Weekend Links.

Sorry gang -- I missed last week!  All the travel and visiting caught up with me and now I'm completely in a post-holiday funk.  Hope you enjoy this week's links.

• A trick to make me drink more wine?  Doesn't take much.
• A very belated congrats to the new World's 50 Best Restaurants (and especially to local Dubai entries Zuma and La Petite Maison!) as well as the new #1, Osteria Francescana.  I'd love to get to any of these exciting places in the next year!
• I'm always fascinated what people eat (and love the site Wait But Why).
• The Real Reason Your Food Takes So Long. 
• A Golden Girls restaurant?  Yes, please!
• Kind of the same idea, but another TV-restaurant hybrid -- the Max, from Saved by the Bell.
• And finally, the cutest cactus macaron you've ever seen!

One week (and some change) to go with Ramadan -- I hope it is a blessed month for those who are participating.  This weekend we're going to the spa tomorrow and I'm off to Abu Dhabi on Saturday to say goodbye to a dear friend starting a new adventure.  I'm hoping to get back to some regularly scheduled UAE reviews by the end of next week. What are you up to? Gif of the week!