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#40 liloneoftheashes joins instagram

Haha. I’ve given in. I don’t know how active I’m gonna be, but I’ll try and keep to my theme ;) So before that post on the awesome ladies nights, brunch, or event goes live on this blog, I’ll keep you...

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#41 A Day at The Beach – Part 1

We spend a lot of time at The Beach. Breakfast in the weekends, schoolnight cycling sessions, random dinners when we can’t be bothered cooking, it’s just so beautiful there. I probably write too much...

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#42 Witnessing a solar halo in Paphos

We’re back! :) I normally get lazy to do travel blog posts, as that’s where Mr Mustard comes into play…… Here’s the first of hopefully more to come, of our lil getaway to Cyprus…… On the fourth day in...

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#44 The Royal Peacocks

I’m thinking of creating a new category on my blog. The random animals in Dubai? Hehe. There’s the Royal Rabbits. Now I have the Royal Peacocks. Next would be the Dogs of the Marina? Ideas?? So on...

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#45 degrees and more

I’ve been on a blogging hiatus. Work’s been absolute manic, I feel like I’ve been completely swallowed up, but you know what – I actually really enjoy it, weird as that may seem. How are you, how has...

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#46 On red wine and chips

Sitting in Bar Rouge, a glass of Genesis Cab Sav to my right with a little bowl of chips, or as the British tend to correct everyone else – ‘No, they’re called ‘crisps’‘ ;) It’s been awhile since I’ve...

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#47 The dodgy side of Dubai, exposed via search items

If you don’t own a website, you probably don’t realize that everything you search for is actually visible to either the search engine, or the webpage owner that you end up on. Here on...

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#48 Above the Clouds – Spring 2015

Just to add to my ‘above the clouds’ series over the last few years, here’s a collection of photos taken from my phone when I woke up yesterday morning ;) Always pretty isn’t it…… Click here for the...

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#49 “Smoking to be banned in all indoor bars in the UAE”

Now, if you clicked on this post, you fall into either of three categories : Category A : You smoke, maybe a lot, or maybe just one or two when you’re having a drink, and you don’t mind the smell of...

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Smoke-free Bars in Dubai

So here you go, a little list of bars that are ‘nearly there’ in being smoke–free  I.e no smoking allowed indoors, or that they have an allocated non-smoking section. To be honest it was very difficult...

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#51 From ladies nights and brunches, to being…. pregnant

I thought for a long time how to do this post. Or really, how to carry on blogging, since my write-ups, although focused mainly on deals, revolve predominantly around a party sorta life-style. Boozy...

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#52 Food wastage in the UAE

I’m sure a lot of people have a lot to say about this. We’ve all been to brunches and the many glorious buffets in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, or wherever you live in the UAE. My  blog focuses mainly on that...

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Newborn Photography : Our in-house shoot with Zoomin

Just yesterday we received the final package from Zoomin. It was as if christmas had come early We popped the dvd on and watched the slideshow, big smiles spread over our faces. So happy with their...

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Yoga and Pilates : From Liloneoftheashes and Friends

Click here for original post on Citispi’s website ***** I’ve been to a fair share of yoga and pilates classes in Dubai over my short time here. In tune with International Yoga Day coming up on the 21st...

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#53 The Adventures of Mr Mustard : My Favourites

If you’re staying in the UAE for Eid, I did a collection of cool deals around town that you may go to, for Citispi – click here to have a browse through😉 If you’re planning to go away, like step into a...

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#54 Blogging, as a momma

I know, I know, I did say that I try to keep my blog as impersonal as possible but, here’s one from the heart. I love to write. If you’re a blogger as well, a freelance writer, journalist, I’m sure you...

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#55 Ten Things I wish I knew before I had my little one

I was chatting with a very dear friend tonight about “the early days”, of what I wish I knew, and thought it might be a good idea to do a post on it – to a) remind myself when the time comes for the...

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Baby-friendly activities in Dubai : The not too expensive ones

You no longer have an income. You want to get out of the house because, as cute as your three-month old is – it’s nice to socialise with some adult people once in awhile. Then you start researching...

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What annoys me most, as an event organiser : This is for the hotels and...

Martin Kubler from SPS:Affinity did a really good piece on “How to alienate guest digitally” recently – click here to have a read of it. It was directed to the hotels, on what not to do, in the social...

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#58 Above the Clouds – 2016

Another in my series of photos taken from our place, of the famous ‘Dubai fog’ – click here for the others. A little different this time round…. this is the ‘mummy version’, i.e getting up just as the...

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