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It’s funny how a Valet Parking Service turned out to be the solution. Just wait a couple of months and the Valet will start booking spots for the restaurant just like they do everywhere else and the problem will get bigger.

I love music. I especially love electronic music. In fact, I’d go as far as saying I only love electronic music. Some songs, they stick. Others, they’re interchangeable melanges of beautiful sounds that come together on the 1s and 2s or laptops live at a club. Some tracks though, stay with you. It’s hard to shake them off and we all have a handful which we can listen to always and probably forever.
In the past few years, one track has particularly stuck with me and its remixes even more so. Usually, tracks I worship don’t mix well with other folks. These 3 though, have made believers out of the biggest deniers of the magic of electronic music. That’s why, I’m sharing them with you all, in hopes they’ll be soundtracks to parts of your lives, for better or for worse.

I leaked Virgin Radio Lebanon long before anyone had even heard of the plans. Many of you have gotten in touch to see if they’re hiring and I was happy that so many readers of this blog got a chance to be part of this new radio station.

I think we can easily say سفر برلك has generated more positive and funny comments tonight than all of the Inta 7urr episodes combined. I don’t know what happened between MTV and Joe Maalouf but based on what I’ve read, it got pretty ugly. In fact and if this story turns out to be true, Maalouf and his crew were kicked out of the studios by the security personnel at MTV and asked not to come back.
To be honest, I didn’t like the way things ended and I hope they keep the show as the idea behind it is really nice, but give it a try with another host.

According to Naharnet, a truck loaded with sweets worth around $15,000 was robbed by unknown thieves on Sunday night in Akkar.
Thieves robbed on Sunday night a van loaded with candies and sweets in the town of Zouk Halba in the northern region of Akkar, reported the National News Agency Monday.
It said that the van was loaded with almost 15,000 dollars worth of sweets upon the robbery.
It was later found on the side of a main highway in Akkar devoid of its products.

Christina Ricci looked perfect in plaid in this creation by quirky Vivienne Westwood, I loved the way the strapless gown flapped on her chest and the strappy heels. I also loved that she completed her look with orange lips rather than the typical red. She killed it last year in her bow tie dress and this year too!

As mentioned in previous posts, Virgin Radio Lebanon is set to open on the 15th of May officially and Sir Richard Branson, founder and chairman of Virgin Group, is coming personally for the grand opening.
Having said that, I will be among the lucky few to meet Branson a day before and ask him few questions. I still haven’t prepared my questions yet as it’s not easy to address someone like Branson but I am looking forward to it.

I just noticed many people are complaining about incorrect readings they’re getting for their 3G usage  following the upgrade that touch did for their plans.

My younger brother recharged his prepaid line earlier this morning and got the above message, which means that the 50% increase came into effect as promised.

I’m not sure when was this video taken, but it pretty much explains why Lebanese football and sports in general is failing miserably. The video shows the Nejmeh Sporting Club fans chanting for their team then suddenly cheering for Syria and Bashar El Assad proving one more time that every sports club in this country is destined to be associated with a certain political view, political party, sect, etc…
This by the way kind of reminds me of the golden days of Lebanese basketball when Riyadi’s crowd (mainly muslims) used to chant for Syria while Sagesse’s crowd used to chant for USA! And I would never be surprised if Lebanese fans of European football teams get divided following their sects and parties one day.

You might have read that the Lebanese government is planning on cracking down on illegally smuggled mobile devices, which apparently, are the majority of the devices in Lebanon (70% according to the government), and for good reason. Here are some points you need to know:

Trippy right? But, if you need more information that the short video teaser above, read what I wrote about Stereo last week.
Anyway, as we have done dozens of times before, I wanna send 2 of you for free to the grand opening this Saturday, and all you have to do is simple:

Those pictures were taken in the past 3 days 5-10 km off the Zouk Power Plant and posted on Virgin Radio Lebanon’s Facebook Page. That’s pretty cool.

Summer is here and this means we might be traveling on a vacation soon, or then again, a lot of people, like myself, travel frequently, and wrinkled clothes is something I often worry about. Louis Vuitton positions itself as a traveling expert and regularly releases new guides to help people learn more about packing for »more...

Here’s some fun information for this calm Monday… You agree with the below info-graphic.