Anissa's Blog

The first time I went to Taylor’s Refresher must have been over 10 years ago to have lunch with the wonderful Toni Sagakuchi. I am not a great fan of hamburgers but if Toni wanted to eat there, the place had to be good. And it was. Ever since, I have made sure to eat there…

She was a big star and she is in the news for owing back taxes to the tune of two and a half million dollars which she says she should not pay because the calculation is made on ‘customer tips’, the notes slipped into the dancer’s costume as she is swirling past them — in her case it seems…

Sicily is the land of sweets. In the old days, the nuns made them in convents. A few still do but nowadays you need to go to pasticcerie or regular bars to sample the amazing range although not all will be good. Two days ago we had a very poor gelato but we struck it…

I arrived yesterday in the mist and fog and I worried about how I was going to take nice photographs of the olive harvest but the weather this morning was just glorious and warm enough for me to have my coffee outside. So, I thought I would share this lovely moment with you! And as…

I can’t remember when my mother moved to Balluneh. I wasn’t happy because I loved our huge appartment in Beirut in a 1920′s building but it had been squatted during the civil war and even though my mother had gotten rid of the squatters (who were neighbours), she no longer felt safe there. So, she bought in Balluneh,…