Dear Abu Dhabi Week, Please can you liaise with the bus service and arrange a pull out pocket-size timetable of the buses as I would like to drive into town and then use the buses to get around town – Dubai Metro has one and it is very handy. ...
Letters
Dear Abu Dhabi Week, Non-smokers are being punished at one of Abu Dhabi's malls, it seems. At coffee shops non-smokers have to sit in less pleasant places because the smokers sit inside by the windows – so they get the views! One can't venture...
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Hindu temple: “Is any community hall or temple available in Abu Dhabi for doing Hindu Prayers?” writes Ganesh. We know of no existing Hindu temples in Abu Dhabi but there must be a suitable space somewhere in the city that could be used for...
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No questions this week, but plenty of answers. Metallic paper: Several readers recommended Craft Corner – 02 622 2563, located at the Corniche end of Airport Rd near the Central Market development (“best to ring for directions as it is...
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Dear Abu Dhabi Week, Yesterday, I needed to send a package. UPS told me they have an office on Old Airport Road and gave me Al Wahda Mall as a cross-street reference. I checked an article I had saved and noted that Old Airport Road was also 4th...
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Dear Abu Dhabi Week, A good little World Cup guide, but come on – Spain v Netherlands in the final? Surely you jest. Mark Clapham Editor: Our assessment was made on a careful calculation of relative strengths, the world rankings, performance in...
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Dear Abu Dhabi Week, Through the media, Dubai seems to be promoting the World Cup 2010 in a very big way, and from your weekly editorials I've not witnessed something similar here. Both E-Vision and du are out to make a quick buck charging an...
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Dear Abu Dhabi Week, Back in autumn 2009, you ran a short item in Abu Dhabi Week referring to a new book club I was setting up. Your story was very successful for us and we got several new members as a result. In fact, the book club has been...
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Dear Abu Dhabi Week, Big congratulations and well done for your No 1 position with the biggest magazine in Abu Dhabi. I honestly didn’t realise that you were so widely read! I loved the idea that 81,659 copies would go around the Aldar ‘wheel’...
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Dear Abu Dhabi Week, It was a nice surprise yesterday (Thursday) early morning to see the ADW at my front door at 6.20 am before dashing off to work. I try my level best to be one of the many to grab my copy from the stand that sits in the...
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