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Champagne In First
I can’t recall a time, when offered one of those plastic pearly flutes of sparkling wine (so rarely actual Champagne, unless it’s Air France or Emirates or maybe Cathay) …I can’t recall ever saying, “No, just a water, thanks.” And when they’ve truly upgraded you and served you the bubbly in a real glass, I…
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The Bitch And The Burj
From this angle it looks like an icicle fashioned from obsidian, one stolen from the entrance to a fantastical mine and levered from the earth to pierce the clouds. As the fountains shoot up light against the sky settling into night, I look up at the Burj Khalifa, a symbol of Dubai in all its…