The Founder of AwesomeDC when NOT Blogging

A few good friends from my hometown, Shiraz Iran,  caught me with their iPhone on Friday night when totally wasted at Lima lounge AGAIN. Good thing, it didn’t turn out to be that bad. So, curious what I do when off the computer and not blogging?  Here it is :-)

BTW, I don’t usually behave like this. I was just a little bit wasted having a good time with friends, and also a little bit over excited from the movie Scarface I had just watched before heading out: Read more of this post

Iranians and their Fascination with Lions

Iranian flag before 1979 Islamic Revolution

Lion on the walls of Persepolis - the capital of the Persian Empire (500 B.C.)

After watching this video, as an Iranian American, I have to say – it looks like we  are returning to our roots. The guy in the video is washing his lion pet in Tehran, in public, in a busy street.

As some historical documents show Iranian kept leopards and tigers as pet instead of dogs. Many centuries ago Iran landscape was a birth place for big cats: Read more of this post

Crap! This happened in my hometown, Shiraz


This is a video of a lion attacking one of its trainers in Shiraz, Iran 700 miles south of Tehran and 50 miles West of Persepolis the first capital of the Persian Empire.

The lion is hanging on to the man’s arm and chewing! The man’s friend/co-worker is holding on to the male lion’s head so it won’t be able drag the injured and bleeding man back in the middle of his cage to finish him off. The friend is screaming for help and begging for someone to find a stick, pistol or some other weapon to fight off or kill the lion! Watch and see the conclusion! The ending is good :-) Read more of this post

Awesome Washingtonians and Americans Compared to the rest of the World


Although racism is still an issue in our country and in our nation’s capital, when was the last time you witnessed things like what you are about to see in the video below in DC or the rest of our country?

Having lived and worked in the EU including London, Bonn, Paris, and Madrid from 2002 through mid 2006, grew up in Shiraz and Tehran, visited many Middle Eastern and Asian countries, I can absolutely confirm the story in this video. I not only experienced this firsthand within their sports community and infamous hooligans, but everywhere including intellectuals, company executives, and the educational community.

As a naturalized US citizen who got off the boat from Iran back in mid 80′s and prior to my temporary move to Europe in 2002, I thought that we in America were racist. Boy, what the hell was I thinking? I agree there are still some pockets of racism in our country, but it is mostly among the undereducated community,. which is quite usual for any country and culture. Read more of this post

The Truth Behind Washington D.C. Attraction Revealed


Within the first month after I got off the boat from Shiraz to Washington, DC in 1985, I could tell something was very different about DC.  No, it wasn’t the politics, nor the museums, nor the awesome sceneries of Washington, DC. Something else  made me  fall in love with the city and settle here for good – the insane ratio of women to men in DC.  I have been always wondered about the reason behind it  for the past 25 years. I think I’ve  finally found the answer today on May 25th, 2010. Read more of this post

My little Italy in Washington DC


by Elias Shams
Having lived and worked in Washington, DC, Spain, France, Germany, India, Iran, and regretfully UK, I finally found my favorite little cozy hair salon that every man regularly loves to visit for a haircut -  Diego’s Hair Salon one block North of Dupont Circle.

The shop is owned by a seventy something years old Italian guy named Diego D’Ambrosio for the past forty something years. Diego established the joint around 1961 when he had just moved to the US with a one way ticket from Italy around the same time as the JFK Presidential Inauguration.  see more…

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