Nick's Dinner at the Burj Al Arab

Nick had dinner last night with 3 colleauges at the Burj Al Arab, the world's tallest and only 7-star hotel. Sadly, I was not invited. The bill came to $1700 for 4 people, not bad. There was a cocktail listed on the menu called the 27,324. The name is the price in Dirhams, roughly $7,500 for one drink. But you do get to keep the cup, which is made of gold. Sounds like a good deal. Also, a man came walking around with an open bottle of scotch dated 1847 with a handwritten label. Nick took a whiff and said it smelled like crap. For only 7,000 Dirhams ($1900) who wouldn't want a glass? Nick's sniff must have been at least $100. To get out to the Burj, which is on it's own man made island, Nick had to give a special passcode that was emailed to him. He felt pretty cool pulling up in his Mitsubishi Galant and parking next to the Rolls Royces, Bentleys, Ferraris and Lamborghinis, just to name a few. It's a rough life he leads.

I know this is kind of a crappy picture, but it does show the Burj out on it's island and 2 of the kids, Drew of course and Bret making a sand mountain back to the right. This was about a month ago.