Dan and Addie are here, they arrived yesterday afternoon. We sat on the terrace catching up and making loose plans for their (rather short) trip. Later, we went for a drink and then to Cafe Gemmayzeh for some food and music. Recently, I learned that this cafe used to be called Qahwat al-Azaz and was a coffee shop for men only. Today it is one of the few sort of traditional cafes left in Beirut. It’s a fun place at night, the atmosphere is quite lively, usually a few people get up and dance to the oud player’s music. Addie charmed the grumpy waiter and fell in love with argileh, so we are off to a good start.