Residents vow to protect historic steps from developers
A protest was held last night in Mar Mikhael after residents learned that a historic passageway through their…
Vintage Hamra shopping center
This was probably all lit up Las Vegas style in the 1960s. But now the bulbs are burned…
Who will fly America’s gift to Lebanon?
Source: World Tribune In case you haven’t heard, The United States has donated one Cessna prop plane to…
On promoting Lebanese banks
Here’s a copy of my latest “Media Uncovered” column for Bold Magazine.Excellence Isn’t An AttitudeSLICK PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS PUT…
A minister on trial
It’s not every day that you get to see a Lebanese minister pleading his case in court. But…
Sanayeh building update
Last week I posted on what seemed to be the destruction of yet another historic Beirut building, the…
Supermarket television
The frozen food section just got a new addition. While perusing the aisles, I couldn’t help jamming to…
Roman wall removed from Beirut Hippodrome site
It survived some 2,000 years of wars and conquest, but the wall above is now gone. Archeologists believe…
On Hard Rock and other restaurant analyses
Here’s a copy of my monthly column in Bold Magazine. The Day Good Journalism DiedWORD THAT BEIRUT’S HARD ROCK…
Checkered Sanayeh building to come down?
For years, an odd checkered building has been lying abandoned across the street from the Ministry of Interior…