Mark M

Personal

IKEA where are you?

14 years ago
I keep hearing rumors that IKEA will be opening in Lebanon and I hope they do. It’s really weird why they aren’t open yet but I desperately need to get a kitchen for my new ...
Food

Varouj Restaurant

14 years ago
Varouj is an incredible Armenian restaurant located in a tight backstreet of Bourj Hammoud in Lebanon. The place is tiny on the inside with only 4 tables and the restaurant is run by a father ...
Lebanon

City Mall hand dryers

14 years ago
Has anyone noticed the hand dryers in the City Mall bathrooms? They have Dyson AirBlade’s installed which are incredibly powerful and very fun to use. Next time you pass by City Mall you have to ...
Lebanon

Concrete truck breaks the law and gets away with it

14 years ago
BloggingBeirut posted a video up of a truck drive in Mansouria that broke a few laws on his way to a construction site and then got away with it. Even the two cops in the ...
Food

Café Matik… I’m impressed

14 years ago
I’ve made it very clear a number of times before that I think Café Matik at the Beirut Airport sucks and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who kept complaining because it seems they’ve ...
Baladi

Top ten things I wanted to do in Lebanon on my recent trip but didn’t

14 years ago
1) ATV trip from Faraya to Arz 2) Paragliding from Harissa 3) Visit the Jeita caves for the first time (they’re 5 mins from my house) 4) Tour Lebanon in a small Cesna plane 5) ...
Humor

Facebook Pub

14 years ago
Spotted this pub while driving through Monot earlier today. The funny part is that it’s located across from a nail salon called HotNail.com ...
Critiques

Airport Trolleys

14 years ago
I think I figured out why the airport doesn’t have enough trolleys… they’re the same damn trolley’s from the old original airport! I didn’t have any issue finding trolleys since the airport was empty when ...
Lebanon

Betamax

14 years ago
Anyone know where I can buy a working Betamax player? I’ve got a bunch of old tapes I want to convert and don’t have time to go and look for places that might still be ...
Animals & Wildlife

Dog hunting season is now open

14 years ago
I’m a HUGE fan of Bourj Hammoud and I’ve mentioned it a number of times before but I have to say this is just horrible. The Bourj Hammoud municipality has put up flyers around the ...
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