A little while ago I spent a pleasant evening in the (then) cool Dubai evening weather enjoying tasty pasta whilst being interviewed about my blog.
I must admit I enjoy being interviewed as it really is a situation where you have to think on your feet and when the subject is near to your heart then the more fun it is. It seems that the Editor of Viva (the biggest selling Women’s magazine in the middle east) enjoyed my blog and wanted to put a feature on it in their magazine.
The feature was published in this months issue and it brought a wry smile to my face. I enjoyed it throughly. Below is a scan from the magazine:
I want to thank Catherine Langley, one the finest new hounds in Dubai in giving me a chance to appear in Viva. To everyone else – go and pick up a copy if you live in the middle-east and see an Englishman in Dubai in print.
EDIT: You can download the pdf here
Nice interview Aaron – I think they did a great job in capturing your best side when they took the accompanying photo
By: Terry Jones on May 8, 2008
at 1:52 am
Congrats for the exposure…. you truly deserve it.
By: Umar in Dubai on May 8, 2008
at 10:00 am
hello,
i have bought last year an apparment in the marina namely silverence tower near the marina mall,do you know when it will be open?
the rents are going very high there in the marina do you know that there are many apparments empty?
regards,
yves belgium
By: yves on May 12, 2008
at 11:33 am
Hi Yves – Silverene looks like a really nice development in an excellent location. Congratulations on your purchase.
As for completion of Silverene it is hard to say – they have along way to go- best bet would be to have a look at the tread on this development on the Skyscrapercity Forums – here
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=577
It seems to me that new developments take about a year to start to get “full” – I visited a friend in JBR last night and the carpark was nearly overflowing.
By: Aaron on May 12, 2008
at 4:28 pm
guess what!!! i purchased that…upon reading from pages to pages, i landed on the page where u are featured and I’ve read it…out of curiosity, here i am browsing your website….who knows i might turn to be 1 your future fans…
keep it up…. and when i landed my foot in Dubai, I’ll be asking for your autograph personally…hope you wont turn me down….
I’ll be reading you diary as well…..
hope to meet u someday….
emerald
QATAR
By: emerald on May 19, 2008
at 1:35 am
Hi Emerald – thanks for the kind comments. I hope you enjoy the blog!
All the best
Aaron
By: Aaron on May 19, 2008
at 6:02 pm
Wow, that’s so cool. I usually get tired of reading ppl’s blogs cause they turn boring or annoying but somehow you seem to have avoided this. I really enjoy your pics too. I don’t think that magazine is here in Egypt though.
By: Ilka on May 27, 2008
at 2:37 pm
Thanks Ilka! I will try and keep the blog refreshing!
By: Aaron on May 28, 2008
at 7:49 am