Ajman's biggest claim to fame is the lovely white-sand beach that lies within the confines of the Kempinski hotel (00 971 6 714 5555; kempinski.com/ajman).
Sands, who is originally from County Kilkenny in Ireland, shot to fame as Jamie Oliver's right-hand woman on the TV series, which focused on her school in London.
Copacabana and Ipanema brought fame to Rio in the 20th Century for golden sands and the lush, forest-covered mountains that framed them.
Now he feels he has managed to merge its essence on his new album Pass It Around in songs such as "Mansions on the Sand", a collaboration with the singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips, of Grant Lee Buffalo fame.
Sand dunes in the park, while famous, are not nearly as numerous as their fame or the dryness of the area may suggest.
An hour south of L.A., this pretty coastal town (of L.C., Kristin and Lo fame) features drop-dead-gorgeous sunsets along its stretch of golden sands, with significantly fewer lights or distractions than the City of Angels.
Sure, he went on to record a series of laidback chill out records as part of a group named Mystic Diversion, but the fame he deserved largely eluded him, and he sunk into the sands of time.
When Maria wonders if Sartre didn't write about Flaubert as "a way of hitchhiking into a shared fame," the reader can't help wondering the same thing about Brackenbury and Sand.
Ms. Munro rarely speaks out on public issues, while Ms. Atwood uses her fame, and Twitter, to comment on causes like the environmental impact of Canada's oil sands.
More popular novels, Sangre y arena (1909; Blood and Sand, 1922); La maja desnuda (1906; Woman Triumphant); his best known, Los cuatro jinetes del Apocalipsis; and others, brought him fame but cost him critical approval because of their sensational nature.
