Happy 2005!

I'll write more about New Year's eve soon, but today let me just throw out there one thought: A small glass of beer costs seven dollars here, whereas a decent lunch costs about three bucks. But the two Heinekens I drank last night were more than worth it, because they gave me the courage to go up to the guy wearing the kilt and ask him if that was really a kilt, really, for real, an actual kilt, and are you really Scottish, for real, from Scotland. It was, and he was. Such a happy, happy night.

Also, I took the picture that defines, once and for all, Dubai. It is absolutely the final word on this city. I can't wait to post it!