OK, it’s not getting hot; it is hot. You know summer is here when you walk outside and your palms start sweating and your flip flops (thongs for all you antipodeans) slip off your equally sweaty feet – and it’s only June! There is a tendency...
Editorial
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When I first arrived in Abu Dhabi nine months ago, my decision to move into an apartment in Khalifa City A was questioned by my friends and colleagues living ‘on the island’. I was bombarded by comments along the lines of: “but it’s so far...
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With so much talk of kids summer activities in this issue we thought it would only be fair to give all of our readers without children a few suggestions on how to keep themselves busy over the long, hot summer months. But what else is there...
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We’d like to say a huge thank you to Abu Dhabi Police this week. For the first time in months we haven’t had to sit in a traffic jam at the entrance to Salam Street from Maqta Bridge. Why? Well because the wonderful boys in green have been...
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Well first of all thank you to all those who wrote in to the team here at Abu Dhabi Week after reading last week’s column. We asked you to tell us what you thought of the magazine and we were inundated with emails telling us what a great job...
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This week we’d like to say a big Abu Dhabi Week thank you to all our readers. Since we launched our first issue just under two-and-a-half years ago, our aim has been for as many of you as possible to get a copy each week from as many different...
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For quite some time Saadiyat has acted as a cut through for commuters whizzing from one end of Abu Dhabi to the other, but with the news that several hotels, a beach club and even some luxury villas are set to open their doors towards the end of...
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With the arrival of Abu Dhabi’s first organic street market this Friday at Masdar City, our thoughts are focused on all things green – and yummy organic food of course. We’re a few weeks into a healthy eating plan ourselves. After years of...
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This week we’re all about fundraising as we gear up for a weekend of table-top sales, waiter races and charity gala dinners. First up is the Hilton’s Support Japan Table-Top Sale at the Hiltonia Beach Garden this Friday 22nd April. From 3pm...
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Two and a half years ago I arrived at Abu Dhabi airport with no more than a battered old pink suitcase and a whole heap of anticipation. I had little idea what to expect from the capital, and even less of an idea of how my time working to help...
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