Wednesday, April 13, 2011

i stole a banana

the other day when i was walking back to my hotel room after working out (i was STARVING), i walked by a cart in the hall that had platters of fruit on it, so i swiped a banana. not sure if this is common knowledge - theft is not prevalent in the mid-east. i think they cut your hand off or something. but seriously, people leave their bikes unlocked on the street. one night we were eating al fresco at a restaurant and it started to rain. some of our dining companions had already departed and had a few hundred dirhams on the table. in our rush to get out of the rain and grab a table inside we forgot the money. we remembered the cash about 30 minutes later and when we went back to get it, it was still there. anyway, right after i stole the banana and went to my room, some guy knocks on the door and i freaked thinking it was the po-po coming to take me to prison. but he just wanted to check the mini-bar. luckily, i still have my two hands.

there's a diner in doha with a lot of texas kitsch - ric's kountry kitchen. the grits were excellent:


have i mentioned that i need jeff's permission to get a driver's license here?

why do we care about a 'facts of life' reunion? i don't really care what tootie and blair are up to nowadays.

t.

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