Talking heads

A few head honchos from Lebanon's banking world gathered to listen to the above talking about banking stuff at a nice hotel. My attention got as far as the awesome steak rolls...

They yacked for ages, which meant a) I really needed those steak rolls by the end and, b) plenty of time to play with the lighting. Below is Yasser, Executive's editor in chief who was hosting the talk (i.e also capitalising on a journalist's innate ability to score great free grub).

Cars and canapes

Ladies, cars and canapes greeted visitors the Lebanon Motor Show 2010, the first in a few years, and the subject of the magazine's first ever online web gallery. This to be the first of many, which means more work fun for me. Hopefully the fruits of a trip to the south with UNIFIL will be used for the next one.

US invasion - Christian Science Monitor

This shot of former Los Angeles Laker C.J. Giles – now of Beirut's league topping Al-Riyadi – is to pop my US print cherry on April 12, with an appearance in Boston weekly CSM to accompany Josh Wood's piece on American basketball players in Lebanon. The keen-eyed will notice it's credited to NEWSCOM, rather than me. Bloody typical! Hopefully that little wrinkle will be ironed out before it hits the printer...