by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 2, 2010 | Looks Like Beirut
That’s how emergency care practitioner William Berkley describes the regular scene of drunks Brits on the streets of Plymouth hitting, falling and fighting with each other: By 1.30am the police cells are almost full and the city centre’s ‘field hospital’ is busy...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 31, 2010 | Looks Like Beirut
Well, its not really a “Looks Like Beirut” as characterized by destruction but rather the literal meaning of “looks like Beirut” in an article from The Guardian titled Getting drunk in Kabul bars? Pass the sick bag: “Kabul is the new...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | May 24, 2010 | Business
Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal is heading to Beirut to scope out the real estate as he plans to expand his lounge bar, Lap, overseas: “I was waiting for the right time to expand Lap. As it is doing quite well in Delhi, I’m in a position to expand my business. Mumbai is...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jan 4, 2010 | Looks Like Beirut
Welcome to the first post of the new year and I’ve got some great news to share. Remember that post I had on the Indian bar in Mumbai that resembles Beirut? Well, the journalist who came up with that statement has received my Looks Like Beirut certificate and...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 26, 2009 | Looks Like Beirut
I’d never guess that the Indians would stoop down this this level: Rated by popular travel guide Lonely Planet as the best bar in Mumbai’s suburbs, Zenzi, situated on Waterfield Road in Bandra, now resembles a bombed-out joint in Beirut or Baghdad. Wow,...