Our five year adventure in Doha, Qatar ended June 1, 2012, but the memories will always remain. It's back to Texas where I have decided...Qatar isn't cornering the market on "quirky", as I once believed. Thanks for opening my eyes to the world, Doha!
I have to share one more photo that I took on our TGI Friday's outing at Landmark two nights ago. If you're not a local, be it Qatari or expatriate, you may not understand some of the "rules and regulations" in Qatar. You've probably figured out by now that it is an extremely conservative country, though not nearly as much as its neighbor, Saudi Arabia. Most people here still have their hands and feet in tact and I haven't heard of any stonings taking place, public or otherwise (and if they have, I honestly do not want to hear about it!). Some of these rules can be a bit murky such as those regarding pda...public displays of affection. The most common pda you will see is that of men holding hands while strolling the corniche or the malls. Since homosexuality is strictly forbidden here, it's up to one's own interpretation of what exactly they're up to. Other than that, you will see the occasional hand holding of married couples, but not of unmarried. That would be haraam. Movies at the local cinemas are censored so that offensive things like kissing and beyond will not be witnessed so as not to let the evil ways of westerners rub off. On the flipside, the cable tv 
provided by our villas shows all types of nudity and smut, but I guess that must fall under a different category. So forgive me if I find this life sized poster advertising "better sexual performance" quite amusing. "When life seems easy and it seems hard"? Hmm.
are despicable. Millions of dollars were spent on a "false" rescue mission, not to mention the lives you endangered all for your self inflated ego. Using children as pawns for money, power, and celebrity will undoubtedly cause great concern for you come judgment day. May God have pity on your soul. Now, do you want to know how I really feel? I think not. Rant over.
Howwwwwwdy! Not that Minnie Pearl! I'm talking about Qatar's man made island, The Pearl. David and I took advantage of the mild 
temps (90's) this weekend and drove out there to see how it is progressing. I was surprised at how very few people were hanging out and strolling around. Certainly there aren't many things open yet, but just sitting out at one of the half dozen or s
o coffee shops that are open along the boardwalk makes for a pleasant afternoon. It will be even more pleasant when that advertised "Chocolate Bar" opens
! The Pearl definitely has a ways to go on completion, but the progress is obvious. We spent most of our time deciding which of the yachts in the harbor would "suffice" fo
r us. We settled for the one in the pic. Now, it's off to work (that four letter word) for me. Just kidding about the four letters, it's a nice diversion. Not from you guys...geez, y'all are so sensitive! Later.
Talk about being at the right place at the right time or maybe just call it the Luck of the Irish*. I mean, David and I do both qualify if we trace those bloodlines far enough back. I guess reality is that the odds were with us, since we do visit Bennigan's two to three times a week. It was Thursday night soon after we were seated and had ordered our meal when we saw the manager heading our way with a big ol' t-bone steak. As I'm thinking, wrong table buddy, he says, "Sir, we would like you to try this steak out for us, and tell us if it is ok". You could tell how much David was put off by the whole ordeal by the speed in which he gobbled it up, barely taking the time to offer me any. Haha, like I needed permission to dig in. USDA steaks can be hard to come by in these parts, and it was every bit deserving of that seal. What a great appetizer for our impending main course. Thank goodness David and I usually just share entrees. If that wasn't enough, the manager 
approached us when we finished our "ordered" meal and asked if he could offer us dessert since we were so kind as to try out their new vendor's steak. Uh, ok. Bring it on. Did he seriously think that we'd turn him down. Thank goodness we went to the gym before Bennigan's.
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