What i love about the arrival of winter time in Q8 is the drive to the free trade zone… i would buy myself a yummy drink, go to where the flamingoes are, roll down the window and stare at them, listen to them chirp or tweet or whatever sound they make… I always fail to [...]

Since it’s officially winter today… i have the PERFECT outdoorsy place for you to have breakfast, enjoy the weather, and see & be seen! The lounge cafe in Al Bidaa!!! Pancakes for breakfast with 3 kinds of different syrups with the wind blowing all around me and the sun shining over my head!? I am [...]

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I noticed that in some places when i see Nowwair i see this new orange warda right next to it… how Pretty!!! Chanzain all new flowers are as big and colorful as this one Filed under: Februart in Q8, Life, Q8, Things I like, Winter in Q8

When our bone chilling winter settles in… there is nothing that rivals a warm cosey Dowwa with a side of Kastana, Milk, Qers 3qaili, Chai Fa7am, Darabeel… and some bukhoor!!!
While browsing around Mbarkiya this past weekend i found the cutest ever Dowwa… it was so tiny -as big as my tiny msi pc- and cost [...]

In the first days of December (or January)… when the cold starts to seep into your bones and shake you uncontrollably from within… there is nothing like a hot steaming cup of Milk infused with golden Saffron strands and spicy sweet Cardemom pits to hold between your hands…

Step aside you bland hot cocoa with marshmallows! To [...]

With the first drop of rain every sandy corner in Q8 suddenly wears a cloak of green dotted with yellow! Look closely and you see a scrawny little yellow flower we call Nowwair! Don’t be fooled by it’s size…  it grows wherever it feels like… under the pavement near traffic lights, under the bricks on [...]