Lebanese food is delicious. With Lebanese food I don’t just mean the actual dishes (even though they are epic) but the raw produce itself, too. I knew cucumbers as fairly big, sometimes slightly floppy green things. Here they are small, light green, super crispy and full of flavor. Onions and potatoes on the other hand […]
“Well, if all else fails, we can always get married” Immediately after speaking those words I turned to my boyfriend, expecting him to have an expression on his face that was a mixture of horror and panic, thinking of ways to make it sound as innocent as possible. In stead, he was grinning. “I was […]
Moving abroad was a fairly straightforward procedure for me, as far as the actual “moving” was concerned. I transported myself and one reasonably massive suitcase by plane, obviously, but when you go to another country to stay one suitcase is usually not enough. Fortunately, I didn’t have too many possessions I absolutely needed to take […]
Recent love, or not
Jessie: Karl, 3refet min ana eh? Jessie, x-TOB. Yalla good luck, don’t forget to invite me, like to see a new...
Jessie: Really !!! Is it true?? You You You are getting married!! Mabrouk
maurice dagher: 7abibi Ivan, i miss you too much,i hope everything going well with you,say hi to your dad,mom and...
Agénor: Rubber ducks rock! side note: they are fat, ugly and stupid. Pick something a bit more controversial, no...
Georgia: That’s the cleanest image of trash I’ve seen anywhere in Beirut. Usually its a lot more...
nayla: Yalla wasleen. Didn’t the US just donate 20+ Harleys to our lovely police force? …or was this...
tasteofbeirut: Wow! You are a good writer! You kept me at the edge of my seat (bed) while reading this story! Good...
Chirine: Are these names real? Are they? Really? Teenage years man… what WERE we thinking? (and the scarier...
Joanna: Oh wow, I remember her. When I was a kid I used to say she was my mom. Somehow, I had lots and lots of moms....
Agénor: Final dot missing. Also, could you translate the top cartoon, please?
Agénor: Outstanding! Both the style and content. You asked questions and didn’t comment at the start of any...
Joanna: Can I call you Kaal? I could never master the English “arl” sound, and I have to pronounce it the...
Agénor: It’s not enemies of the environment that they are, it’s just that they don’t care about it,...
Ants: I was crying of laughter! Wo Ai Ni ya Helo! hehe
Sukoon: hahaha! Wei ni hao? Oh man, at first, I thought you were just being out of control with your need to break...
Agénor: How come your number ended in their database? Anyhow, thank you for the emotions swing. I’ve felt the...
Roubenz: What about a photo by you instead of Holden? I have my doubts too ))
Joanna: Hm.. WOW is all I can say! If I come visit you, I’ll go for the acupuncture. Just the acupuncture ...
Joanna: Hi Karl! There is a little typo here: “…and the more men I met *then* more I saw that everything...
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