All the Beirut news.

Anyone coming from Europe soon? Is my name on one these limited edition coke bottles? I want one! Across Europe this summer, Coca‑Cola invites you to ‘Share A Coke’ with friends and family, as the iconic “Coca‑Cola” script will be replaced for the first time ever with the names of its consumers. I just checked »more...

I had predicted this before in my art installation "No truce in Beirut only virgins".... So according to Virgin Radio, "Lebanon now proclaimed a virgin territory". Forget about our brothels, forgets about Maameltein, forget sexual tourism and the sad reputation of Lebanese girls in the Gulf (though mostly unfounded perhaps but then it is there - whether we want it or not).... No, we are a "virgin territory"...

Football players sometimes celebrate scoring by sliding on their knees or chests, but this Lebanese player, Mohamad Ghaddar, took advantage of the field’s poor condition and took a dive right into one of the water spots caused by the rain!
video via The Football Fupernova

Absolut Vodka recently unveiled its latest limited edition bottle: ABSOLUT denim. This is my next bottle to add to my collection of limited edition Absolut Vodka bottles… Designed by Brooklyn-based Loren Cronk, the denim sleeve that covers the bottle features a zipper on the back. First launched at Singapore’s Changi Airport Departure and Arrival halls, »more...

A political post for a change. You won’t get many of these from me. Ever. I am sitting on my  balcony in the mountains, drinking my morning coffee. The sky is blue, the weather is lovely, the birds are flying over and the butterflies flap around. A drooling dog at my feet, a cat yapping at the birds.  All very idyllic. In the distance, I hear the soft rumble of commercial flights, crossing over Lebanese airspace to some exotic destination. You can hear that in Holland too on quiet summer evenings. With the difference that in Holland you can follow their tracks, since their engines leave a white trail in the sky. Those white streaks planes leave behind are actually artificial clouds.

The Roof, Four Seasons Beirut
The Roof is currently my favorite rooftop in Beirut. It’s the highest rooftop in town, located at the best possible location overlooking the Zaitunay Bay and the St. Georges Club and offering a great view. It’s a great place to go to after work or in the weekend, have drinks or cocktails, enjoy an amazing view and just relax for an hour or two.

Picture taken from FSB Facebook Page

Picture taken by @PamelaKhawly
Meet The Stupid of the day!

This is hilarious! I’ve been searching for some PDF version of this book ever since Bassam Abou Zaid tweeted about it a few days ago, and just last night, he made a news report about it. The Lebanese ministry of energy and water published a comic book called “A nation’s dream” starring minister Gibran Bassil and his son, telling a story that takes place in 2020 after we became an oil-producing country.

I went to an excellent talk a couple nights ago at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies, to hear the very talented legal scholar Amr Shalakany discuss his new book, Izdihār wa-Inhiyār al-Nukhba al-Qānūniyya al-Miṣriyya, 1805-2005 (“The Rise and Fall of the Egyptian Legal Elite, 1805-2005″).

Today, I was invited by McDonald’s Lebanon to be the very first to taste their French Burger, which is a part of the Taste Of The World series. A burger that’s new in content and certainly unique in its kind. Meeting up with the McDonald’s team and staff at their Antelias branch, everyone welcomed me »more...

I’ve been wanting to post about the Ghost nightclub incident for a couple of days now but I took some time to read everything that’s been said online and in the media as well as watch Joe Maalouf’s “Enta 7orr” show to see if he has more information to share on this matter.

Two Sundays ago we were home alone my sister and i so we decided to order something to eat . I am currently on a diet but I have decided to take the day off and i was really excited about it ( finally eating something other than a salad) . That’s why despite the »more...

Taken by Joe Kanaan somewhere in Beirut
 

Let’s Burger, MBCo and now Al Balad. Three restaurants, part of the new Blueberry Square reviewed with the aim to cover them all within the next couple of weeks. Al Balad restaurant first opened in the heart of Beirut in 1999, introducing the concept of Lebanese dining in a casual atmosphere. Lebanese traditions are preserved »more...

SushiQuick is a kit designed for everyone who wants to make easy rolls at home for the first time.   They took all the guess work out of it. The hardest thing to do as a beginner is to spread the right amount of rice. That’s why they designed their training frame which measures exactly the »more...

. . .  do I always get stuck behind cars like this? Knowing that quality control is about the last item on most companies' list, I am stuck behind this massive potential cluster bomb. 
They're stacked up really nicely as well. Held tight by a rope, which seems to be invisible. 
Sigh . . .