Wires going every which way, sheet metal awnings, laundry hung out and shutters painted robin's egg blue. I really like the upper balcony; a perfect baroque yellow within a pointed arch.
I love this nook of your city and the way you have described it. One can envisage, a young man padding quickly up the stairs and through a doorway to be with his beloved.
Everybody's looking for something. Mary Ann is looking for the real Beirut, whatever that means. These are the photos she takes along the way.
You can browse around the archives here or check out her other blogs. There's one from a few years ago, back when she blogged about art. And then there's another from '09 when she lived in St. Louis (USA).
Is the blue to ward off the evil eye?
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I love this nook of your city and the way you have described it. One can envisage, a young man padding quickly up the stairs and through a doorway to be with his beloved.
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