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Whoops, dropped the ball for a while there. Bit busy with work stuff and Am Dram bits and bobs. Managed to squeeze in a bit of night life around the edges though. A friend from the US was in town last week, so there was an obligatory trip to Trader Vics and Zinc. At the latter venue, I pulled off my usual coup of sweet-talking two random females into joining our group for 5 minutes in to bring the the number of ladies in the party up to 5, thus entitling us to a free VIP table and a bottle of Vodka. Sweet! The following day saw me venturing up to Bur Dubai for a Black Tie fundraising do for the Dubai Diggers Dragon Boat team. Free wine and beer flowed all night, and then someone suggested that we stroll down the road to Rock Bottom, a questionable idea at the best of times, but a definite bad call when sporting a bespoke dinner suit and hand made black patent dress shoes. I spent the rest of the evening sipping Bullfrogs whilst standing in the corner trying not to get stuff spilled on me. Last night was a simple jaunt out to Agency at Madinat. A couple of glasses of 2010 Sabourin Cab Sav and a cheese fondue, rounded off with a few Tanqueray and Tonics. Very civilised....