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Nature’s Christmas Gift to Lebanon: the Slopes Will Open Next Week
Skiing and snowboarding lovers rejoice. Your beloved slopes that you’ve missed will open soon after Christmas, just in time for your holidays. The amount of snow on the slopes is already decent though...
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#ChristmasTweet – @Crepaway Giving Back This Christmas
I went with a couple of friends to Crepaway yesterday and figured their new sous-plat is worth sharing with you. For this year’s Christmas season, Crepaway is donating 500LL (33 cents for my...
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The Maturity of Lebanon’s Educated Youth
Students from party X at some university in this country were offering Christmas candy. They run across students from party Y who refuse to take their candy. Therefore, a student from party X has a...
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Buying the iPhone 5 in Lebanon: Ask About the Country Source Before You Buy
I told you about this before (here and here) but minister Sehnaoui confirmed it on twitter yesterday. For the many Lebanese who will benefit from the price reductions (the phone is going for $800 max...
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Ziad el Rahbani’s Concert: A Failure?
Many of my friends went to Ziad el Rahbani’s concert yesterday and all of them had not very nice things to say about it. Apparently the seating arrangement was a mess. Those who paid for the $40...
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The Date of Lebanon’s 2013 Elections
The minister of interior affairs Marwan Charbel has just announced the date of Lebanon’s 2013 parliamentary elections. We will be heading to the polls in order to perpetuate the current status quo on...
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Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now Shortlisted for Original Song & Score Oscars
Who knew that more than a year after its release Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now, which lately garnered Paulo Coelho’s love, would be in the running for an Oscar? While going through recent...
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Life of Pi [2012] – Movie Review
Ang Lee’s new movie, Life of Pi, is a take on a supposedly unfilmable book about a young Indian boy named Piscine Molitor Patel – Pi for short. Born in French India, Pi lived in a zoo run by his...
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Ziad el Rahbani’s Sheep
Many bloggers have already posted this video of a dispute at Ziad el Rahbani’s concert which took place a few days ago: But I’m actually baffled by the reaction of some of the people attending. There’s...
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May Hariri’s Serious Lack of Sportsmanship
Dancing With The Stars, Lebanon edition had its first elimination round on Sunday and I had no idea who lost until I watched this YouTube video in which the reaction really surprised me: May Hariri who...
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A Visit To Bab El Tebbaneh
I recently visited an area of Tripoli that few want to think of, let alone set foot in: Bab el Tebbaneh. After my visit, I can see why. Even though the area is only a 25 min drive from home, it makes...
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Top 13 Songs of 2012
As the year ends, I’ll be making countdowns of my favorite things of this past year. The first list is for songs. The rules for this list are simple: 13 songs by 13 different artists that I’ve enjoyed...
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Lincoln [2012] – Movie Review
Steven Spielberg’s new movie, Lincoln, is the American Civil War-era story of the United States’ 16th president on his quest to get Congress to pass the 13th amendment to the constitution, effectively...
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The Top 13 Movies of 2012
Since I haven’t watched all the “it” movies that 2012 has to offer yet, this list is once again tentative and will be subject to updates. Movies that I have yet to see include but are not restricted to...
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Michel Hayek & Layla Abdul-Latif’s 2013 Predictions
You know what’s worrying? It seems that many of our politicians are seeking out private sessions with Mr. Clairvoyant over here to determine how they will proceed with the country’s business. Michel...
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Beirut’s Valet Parking Saga: 3enab, Gemmayze
In February 2012, the story about how a Zaatar w Zeit valet parking hassled and then hit someone who was trying to park in front of ZwZ in the early AM hours made the rounds. It sparked outrage (which...
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Les Misérables [2012] – Movie Review
As a person who grew up and went through a French curriculum with Victor Hugo’s novel as its centerpiece at many points, I’ve grown attached to the essence of the novel. I’ve also grown to understand...
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Let Them Demolish Amin Maalouf’s House
Many people are panicking that Gaby Layon, our minister of culture, has approved the demolition of Amin Maalouf’s house in Beirut’s Badaro neighborhood, which started yesterday. You can check out...
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Pink – A Short Movie by Lebanese High School Students Inspired by This Blog
Little did I know back when I wrote about my mother’s cancer diagnosis in October that it would inspire a couple of Lebanese students from Batroun to turn my post (click here) into a short movie of...
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The Uncontrolled Influx of Syrian Refugees to Lebanon Must Stop
It’s very easy to be taken by enticing principles about humanitarian needs to keep allowing Syrian refugees uncontrolled entry to Lebanon. It’s very easy to get angry at anyone asking that the influx...
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