"... Souk ...": Pronounced - at least by Westerners - as halfway between "sook" as in "book" and "suke" as in "nuke." It is what Middle Eastern markets are called. They are characterized by ancient winding pathways between closely-packed shops selling everything from spices to watches and from carpets to pearls.
Bahrain weather report for this week: Comfy. Real comfy.
Not everyone was thrilled with the GOP being in NYC. Nevertheless, I met the owner of this place, liked him, and had lunch there on Friday after it was all over.
He said he was going to continue running 15% off specials: Anyone who came in with a voter registration card, or anyone who came in with EITHER a Bush/Cheney OR Kerry/Edwards tee shirt.
My kind of guy.