Charlotte Observer | 08/11/2007 | Everything's made of ice at Dubai bar
Hey, they got your answer to global warming right here...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates --
Outside it was a sticky 111 degrees, but Ali Hamdan was shivering under two parkas as he sipped hot chocolate, surrounded by tables and chairs made of ice. Chillout, its owners say, is the Middle East's first ice lounge - the latest venture in this desert Gulf emirate, which has been transformed by a mania for the biggest, first or most outlandish.