Food: The Middle Eastern Pizza

lahmadjunpizzaI admit, along with my fellow Retrenders blogger Stevie Jang, we haven’t found a good meat pie place in the SF area.  Most of the time, Lahmadjun we’ve eaten have been a little oily, greasy and not fresh.  Now Munchies is making me hungry with this piece, “Lebanon’s Lahmadjun”  with reporter Aris Roussinos.  In Beirut, Aris finds a Armenian/Syrian bakery, the Ichkhanian Bakery where they make the delicious Lahmadjun, which is a flatbread with spiced minced meat on top.

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The Stormtrooper Extra Profile

starwarsstormtroopersHe was just an extra on set, but Laurie Goode still connects with Star War fans.  He was that Stormtrooper!  Which one?  Well, in this BBC News piece actor Laurie Goode recounts his many memories on the Star Wars set.

 

Drink: The Pepsi Bus Shelter on Oxford Street

pepsi bus shelterLondon commuters get creative Pepsi ads at a London bus stop.  You will find this Pepsi bus shelter on Oxford Street.  This is not your typical bus shelter, as BBC News takes a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Pepsi bus shelter.

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