Pablo Escobar comes to Abu Dhabi

I wrote about facial hair two years ago and it's a hot topic within the UAE because to this day, it is still the most-read post on this entire blog (which doesn't say a whole lot).

For a blast down memory lane: "Barber shop or gents salon?" published Jan 2014

So I figured why ruin a good thing? Facial hair. Beards. Mustaches ... It's all good. 

But while brunching at the Belgian Beer Cafe last Friday, some friends and I came face-to-face with none other than international drug lord Pablo Escobar. The Colombian kingpin walked in wearing his sunglasses but he couldn't go incognito. We all knew it was him with that token mustache.

        credit: jnevindesigns

In reality, I was getting ready for a little date night with the wife when out of the blue, I decided to shave my face with shaving cream and a razor -- I'm talking a total clean shave here. It was the first time in about five years those white cheeks of mine had seen the light of day.

But just before I was about to finish the job, for no reason at all, I decided to keep the stache. I know what you're saying: Good call, brother. Indeed, mustaches are a sexy look. Everyone knows that, my wife included.

It wasn't until the next day at brunch when some friends said I looked like Escobar. I think they were already a few too many mimosas deep when they paid me such a generous compliment. 

Do you see the resemblance?

Or was that the real Pablo Escobar brunching in Abu Dhabi??