An Afternoon at VRcade

Sometimes the things we do for fun in Beirut can get pretty repetitive pretty fast. We go try out a new restaurant, or we wander around a mall we’ve visited plenty of times before. Or we go to have coffee at the nearest Starbucks. Or we see the same people we’ve known for what seems…

Some of My Observations At The Beach

One of my favorite activities in the summertime is to grab a book, my headphones, and head to the beach for some much needed quiet time and relaxation. It’s been my go-to summertime activity for years so I have to say I’m very unpleasantly surprised at the current state of Lebanese beaches and the ridiculous…

My Kind of Saturday Night

  It’s late on a Saturday night and I’m sitting in the comfort of our home, playing a really cool board game  with our friends called Takenoko, where we’re trying to cultivate bamboo to get a panda to survive. This is all set to 80s music that we’re live-streaming from some radio station in the…

Lebanese Girls and Zumba Classes

I credit Zumba for getting me off my lazy ass and into a gym. Before taking on the fitness activity that combines aerobics with Latin dance, I used to be the person who spent gym class at school reading books while hiding behind the buses. But since the day my roommates in the Netherlands suggested I try it…

Book Review: Seriously… I’m Kidding

I’m so behind on my reading that it actually took me almost a year to read a book that a friend got me for my birthday. I don’t know why I put it off for so long when it’s actually a fun, easy, and short. Who doesn’t love Ellen DeGeneres? She has always been one…

Not For Me

Ten days into the new year and I think I’m already failing on one of the more important resolutions I’ve made: get out of my comfort zone. Because if last night was any indication, then I’m just not yet ready to leave the comfort of my home, with my warm blanket and comfortable pyjamas. I’ve…

Book Review: Bliss Street

One of my resolutions for this new year is to read more: actual books and not random articles picked up from around the internet. So I took advantage of the long weekend and cold weather to kick start this resolution and tackle the reading pile that I have been accumulating for a while. I started…

Not Today

What a day today has been- I don’t think I can come up with anything to write even though I would love to continue the ugly thoughts series. It is just that sometimes things do not go according to plan and you have to accord for that. So today I apologize, there will not be…

Independence Day BBQ

Lebanese food is famous all over the world for its flavors, textures, and variety. What would Lebanon be without its tabbouleh, hummus, kebbe, and shish taouk?  So you would think that when our group of friends decided to have a barbecue to celebrate the country’s 72nd Independence Day, these would be the staples and we would…

Settlers of Catan

I love learning new things- and it seems that recently that focus has been on board games. I should be studying to get certifed, but instead most of my time is being spent on learning different games and strategies. Tonight, we are in the midst of playing rounds of Settlers of Catan. I have never…