day 80 – at sea

we left dubai this morning, and since we were still docked here overnight, i gave myself ‘til this evening to do the port song… so today i had to write that, do my blog, meet with my friend brianna for a hang time before she goes home (some time soon, not sure which port) and bob and i had to clean our room for a cabin inspection tomorrow morning…

by the way, bob and louise have been seeing a bit of each other… you remember, louise, my ipad… bob is my tech wizard who takes documents from word and pdf files and puts them onto my ipad for me… he’s a genius, and he's awesome, and he does so much to make my life easier that i would certainly be stopped in my tracks without him!  he has really helped me to streamline my whole process out here so much; to get rid of stacks of papers and books and get them all onto this sleek little ipad… what a world!  what a husband!

my theme tonight was “the music of the beatles.”  everyone seems to love the beatles, and, for as controversial as they used to be, they sure seem pretty tame compared to a lot of what has come since… when people request the beatles, i ask if they want pretty beatles, silly beatles or rockin’ beatles… it all fits into one of those groups.  i had a really good 7-8 crowd and 9-10 was ok… it slowed way down after 10:30, and many folks have early tours in oman since we dock at 7.  here is the dubai port song… enjoy!  xo, me

port song for dubai, united arab emirates

(to the tune of hal kemp orchestra’s “with plenty of money and you”)

(note:  first four lines are original lyrics, not mine)

oh baby what i couldn’t do

with plenty of money and you

in spite of the worries that money brings

just a little filthy loot can buy a lot of things

and i would take you to shop at the dubai mall

cause there i am sure you could buy it all

we’ll just bring all our plastic, and it will be fantastic

oh i tell you honey, that life could be sunny with plenty of money and you

if fashion is what you are looking for,

they have four major world class dept. stores

and countless boutiques there of every kind,

whether east or west in style of dress you need to find

and if you need to take a break for some coffee,

there’s a starbux on each level 1 2 or 3

and if you want some diamonds, i’m quite sure we’ll find ‘em

oh i tell you honey, that life could be sunny with plenty of money and you

there’s all types of folks in this melting pot,

the have’s who shop here and the one’s who work who have not

i see women in burkha’s and plain flat shoes,

so who’s meant to shop for high spiked heels at jimmy choo’s

and that cute little wisp of a cocktail dress

from catherine malandrino, well i just can’t guess

who the heck’s s’posed to buy ‘em if they can’t ever try ‘em

this high fashion addiction’s in such contradiction with all their traditions it’s true

the biggest aquarium panel, the largest indoor gold souk,

dubai’s only indoor outdoor retractable roof

an olympic size skating rink to skate away,

the most spectacular water fountains and big light displays

and those are superlatives found here in just one mall

there’s so many more dubai wants to say they have them all

high rollers and sheikhs here in the tallest building peaks here

they hope tourism rolls on so they can be spoiled on after the oil is all gone