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My new office

27th September 2008 by Helena 5 Comments  

I am in my new office. It is in the cafe of the Kempinski Hotel which is in the Mall of the Emirates. The luxury villa we have been lent by my old university chum doesn’t have internet access, so I have to come here to check my messages. There is an interesting view on the other side of the glass wall I am opposite.

What would you expect? Shops perhaps? A camel grazing peacefully? Wrong. There is a ski slope. It’s amazing. You go along, you pay around £15 per person and they give you skis, boots, helmets, poles and SNOW. The only thing you have to buy is gloves. We are booked in for 2pm. For a nervous (and rather reluctant) skier like myself, it’s ideal. There are no black runs to terrify me, or mountain drops, or hair-pin bends. And best of all, you are limited to two hours. Then you can go shopping.

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I like Dubai so far. I am especially loving being in a home. This morning we went for a walk on the beach, then I did some yoga then we had a cooked breakfast (with baked beans, yum). This afternoon we will be skiing. This evening we will be swimming in the sea in front of the villa while my risotto simmers. There are many worse days to spend a Saturday.

Copyright: Helena Frith Powell 2008


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5 thoughts on My new office

  • Patricia says:
    27th September 2008 at 2:05 pm

    That’s funny Helena. They have fake snow in the desert…and here in Canada (in the West Edmonton Mall) they have a fake tropical beach…with sand, and waves, and everything. Unfortunately Margaritas are not included!

  • Miller says:
    27th September 2008 at 2:39 pm

    We have no snow in England but the weather is glorious.

  • Amber Lee says:
    27th September 2008 at 10:44 pm

    Yay! I am so happy things are becoming less chaotic for you.
    Here in the US, the pot is boiling over…

  • snusmormor says:
    28th September 2008 at 2:32 pm

    No wonder petrol costs so much for the rest of us!!!! Snow in the desert, what a stupid idea. Obviously too much money and not enough sense.

  • susie vereker says:
    5th October 2008 at 6:43 pm

    Amazing! How interesting. Last thing I expected.
    Good luck with your house hunting.

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Helena Frith Powell was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and Italian father, but grew up mainly in England. She is the author of eleven books, translated into several languages including Chinese and Russian. She wrote the French Mistress column The Sunday Times about life in France for several years. She is a regular contributor to the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, The Times, Daily Telegraph, Tatler Magazine and Harper’s Bazaar.

Helena has been the editor of four magazines, including M Magazine, a supplement for the Abu Dhabi-based National Newspaper and FIVE, a high-end fashion glossy, also published in Abu Dhabi. Helena was also editor-in-chief of 360 Life, a quarterly glossy magazine published with the Sports 360 Newspaper in Dubai, part of the Chalhoub Group.

Helena contributes regularly to UK-based newspapers and magazines and holds a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge. She is working on a thriller set in Sweden as well as a novel about the relationship between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield called Sense of an Echo.

In 2022 her short story The Japanese Gardener came second in the Fish Publishing Short Story Prize. One of her stories was also shortlisted for the Bridport Short Story Prize. When she’s not writing, she works as a headhunter for the media and entertainment industry for the Sucherman Group. 

Helena, who was educated at Durham University, lives in the Languedoc region of France with her husband Rupert and their three children.

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More France Please, we’re British; Gibson Square 2004

Two Lipsticks and a Lover 2005; Gibson Square (hardback)

All You Need to be Impossibly French; (US version of above) Penguin 2006

Two Lipsticks and a Lover; Arrow Books (paperback) 2007

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So Chic! (French version of Two Lipsticks) Leduc Editions 2008 (also translated into Chinese, Russian and Thai)

More, More France; Gibson Square 2009

To Hell in High Heels; Arrow Books 2009 (also translated into Polish)

The Viva Mayr Diet; Harper Collins 2009

Love in a Warm Climate; Gibson Square 2011

The Ex-Factor; Gibson Square 2013

Smart Women Don’t Get Wrinkles; Gibson Square 2016

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Smart Women Don’t Get Wrinkles (paperback); Gibson Square spring 2018

The Longest Night; Gibson Square spring 2019

 

 

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