view of the pool at Capella Marigot Bay

The property is now on its third incarnation. It had its first heyday in the 1950s when its bar, the celebrated Hurricane Hole, was the place to be seen, and stars including Ava Gardner were regulars. Then it became a Discovery resort but six years later, it was rebranded and newly refurbished by the expanding Capella hotel group for luxury seekers.

The sprawling nature of the resort means you could get lost. Staff follow the motto “to take the guest to their point of comfort” which means not just pointing them in the right direction but actually taking them to their destination, regardless of what they might be doing.

Capella Marigot Bay romantic setting for exterior dining

Who For

Affluent holiday-makers, most likely couples, looking for some St Lucian sunshine amid beautiful scenery. Families too, but currently there is no kids’ club.

Accommodation

Bedroom at Capella Marigot Bay

The air-conditioned rooms are very spacious, cool and shady to escape the tropical sun with lashings of teak wood floors, doors and shutters and balcony. Four poster king size beds have mosquito nets and the large, black-tiled bathrooms generally come with wet rooms with oversized shower heads and fine toiletries. A few have baths too.

Some rooms come with their own outdoor Jacuzzi built into wide verandas, and many have views over the bay and the large open-air kidney-shaped pool. There’s coffee and tea making facilities, a large TV, a mini bar and a safe.

Facilities

The Aurega Spa at Capella Marigot Bay

The Aurega Spa, named after a constellation in the northern hemisphere, has a sensational menu of massages, wraps and beauty treatments. Their signature treatments are based on the cycles of the moon, lasting 120 minutes. There’s a modern gym too and a beauty salon.

On hot days, a dip in the infinity pool or being perched by the pool bar sipping blessedly cool cocktails is just the tonic. Both are surrounded by stylish cabanas or shaded day beds and egg chairs.

Food and drink

Rum Cave so called for its huge selection of rums

The Hurricane Hole has now been replaced with the with Rum Cave, its design reminiscent of a cellar. It’s new name reflects its extensive range of rums including locally distilled rums such as the Chairman’s Reserve, Admiral Rodney and 1931 – the best rum you can get. This is a small cosy space and tables are made from barrels and diners sit on high stools. Ambience is informal and the menu includes a selection of small plates (nine tapas style options) created for sharing.

Their signature restaurant is The Grill at 14⁰61⁰. Its location at the resort’s highest point means you get to enjoy the stunning views and watch the yachts as they moor or leave the harbour while dining al fresco or choose to sit indoors.

There is pool bar with stools so you can snack and drink without whilst still in the water. But if you don’t fancy that you can make yourself comfortable at the Brut Bar nearby for some sushi.

A short walk along the marina is the al fresco Bayside Cafe which is ideal for informal dining. Though not owned by the hotel there are other restaurants including a lovely Indian restaurant called Masala Bay.

What’s nearby

The Capella Marigot Bay marina looks romatic in the evening light

A short stroll across a bridge and a walkway that passes the sometimes extravagant yachts moored in the marina, leads to a quaint development of shops and restaurants. In the evening the marina is lit up and as the colours shimmer in the harbour water, its easy to get lost in the romance of the scene.

There’s no doubt that the harbour and marina are beautiful, and there is a tiny beach opposite. Better still there is a 15-minute speedboat shuttle that can take you to Anse Cochon beach as part of the Capella experience. They throw in the towels too. You can snorkel there to get a gorgeous eyeful of the coral reef.

Marigot Bay is located between Castries and Soufriere, each less than an hour drive away. Or ask the hotel to arrange a guided tour to catch a boat to Soufriere and visit the Maranatha Botanical Gardens to view tropical and native plants and learn about their therapeutic properties. Then visit Tet Paul Nature Trail where after a brief hike to the summit, a stunning view of the island’s majestic twin peaks, the Piton unfolds before you.

For a little more adventure book a rain forest adventure and experience a tour of the forest canapy via a cable, trek its mountainous landscape or zip line all the way up and back down.

Wifi available?

Yes and its free

Room rates

Prices from $550 (£355.00) per room, per night in a ‘Resort View’ room, based on two adults sharing.

More info

St Lucia tourist board has lots of information worth reading

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REVIEW OVERVIEW Service Location Food SUMMARY

Sensational service, beautiful views and delicious food make for a fabulous holiday experience. One minor gripe is the lack of beach, but never mind, there is a boat shuttle to Anse Conchon.

4.7

OVERALL SCORE

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Chuck Feeney: the billionaire who gave it all away

Conor O’Clery, Irish Times, March 3, 2018

Chuck Feeney today is a man of no property. He and his wife Helga live in a modest rented apartment in San Francisco. He has no car or luxuries of any kind. Actually, come to think of it, he has a very nice watch. It is plastic and cost about $15.

