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Dubai is a perfect holiday destination for family as well as business tourists. The cheap hotels in Dubai give royal hospitality to people who visit here. Dubai is a perfect destination for family holidaying. The world’s richest horse race is held in Dubai where horses of different continents compete with each other; there are million dollar lotteries that are held at periodic pace, there are other more attractions such as international tennis, golf tournaments and months long shopping festivals. Dubai presents the most impeccable lavish hotel – the Burj Al Arab shaped like a billowing sail-perched on an artificial platform in the sea. Some of the sightseeing places noteworthy to mention are Creek side Park, Wild Wadi Water Park, bird sanctuary, an indoor ski resort and the gold souk.

From attractive and enormous shopping malls to active and pulsating souls… shopping in Dubai is quite an incredible experience. Dubai Shopping gets you the best deals at affordable prices. Be it high fashion merchandise, most modern of all gadgets, home appliances, jewelry, furnishing products or any other products and manufactured goods available you will get the best of products. The two central attractions of Dubai Shopping consist of Dubai Summer Surprises and Dubai Shopping Festival. Being shopping oriented these festivals attract millions of tourists and visitors predominantly during the months of July and January, February. Boasting of several shopping malls, Dubai’s cater to each shopper’s requirements and need.

Recognized as ‘Layali Dubai’ in Arabic, the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), came into being in the year 1996 by the Dubai government as a trading event that was primarily intended to promote trade and tourism in Dubai.

Dubai Holidays have evolved onto the world stage over the past few years solidifying Dubai as a multiple holiday destination.

Dubai was once professed as an unproductive land and a parched region, today it is among the most needed after holiday destination, mainly during the months of Dubai Shopping Festival. Once acknowledged for Desert Safari, nowadays Dubai boasts of providing a superb shopping experience. Beyond these you may as well pander to in different adventure activities like sea tours, parasailing, mountaineering, , skydiving, surfing, parachuting, golfing, sand over the desert, underwater adventures… fun, frolic ands excitement are in abundance here.

Visited by millions of tourists globally each year, the shopping festival of Dubai is a much sought after festivity. Heavy discount prices on recognized and designer clothes, tastefully done jewelry, electrical and technologically advanced gadgets, gizmos and machineries are available, lip luscious food to gorge, intermingling with interesting cultural events, wonder and awe inspiring fire works in the night…For staying purpose tourists are dotted with cheapest hotels in Dubai.

Dubai makes the most excellent of times. Also sought after by daring adventurers and daredevils, the city of Dubai provides exciting activities to indulge in. From sand surfing on the renowned golden dunes of Dubai desert, motto-crossing across challenging trails, and skydiving from a knee weakening height of 12,000 feet or swimming and foundling underwater life… you would comprehend that fun was never like this before until and unless you visited Dubai

Alvin Starkman, M.A., LL.B.

 

It took a reduction in Oaxaca’s tourism and an increase in staff to bring La Biznaga back into my good books.  While we never actually stopped patronizing the trendy, relaxed eatery in downtown Oaxaca, the painstakingly slow service coupled with a sometimes snooty attitude of the wait staff was enough to cause us to caution both our house guests and fellow residents.  But word does get around, and that, combined with the reality check caused by the social and political unrest in the latter half of 2006 resulting in empty downtown streets (all now long gone) must have caused management to take a step back, re-evaluate, and act.  And it’s worked.

 

The complacent attitude has disappeared.  Once again waiters have smiles on their faces and interact with clientele with helpful suggestions, even when serving new faces.  The staff complement has significantly increased, and now even includes a school-aged busboy-esque youngster.

 

Drinks and complimentary seasoned carrot sticks arrive promptly, orders are taken when you’re ready to proceed, with appetizers and main courses arriving without table discussion about how much longer to wait before just picking up and leaving.

 

And so a testimony to the always consistent quality and presentation of fare, and welcoming ambience, La Biznaga has managed to maintain a following of residents and tourists alike in the face of its earlier seemingly deliberate shortcomings. 

 

The atmosphere is open courtyard, with a fashionable retractable roof protecting from  mid-day sun and seasonal rains; tables and chairs are wood, á la simplicity of arts-and-crafts vogue, comfort enhanced by wicker seats and backs; a selection of palms willows off to one side, with tall leafy tree mid-court; the bar by design provides a focal point given that its selections are contained on an overhead blackboard; and a rotating selection of gallery art graces the walls.  Music is most often jazz, but eclectically ranges off to other similar genres, thereby maintaining an air of coolness in the beatnik sense of the term. 

 

Enormous chalkboards, one at either end of the restaurant, contain the menu selections, print somewhat cryptic … interesting to say the least.  Be sure to bring your glasses, or strain your eyes over the tables of others, or simply get up and walk closer to the cartes du jour and you’ll be fine.  On the other hand, our experience over the past three years has been that one cannot go too far wrong choosing blindly.  Appetizers, soups and salads range from about 35 – 100 pesos, and entrées (meat, fish or fowl) come in at 65 to 200.

