{"id":31722,"date":"2014-03-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/31722\/11-ways-to-party-like-a-local"},"modified":"2023-08-11T03:34:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T03:34:35","slug":"11-ways-to-party-like-a-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/31722\/11-ways-to-party-like-a-local\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Ways to Party Like a Local"},"content":{"rendered":"So, you\u2019ve heard we like to party, and you want to party just like us? To make things simple you could just throw on whatever clothes are in front of you, and head to Hamra or Mar Mikhael, meet some random people and pub-hop the night away. There\u2019s bound to be some exciting band playing, a funny drunk guy who will propose to you at some point, or a bar fight over your pretty friend. Or, to be a genuine local and actually experience entertainment Arab-style, try and find a dabke party. It\u2019ll be difficult since we\u2019ve become so westernizedddd, but I promise you these parties are the best.

Now if you really want to go all out, here is another version of partying like a local that we can\u2019t help but poke fun at \u2013 even if we have all admittedly been there and done that. But here goes nothing:

1. See where the party at<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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Friday night, time to get cray, ay \u2013 where is the party goin\u2019 down tonight? Is it MAD? Is it LIFE? Or could it be the new bad boy in the building, Uruguay Street? You need to figure this one out folks, because you can\u2019t Gucci it unless you “gu ci” where it\u2019s happenin\u2019 – AMIRIGHT?

2. Reserve a table<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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It\u2019s 8:00 p.m. and you still haven\u2019t reserved a table? No. Oh mon dieu. Mish ma32ool.<\/i>

3. Dress to impress<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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Take it as a rule of thumb, 83.7% of Lebanese love dressing up. Yes, we are the Paris (or was it Switzerland?) of the Middle East when it comes to style. Make sure you don\u2019t forget to put on a lot of parfuuuum<\/i>, so when you enter, the heads turn up and ask, \u201cwow, what is zaaat<\/i> smell?\u201d

4. Elevator Snapchat selfie time<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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Make-up on? New crocodile pants and designer knock-off bag over your arm? Alright. It\u2019s now time to hope that the elevator is empty so that you can snapchat it before that crazy guy spills his drink on your face and ruins your mascara.

5. Figure out your ride<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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Is Allo Taxi waiting outside for you? No? Too expensive? Ok, here\u2019s the deal \u2013 holla at a service taxi instead, and park five minutes from your destination because, chances are, you won\u2019t get in to the club if you arrive in a rundown, freaky service. (I told you, we\u2019re classy).

6. Check your watch before stepping in, we\u2019re also fashionably late<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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We\u2019re fashionably late to the point that we\u2019re all fashionably late and it\u2019s no longer fashionable. But be fashionably late, nevertheless.

7. Brace yourself, there\u2019s bound to be some ducklips<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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Ask the poor bartender to take a picture of you and your best friends, I\u2019m sure he won’t mind!

8. \u201cI\u2019m a good girl, I swear\u201d all forgotten<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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Have fun. Enjoy your night. Really, when the music is on, for once, no one really gives a crap what you\u2019re doing. Dance on the table, live, forget, love and all the other stuff you\u2019ve learned from Tumblr.

9. 2:00 a.m., and you\u2019re sleepy? Fight the urge to sleep.<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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Nothing good (or bad) happens until after 2:00 a.m. Get with the program, we party until well after sunrise here.

10. When your legs can no longer take it, it\u2019s time to leave<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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This is the best part of the night \u2013 everyone\u2019s out of it, heels are off, people are half-asleep on the table, and drunken confessions are spilled. It\u2019s okay to succumb to the feeling.

11. Time to eat anything but zaatar and zeit at Zaatar w Zeit<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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Best part of the night, if you ask me. Get a table (no need for reservations this time) at ZwZ and, if you\u2019re the sober one, take videos of your friends saying utter gibberish.
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