31 Monday Dec 2012
Posted in Editorials
As the sun sets on another wonderful year, make sure you stay tuned for more exciting posts of projects coming in 2013! Wishing everyone a peaceful, happy, creative and tasty New Year 🙂
– Photo of the sunset from Beit el-Deen, Mount Lebanon. Courtesy of Adasat Studios.
28 Friday Dec 2012
Posted in Editorials
Today marks the first anniversary of Cloud of Lace. I can’t believe it’s been one year since the birth of my very first blog post…
It started on Dec. 28th, 2011 as a personal project for self-fulfilment. Cloud of Lace was one of my 2012 resolutions. One that was intimately created while I was on my 2012 New Year’s vacation in Cairo. However, over the past year, this personal project has transformed my life in much more ways than I would have ever anticipated. I have met new friends, learnt new skills, made business connections, attended special events and hung out with the most fun people ever, and did a lot of planning for what comes next…
2013 will mark a major turn point, not just for my Cloud of Lace, but for me as well… & I can’t wait to share with you all the details as they happen!
Cloud of Lace will keep on featuring the best of local Lebanese Designers, locales, arts, reviews, markets, shops, innovations and culture… Among many other new surprises!
I would like to thank everybody who helped make it happen, and many special thanks and expressions of gratitude to all of you, my readers. Thank you and I’m so proud of each and every like, post, follow and award you printed over Cloud of Lace.
Here’s how I have celebrated my Cloud of Lace’s First Anniversary:
Got me this fabulous toy 🙂
I love you all!
Xoxo,
Hiba
26 Wednesday Dec 2012
Posted in Places
In an attempt to convey to all of you my readers around the globe how Christmas in Lebanon looks like, here are a few photographs…
Zahle City Center. (Photo courtesy of Sanbouli)
Christmas in Dhour Choueir. (Unkown photo source)
Christmas in Byblos. (Photo source unknown)
Ehden’s Tree featured the word ‘Peace’ in multiple languages. (photo source unknown)
American University of Beirut – My University! (photo courtesy of Ahmad El Itani, AUB’s Office of Communications)
Let me know how you found them 🙂
25 Tuesday Dec 2012
Posted in Places
Tags
Achrafieh, Beirut, Christmas, christmas charades, Christmas in Beirut, christmas shows, Holidays, Lebanon
Every year, this grand mall located in a suburb of Beirut, Achrafieh, makes fascinating dreams of enchanted Holidays come true! By creating state-of-the art decorations, circus shows, diverse charades, chorales with their costumes. Everything is perfected down to every detail. It’s the place where every year, everybody comes to see their unique giant Christmas tree, and the daily family entertainment shows… It’s Christmas in ABC Achrafieh, Beirut.
I’ve tried to select the pictures that would convey to you how magical the decoration, the music and the shows were… It was a lovely day, with the most spectacular Christmas shows in the whole region! Enjoy…
Beautiful little ballerinas…
Extreme joy to the music, the dancing and the beautiful effects
Musicals and charades were circulating all around us!
Notice how creative their costumes are…
& a circus!
Modern dance also had a successful share.
I would love to see how Christmas is like where you live 🙂 Send me links, photos or videos…
Xoxo,
Hiba
24 Monday Dec 2012
Posted in Places
It is common knowledge now that the Lebanese are famous for inventing a reason to party even when there’s none! So how about when it’s Christmas in Beirut?! Enchanting Decorations were starting to appear around Lebanon since mid November… People couldn’t just wait to celebrate! Most families had their Christmas trees set over a month ago, and some will still have them around till the end of January! All shops started displaying their latest trends of Christmas ornaments and gifts.
My stop today is about the Christmas exhibition that took place in trendiest spot in Beirut, Zaitunay Bay. It was named ‘Christmas at Zaitunay Bay,’ with daily charades, chanting chorals, musicians, crafts, plays and face paint for kids, and a lot more! Lebanese designers, painters, local shops, chefs from five-star hotels and pastry gourmet owners were also exhibiting their best, in specially built wooden cabins to combat December’s stormy weather.
I’ll let the photos speak for themselves…
The beautiful wooden cabins built especially for the exhibition
Their expressions 🙂
How pretty is she? 🙂
Christmas is by far is the happiest season of the year, almost everywhere around the globe… It is a time where joy is automatically transcended between each other, young & old… & even between people and things!
I would love to know… What are your special moments, items and traditions during this holy season?
Happy Holidays!
xoxo,
Hiba
— All photos are courtesy of Zaitunay Bay.