 

La Biznaga is known for its cocktails, and in particular its margaritas and mojitos, served as in the case with all other beverages, in classic Mexican blue accented thick hand-blown glassware (vidrio soplado).  The mezcals are also noteworthy for the selections offered. Pretty well all of the bar servings are healthy, and prices across the board are competitive, mezcals beginning at, get this, 15 pesos.

 

But we’re here for dinner.  La Silvestre is a mushroom soup, more in the nature of a light broth devoid of dairy, containing a selection of wild hongos including setas, along with bacon, onion and chile poblano … a must for toadstool enthusiasts.  Rarely does a visit go by when I won’t indulge.

 

Las Calendas is a starter worthy of selection.  While described as tamales, there is no corn, but rather squash blossom and melted string cheese (quesillo) enveloped with tender hierba santa leaf, an herb with a distinct taste used in preparation of many Oaxacan dishes yet not often enough as a single flavor source.  You’re apt to recall, “so that’s  the exquisite essence I’ve been enjoying all this trip.”  The triptych is presented with sides of refried beans and diced spiced tomato, and topped with a drizzle of cream.  Another worthy triumvirate is the Cerro Viejo, crunchy fried tortilla horns stuffed with seasoned sautéed hibiscus (jamaica) flower, presented with a center of guacamole crowned with chipotle peppers.  It would be a mistake to not share each of these two tasters.

 

The grilled salmon is served over a bed of cilantro pesto, with lightly dressed side salad comprised of select lettuce, tomato and pineapple wedges which, together with pine nuts in the entrée provide complimentary crunches.  The tuna, similar to the salmon in terms of a good sized serving prepared to the exact degree of doneness as demanded, arrives on a sea of avocado salsa and is topped with pico de gallo, a flavorful traditional combination of tomato, radish, cucumber, onion, chile and cilantro, with an added tang of lime. Finally, my  own entrée on this outing consists of four filets of chicken breast each wrapped around a piece of cooked plantain with just enough walnut crumbles to be detected and welcomed, presented on a platter of puréed guava set off with swirls of cream. 

 

The distinctive flavors one has just experienced almost call out for further indulgence, and thus dessert is difficult to neglect:  on this evening healthy scoops of pistachio sorbet (nieve) are served in a margarita schooner, and chocolate truffle-cake (trufa) floats on a strawberry coulis.

 

It’s indeed a rarity for a restaurant to exhibit this level of consistency in quality of cuisine.  Now if La Biznaga can only maintain a degree of humility translating into value-added service, there’s no stopping its continued success, nor reason for patrons to ever again hesitate stopping by. 

 

La Biznaga, Garcia Vigil 512, Centro Histórico, Oaxaca (tel: 516-1800)

 

In just two short years BIZCLIP Inc. International has expanded globally and is currently producing online videos for 16 Leading Business Directories in 15 different countries around the world.  We are now proud to introduce BIZCLIP as ‘Your Global Online Video Provider’.

BIZCLIP is built on over 20 years of experience in the video and film industry. Although its venture into the online market occurred only a couple of years ago, success came quickly and the company has grown tremendously.  Production totals of online video commercials number into the thousands thanks to several online Business Directories who have been using the BIZCLIP service.

BIZCLIP is considered to be one of the pioneers in producing online videos on a mass scale.  They have ultimately become experts in their field by using years of experience to perfect a unique production method of outputting a large volume of high quality videos at an affordable price and at an incredible turnover rate. The BIZCLIP system is so effective that it has now been applied globally, making BIZCLIP the World Leader in online video commercial production.

BIZCLIP is the brainchild of its CEO, Moe Masoudi, who believes that the key to being successful in anything is passion. “We have a dedicated team with the hearts and minds of true champions. We’ve worked extremely hard to prove ourselves.” There have been other companies stating the ability to provide a similar type of service, but they have yet to be able to back up these claims. BIZCLIP is actually out there producing massive amounts of videos and has been doing so successfully for two years on a very large scale. COO Vincent Genuardi believes that action speaks louder than words. “We’ve been under the radar perfecting our system and now we’re ready to show the world that BizClip is for real.”

BIZCLIP videos are found to be quite engaging with a truly dynamic look.  They have a large network of videographers worldwide and they pride themselves on being able to service business clients from anywhere in the world in various languages, incorporating their unique cultures.  As well, their services are quite comprehensive, offering more than just the documentary-style type video.  They may be theme oriented and use special editing effects or animation to enhance the final video product.  They can also produce commercials using stock footage from their own multi-media library or with a montage of photos, giving business owners more options if they prefer not to be on video.

BIZCLIP currently produces videos for Directories in North America, Europe and The Middle East  including Canpages.ca, goldbook.ca, Toronto.com, MediaPages.ca, Turkey Yellow Pages and Egypt Yellow Pages. As well, their largest clients include some of the largest directories in the U.S.A. and some of the most prominent directories in the U.K.   BIZCLIP has also produced videos for Yellow Pages Group in Canada and Páginas Amarillas in Spain. Most recently, they have just landed a deal in South Africa. They are also negotiating with other large Directories from various Continents.  BIZCLIP plans to be in every Continent by the end of 2009.