2007

After having a handful of good meals at the Aloha Angel Cafe on Hawaii’s Big Island over the years, I was simply stunned by the horrific service I experienced awhile back. It all started when my family and I decided to celebrate a few Birthdays while on vacation. My mother made reservations a [...]

I don’t typically talk about “work” on my blog, but feel obligated to talk about the chocolate & peanut butter combination of search engine marketing & public relations, known as SEM PR. I was reminded of this topic by an email I just received promoting an upcoming PR conference: TurnPROn. While I’m not able [...]

On the last day of my Dubai visit, I decided to check out Wild Wadi water park. Wild Wadi was built by Jumeirah Group (famous for creating the Burj Al Arab - which is located across the street from Wild Wadi). Wild Wadi goes toe-to-toe with the best water parks in the world [...]

I’m no expert on Dubai or the Middle East, but I found the research we conducted to prepare us for our week-long journey was somewhat misleading and deserves a little clarity.  My recommended travel tips are below:

When flying to Dubai, I highly recommend bringing a few Tylenol PMs to help [...]

It wouldn’t be a trip to Dubai without a desert sunset safari tour. Our hotel recommended Lama’s desert safari tour, so we ran with it. We were picked up at the hotel by our driver (albeit a little late due to the infamous traffic) and headed towards the hills. After an hour [...]

On the final night of our Dubai trip, my wife and I elected to experience Ramadan with a special dinner prepared at The Ritz Carlton. The Ritz set up a special tent out on the beach, expertly and tastefully decorated. The buffet consisted of a wide array of traditional Ramadan dishes. Combined [...]

The past two days in Dubai have absolutely flown by. My GITEX keynote yesterday morning went well, as I made a few new friends (and hopefully no new enemies) with my presentation. After getting a little work done and relaxing briefly at the hotel, my wife and I headed out to dinner with [...]

In preparation for my trip to Dubai, UAE, I’ve conducted extensive research into Dubai’s economic development, and found Dubai Holding is THE organization responsible for building and developing Dubai’s infrastructure. Jumeirah Group is one of Dubai Holding’s interests, who is in turn the owner and operator of Burj Al Arab, Dubai’s 7 star luxury [...]

We spent our second full day in Dubai visiting the Bur Dubai side of Dubai Creek. While the original Dubai settlement (including the fort) is on the West side of the Dubai Creek, the East side grew faster in the earlier days of the settlement. As such, the Bur district feels much newer [...]

My wife and I spent our first day in Dubai walking through Deira, the older section of town known for its souks (or markets). Within an hour of departing our Dubai hotel by taxi, we confirmed what our preliminary research told us: it’s an extremely hot place with extremely bad traffic. It took [...]