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Valet Parking Fee Officially Set at 5,000L.L.

By Rami on August 4, 2017 in Law

If there’s one thing that unites the Lebanese people then it must be their hate for the Valet Parking workers. They’re overpriced, always rude, and they have the capability to doom a whole areas just like what they did in Gemmeyze and Mar Mkhayel! I seriously pity the people living in that surrounding as I personally do my best to avoid going there at night…

And unfortunately, just as in the case with illegal internet and cable TV providers, the government couldn’t keep the valet parking thugs from hijacking public spaces so it simply resorted to “regulating” their activities. For years now they have been imposing ridiculous prices up to 10,000L.L and sometimes more at lush venues, but a recent joint memo by the ministry of interior and the ministry of tourism fixed their service fee at 5,000L.L. So let’s hope it gets applied!

I’m not sure though if hotels are also subject to this memo.

Discover Rmeil/Geitawi

By Rami on November 2, 2012 in Events

Rmeil will be a car-free area this Sunday November 4th and “Achrafieh 2020” is inviting everyone to discover it on foot, bicycle or roller/skateboard.

There will be several activities throughout that day including the following:

8.30 Running race
9.15 cycling race
10.30 Awards distribution
11.30 Open air zumba class
12.30 Open air yoga class – Bring your mat!
From 11am to 4.30pm Children activities in the Jesuits public garden
From 8:30am to 5pm: Artisans display
From 8:30am to 5pm: Garage sale
From 10am to 5pm: Souk el Tayeb eatery and artisans displays
From 1:00pm to 5:00pm: Bands playing live music on the stage next to Souk el Tayeb
From 9am to 5pm: Human space
From 8:30am to 5pm: Green zone in William Hawi’s public garden
From 8:30am to 4:00pm: Bicycles and Segway Rental
3:00pm Skateboard, Rollers
4:15 Hip Hop, Breakdance

And below a map showing the perimeter of the car-free area.

Metel Ma Shelta

By Rami on January 21, 2012 in Lebanon

I just came across a cool anti littering campaign called “Metel Ma Shelta” via Elie’s blog.

Knowing beforehand that people would definitely pick a 10,000L.L off the street, a group of graphic designers threw small pieces of paper on the streets with a the forged look of a 10,000L.L bill on one side, while the other side had “As you picked this up, you can pick up the litter of the streets as well” written on it.

I’m sure this wont make the people who might fall for this trick actually start picking up litter off the streets, but it may at least make them stop littering or stop the people around them from doing it.

Driving in Beirut on the municipal elections day

By Rami on May 10, 2010 in Lebanon

The first video is taken in Tariq El-Jadida and the second in Ras El-Nabeh.

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