Anthony Bourdain the daredevil travelling chef fond himself in the middle of the Lebanon Isreali conflict. He and his crew were filming for a new episode in Bourdain’s far off culinary travel show when Isreal bombed the airport and left him stuck in Beirut. Great writeup at Salon.com

Beirutis like to tell you (true or not) that they partied right through the civil war. That it wasn’t “cool” to seek shelter during an airstrike. That we “shouldn’t worry. All the nightclubs have their own generators.” That night, we continued to shoot (and drink heavily) at the opening party for the newly relocated Sky Bar, a rooftop nightclub with a view of the Mediterranean. Moneyed Beirutis — all of them, it seemed, young, sexy and ridiculously beautiful — drank vodka and Red Bull, and swayed (if not exactly danced) while Israeli jets flew menacingly low overhead. Were it not for the warplanes, it could have been Los Angeles or South Beach, Fla.

Salon.com

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