I’ve never tasted Lebanese brew until yesterday and It’s a disappointment to say the least. It’s very light and too sweet and it’s no way near Almaza.

You can check out their facebook page as their website has no content on it.

Correction: A friend called and clarified the issue as he knows the man behind this beer.The label apparently says “Fi” not “min” (it is a bit torn and unclear), and this beer was sent to Syria for distribution and somehow made its way back to Lebanon. However, bottles could be coming in from Kuwait if not from Lebanon, that remains to be confirmed.

I sense arguiles will be available in Beirut night clubs anytime soon. They will be a great addition to the clouds of smoke we already have.

This competition just doesn’t sound right, at least not in Lebanon.

Pic from Beirut Drive-By

I have no idea what this campaign is about. Is it against sex selling? or against plastic surgery? Promoting further women rights?

And why the hell are there two hands grabbing the woman’s breasts? What is this? a threesome?

The ad says for those unable to read it: “The location you don’t dare miss”, in reference to the V Verdun building.

Why wouldn’t I dare miss it? Are there snipers on the roof shooting people who don’t stop to look at it?

I don’t know who’s behind this company’s (Mercury Rizing) ads, but that’s their second failed ad.

Take a shot at us and we will make sure you won’t miss it!

This is just getting better and better. [More on Fap]

Any idea who’s behind this drink?

Honestly, I would have picked Chamchoum power drink instead of Abou el Abed. After all, Abou el Abed is a lazy bum who tells funny jokes and sits all day smoking arguile.

Update: Apparently they are the same people behind Pampa. Thanks Joe!

Definitly not their best commercial.

However, it’s not that demeaning to women like one of our readers suggested. If anything, it shows that men are shallow.

Spotted at Charcutier Aoun.

This is ad for the Wicker Park Festival 2011 that I posted about yesterday. [Link]

I got an iPhone over the weekend and downloaded some apps including foursquare. If you don’t know what Foursquare is here is a summary from Wikipedia:

Foursquare is available to users with GPS-enabled mobile devices, such as smartphones. Users “check-in” at venues using a mobile website, text messaging or a device-specific application by running the application and selecting from a list of venues that the application locates nearby. Each check-in awards the user points and sometimes “badges”.

So I was trying the app out and I saw that there are some local businesses participating on Foursquare and providing offers. For example if you check in at the Beirut Airport you get 10% off on all the perfumes which is a pretty good deal.

There aren’t many offers in Beirut yet but I’m sure you would find a ton of deals in the US and Europe where the app is a lot more popular. I’m definitely trying Foursquare the next time I travel.

I only wish.

In fact, I think Almaza people should go out to Dora highway and distribute cold Almaza beers to cool down those stuck in traffic. That would be awesome.

The Tissot Couturier I got for my birthday [Link] is being displayed on a billboard on the Dbayye highway. It looks though as if it’s the newer version as there’s a fourth circle inside of it, but that’s pretty cool still.

[Tissot Couturier]

Shouldn’t it be Hayda Beit Misk?