Fair Trade Agreement

...and you gave her backache,stretchmarks,swollen feet,

indigestion,morning sickness,exhaustion,constipation,

weight gain,bloating,dry skin,hair loss,

 hormonal mood swings,pain,varicose veins....

Bouncing Baby

Just do it?

Keep On Truckin'

Flying trucks are a common sight in Lebanon. No special oil is needed.

Luckily, most trucks are equipped with melodic high pitched horns,

which both alert and terrify you simultaneously.

Preposition Proposition

Of.

Lebanon's Weather

Let's just say that things are heating up.

Farewell.....

Advertising loses one of their own.

Antoine Choueiri

(1939-       )

Legends never die.

The Price Is Right

She has a right to her jewelry..ok....

and he will be waiting for.......a little tit for tat.......quid pro quo,

 if you will!

Ad Nauseum

What moms give their children has little to do with genetic traits.

What children give their moms this year most likely will not say Exotica.

Exotica Ad Controversy Link

Buy One Get One Free

Is this Captain Jack Sparrow? Edward Scissorhands? Nope.

Meet Captain Jack Scissorhands along with a crew of neatly groomed pirates, of course.

(Thanks to a reader for sharing)

Sign Language

The British flag T-shirt and hanging scissors.......Bloody brilliant! Innit?

Can You Stand an Egg on Edge During the Spring Equinox?

Maybe not, but in Lebanon you can stand a pearl earring on its end.

Ski Lebanon

 

Good news! The model sees his shadow and according to legend there will be 6 more weeks of winter!

Middle East Arms Race

Hours in the gym with dumbbells?

Or is your body from your Mama?

Beirut #1 Destination City In The World

Welcome! Make your plans now for 2010! 

We gladly accept most major credit cards as well as 

euros, dollars,dinars,riyals,dirhams,francs,yen,kroner,

pesos,pounds,rubles,rupees,shekels, yes, shekels!

Faux-ward Drive

You can't fool us, we know a real car when we see it!

Pardon The Interruption

We interrupt our regular programming for an Editorial Review.

August 17 2009- BDBS(Beirut Drive-by Shooting) proclaims Exotica as the Perenial Favorite, Exotica posts a comment linking to their website for an online game to publicize their move to a new location on Zalka Highway.


October 3,2009- This photo of  Exotica's fall/back to school ad was not featured on BDBS. BDBS was not excited about this ad and its absence was the only commentary offered.

November 29 2009 -BDBS's comment of "Ho Ho Hum" well described Exotica's Christmas Ad campaign.
Exotica's very late link(kept secret) to the online  video  commercial,along with the arts and crafts   (aka...suggestions for not spending money on flowers...huh?) aspect of the campaign, came late. Late and Christmas don't go together.The last ditch effort to tap into the blogosphere was too little, too late. In a word- Lame.

February 1 2010- BDBS once again issued a very strong commentary on Exotica's Valentine's Ad campaign. BDBS found the message to be insensitive to the very consumers that participate the most in Valentine's Day.  One Blogger (Ivysays.com) was linked to the doomed campaign and Lebanese cyber-space was suspicious of this blogger's existence which was itself a distraction. (Few bloggers start out with a domain name, btw.) Which then led to the "decode your rose" event. One blogger said it best.

February 17 2010- Which brings us to the latest offering from Exotica. BDBS calls your attention the three strikes and you're out rule. Lebanese cyber-space was not amused. The idea of good body image and natural beauty got lost somewhere in what appeared to be a sick joke. BDBS has become aware of an effort to enlist the sympathy of the blogosphere to launch some kind of a free public relations campaign to regain what Exotica has lost.

BDBS offers the following free advice. Bloggers can be a helpful and cost-free way to reach internet users but bloggers also wait for the mighty to trip so they can write about them, which they do just for fun, personal amusement and for free.

BDBS now returns to our regular programming.......

Precious Things

4n

Love, lust and loyalty. Ya Libnan! 

The Price Of Love

Big decisions...what now? He's misscalled her...he sms'd her...is it time now?

Is she the one? What if she's takes it too far and talks forever? Who can afford that?

Did you think he was talking about an actual ring? Hahahahahaha!!

Let's Look At The Big Picture....

Really Big Pictures!

Within the framework...

lies a lovely work of "art".

Seeya Later Alligator

After while...crocodile!

*[At the time of publishing, no jeweler or jeweler group has claimed responsibility

for this piece of work, it's assumed to be the work of an outside,

 previously unnamed group. Fashion police are investigating all leads.]