Saturday night live (or not-so-live)
Thought I'd check out the live bands now that Ramadan is over. Saturday night is a quiet night in Dubai (as Sunday is the first working day of the week for most people in the UAE).
830pm to 11pm: Majestic Hotel - band was fine. Place was 25% full (or 75% empty if you're a pessimist). Only about 6 WGs - all African.
11pm: Regal Hotel - half full, not crowded. Not a bad selection of CIS, but surprisingly many Rattlesnake girls there - not sure why.
1130pm - York Hotel - reasonably full, busy and crowded. Mostly Afircan girls, not so many PRC as usual.
12:30am Seaview Hotel - asked the doormen about the 'After 8 club", but he insisted it was only a shisha bar, and that it's on 7th floor. I didn't bother checking it out, and went to Marine bar instead. One of Dubai's favorite bands seem to have lost their oomph, and seemed a bit tired (at least last night). Even the WGs seemed bored. One of them sitting next to me just gave me a tired smile, offered me a smoke without a word, then went back to looking at the band again with a bored look.
1:30am - stopped off at el Paso/Alamo in Jumeira 1. Used to be a nice quiet place with some hot CIS girls. Doors locked. Not sure if it's permanently closed, or just closed last night.
7am - alarm clock. Damn.