Author Archives: Ethan

[ I just want to mention that as I started typing this, a dove flew through the open sliding glass door and into our dining room. I got it to leave by saying, “Hey. Could you get out of here?” … Continue reading →

While I couldn’t really claim to understand the index they’re using here, I found it interesting that that Beirut was only a couple spots behind San Francisco and way ahead of places like, say, Boston on this cost of living … Continue reading →

Additions to this space have been pretty sparse for the last couple of months, though not for lack of things to write about, but rather somewhat because of them. The main thing was rushing back to the States to say … Continue reading →

I just walked from Grand Central Station to the Bernard Hodes Group office on 42nd St. and 3rd Ave. and I was profoundly overwhelmed by a sense of… …this, this, I do not miss.

Because we’re registered with the embassy here, we received this little transmission in the inbox this morning. Thanks for the new flash, guys. It is interesting that this is the first message we’ve received from the embassy, despite the bombings … Continue reading →

On Saturday Amy wanted to have lunch at Casablanca, a restaurant down by the Corniche that’s in an old Ottoman house and “serves a delicious fusion of Eastern and Western cuisines”, according to the much-maligned Lonely Planet. Amy had filet … Continue reading →

Our first batch of house guests, namely Ray and Geoff, arrive one week from tomorrow and I am beside myself with excitement. This is the first installment of a series that will be running pretty much nonstop into October. As … Continue reading →

My primary objective on our Tripoli jaunt on Saturday was to try to find an oud, but I knew beforehand that I probably wasn’t going to be able to find that sort of thing in the souk. After we wandered … Continue reading →

Maybe it’s all the hours I’ve been spending on a slow-moving remote desktop connection to the other side of the globe, but doesn’t my cellphone bear more than just a passing resemblance to Spock’s coffin from the 2nd and 3rd … Continue reading →