A Very Busy Month

August is an entire month of thanksgiving for us. It kicked off with our 4th wedding anniversary on the first week and then there's my birthday towards mid of august. The result? An entire month of treating ourselves out.

We spent our anniversay with a dinner at Romano's Macaroni Grill in Dubai Festival city. I don't really think I have taken much pix since by the time the food arrived, we were either squabbling, chasing the two little rascals on the restaurant, asking both of them to temporarily stop scribbling on the dining tables. Between all those mess, there's hardly any time to take pictures.

Needless to say Romano's Macaroni Grill is still one of our favorite restaurants, it's family oriented and serves really good Italian foods. It's the only restaurant in the whole of UAE that I knew, which allows kids to scribble on the table covers...literally. I would have loved it better in the cold seasons where we get to eat Al Fresco and enjoy the view in the promenade. But since it's still august and the temperatures are still rising to a torturing degree, we have no choice but to stay inside. Marked then surprise me with a wonderful cake from French connection. Loved it. As with all French connection's cake, it tasted wonderful.

We celebrated my birthday with a family outing at Al Hamra Fort in Ras Al Khaimah. The place was spectacular. I had chosen an arabic villa for a room, facing the sea. Our balcony is literally a few steps away from the beach and it was truly wonderful to wake up in the morning and step out in the balcony and walk bare footed along the beach enjoying the water and the early sun. It has two swimming pools, a jacuzzi, a spa, and a separate area exclusively reserved for water sports. We did indulge ourselves a lot on that experience.

Twenty four hours and greatly tanned skin later, we drove back to Dubai back to our sweet home. Was it fun? Yes. Angela and Carmela surely had fun and the best part is, they may be young enough but they truly remember it. Angela only refers to all the places that we go as "the hotel". but something tells me she remembers.

It was a truly amazing month and I may have entered the age of 30 but it doesn't really bother me. I know I'm ready.