There are no trophies or vanity photographs in the apartment to show that he has devoted his $8 billion fortune to making the world a better place.

It was always so with Feeney, a brilliant entrepreneur who became a billionaire through the company he co-founded, Duty Free Shoppers, back in the 1960s. The frugal globe-trotting philanthropist routinely flew economy class, stayed in small flats, and ordered the second-cheapest white wine in restaurants.

The key moment in Chuck’s giving career, one that was to enhance the lives of millions of people, came on November 23rd, 1984. On that day Feeney, his then wife, Danielle, and his lawyer Harvey Dale, flew to the Bahamas, a location chosen to avoid huge legal penalties for what they were about to do. They gathered in a rented conference room. At 4pm Chuck began signing a series of documents. Then they left for the airport.

While millions of Americans expressed gratitude that Thanksgiving weekend for their material blessings, Chuck Feeney felt a profound sense of relief. He had just divested himself of all that he owned, cash, businesses and shares, and placed them into a foundation he created, known today as Atlantic Philanthropies.

It was done in the utmost secrecy. Feeney continued to manage the businesses, and buy and sell properties around the world, so everyone thought he was still a billionaire, even Forbes magazine.

I asked Chuck more than once why he decided to give it all away. Never one for introspection he replied simply: “It was the right thing to do.”

I believe the reasons included an innately generous personality, discomfort with the trappings of wealth as a product of an Irish-American neighbourhood in New Jersey where “nobody blows their horn”, and the example set by his mother, a nurse who was always helping others.

He was also influenced by Andrew Carnegie’s essay The Gospel of Wealth, with its famous declaration that “the millionaire will be but a trustee for the poor”.

After that day in Nassau, Feeney began a lifelong quest to do good things with his wealth, while growing the businesses and property portfolio to provide more funds for his foundation’s giving.

A chance invitation to join a consortium of Irish Americans to buy Ashford Castle in Co Mayo brought Chuck Feeney to Ireland in 1985.

Feeney always had a sentimental attraction to the land of his ancestors. He carried in his wallet a Thornsticks card identifying himself as an Irish American, passionately proud of Irish culture and customs but “without publicity, fanfare or personal reward”.

He hired Pádraig Berry, a graduate like himself from Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, to help find opportunities for investing in Ireland on behalf of the foundation. He started by buying the Kilternan Hotel in Co Wicklow and Heritage House on St Stephen’s Green in Dublin.

Feeney came and went, not sure at first how to help. The Irish economy in the 1980s was moribund. One in five adults were out of work. Education, he figured, was a key to recovery.

In 1987, a chance introduction by John Healy, director of the Irish American Partnership, to Ed Walsh, head of what is now University of Limerick, opened the door. Chuck began funding the institution, with the stipulation that he remain anonymous.

In the following 30 years, Feeney’s money transformed all Irish universities, revolutionised high-level research and supported the peace process and countless community causes, north and south.

His peripatetic lifestyle led him also to Vietnam and Australia, where, as in Ireland, he became the biggest donor in their history, and to Cuba and South Africa.

Another critical moment came in New York on March 3rd, 2003, when Feeney signed off on a decision to spend everything in his lifetime. “Giving while living,” he called it.

Foundations usually dole out 5 per cent annually to maintain perpetuity. Chuck wanted to do big things, especially with bricks and mortar.

“If I have $10 in my pocket and I do something with it today, it’s already producing 10 dollars’ worth of good,” he explained to me one day in his New York office, wearing a cardigan with a hole in the sleeve. “Giving 5 per cent doesn’t do so much good.”

This meant selling the foundation’s properties in Ireland and elsewhere. The biggest wrench for Chuck was offloading Castletroy Park Hotel in Limerick, which he had built. It was the first modern hotel of its size in Ireland since the second World War. He would sit unnoticed in the lobby and watch how guests were treated. “It was his baby,” said former manager Áine McCarthy.

The disposal of the foundation’s assets meant the foundation could make major investments before it shut up shop.

The final initiative in 2016 was the allocation of $600 million to promote a generation of global Atlantic Fellows to create fair, healthy and inclusive societies long into the future. Of this, $177 million was assigned jointly to the Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity College Dublin and to the University of California, San Francisco, for equity in brain health.

Now aged 86, Feeney’s travelling days are over, but as he tucks into his favourite dish--chicken--in his Bayside restaurant he can reflect how his example has exploded in philanthropy.

He got a letter one day from Amit Chandra in which the Indian billionaire confided he was so inspired by Feeney’s story he has devoted much of his own wealth to creating schools, hospitals and universities. He thanked Chuck for the “joyous journey” this entailed.

As Chuck Feeney said once, it is their call what the rich do with their money, but they will get more satisfaction giving it when living than when dead. “Besides,” he added, “it’s a lot more fun.”

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