Month of Travel: A Panorama From Beirut
It’s been a good year for the Media Guy Struggles. As the leading lifestyle media brand for those curious about the life of a modern (M)ad Man, the website is growing faster in unexpected ways. August marked the best month of all time for readership, advertising, and elevated Q ratings. To celebrate, I took to […]
Experience the Le Gray, Beirut
CampbellGray Hotels is a mad scientist when it comes to hypothesizing potential hotel destinations and while their latest seems the craziest of them all, it isn’t. The Le Gray Beirut was referred by a colleague on my trek through Lebanon in 2011 replete with all of the hyperbole you might expect from a seasoned travel […]
MGS Chat: Sir Tom Jones
He’s not unusual. In fact, for a man who saw Elvis eating deviled eggs on an exercise bike, he’s surprisingly normal. Sir Tom Jones talks exclusively to the Media Guy. The snake hips have gone, but the charm is all intact. Celebrated lothario, knight of the realm, Hollywood Walk of Famer… He’s clocked up more Vegas appearances than […]
World Travels: Open Again
As Lebanon searches for ways to bring the country and tourism back, it turns to the food that made it famous, while giving an emphatic YES to the question: Will food be Lebanon’s savior? Beirut has always been kind to me. Eating has always been a guilty pleasure where the only thing more exciting than […]
World Travels: Beirut
LEBANON THROUGH THE EYE OF THE LENS The Watering Hole When I think of a watering hole, I don’t think of a bar— but rather a secluded and quiet place, with a little brook and a convenient tree to lean against. Of course, there is a peaceful and playful breeze gently blowing. It’s a retreat […]
World Portrait: Rebuilding Lovers
Beirut, Lebanon—The sun slowly burns upon the horizon, shaking the dew from the rock and sand. A couple stops after walking hand in hand through the night to watch the new construction in the outskirts of Beirut.
