Momo

Last night attended Momo, somewhere on the other side of town, with a few friends from Sharjah Women's. Smoked some apple-flavored Sheesha and ate way too many appetizers. Also drank Moroccan tea out of the most ornate gold-and-silver-relief teapot ever. Listened to live DJ spin cool persian house music. Amusingly, the DJ eventually switched to American pop/house music, at which point the waiters and bartenders who were there became much more animated and started to bust some dance moves while they were walking around. It occurs to me that they probably have to listen to the same cool persian house music mix every single day of their lives... so perhaps the Justin Timberlake was really something refreshing for them? I bet it was somebody's personal mix CD. (As it got later, the place got emptier.) We were there until the lights went up and they kicked us out. My pal Sally from Oz was hit on by an Egyptian taxi driver on her way over, who said she could call him anytime for a taxi. She tested out his offer by calling him when we left - and, poor useless fellow, he was at home sleeping and unable to provide the promised ride. Now he'll never get anywhere with her... although dating a taxi driver would be ideal, since nobody thinks twice about a single woman alone with a man who is driving her taxi. People DO think twice about a single women alone with a man pretty much anywhere else in the world. All of our buildings have security teams who keep a watchful
eye on everything... I was surprised to learn that some of my galpals actually have to sneak in their male guests (she'll go in, he'll wait outside for five minutes and then follow.) Not that they would be stopped, just that it might create a hassle. Soon all the neighbors would be talking about the floozy western woman in their building, maybe even calling the police to complain. Just a hassle. Speaking of police, I imagine they spend a lot of time attending to traffic accidents and
complaints about western floozies, since there's not much actual crime.

Also, the Italian tennis player who beat Justine Henin has been eliminated from the tourney. Sigh.