I flew over to meet Francesca in the UAE on July 21st this year.  She was there as a part of her fellowship with Hart Howerton, a NY/SF/London based architecture firm.  It was my first trip to the Middle East.  Hopefully not my last.

Note to those who read my email dispatches: some of the same stuff is here, but I’ve added some entries that I never had time to write while I was traveling, plus there’s some video and more of everything coming.