We Greeks love, love, LOVE our mythology. What with all the salacious tales of love and war and weird romance/cannibalism how can one, must less and entire demographic not? My own persona...
Today is my daughter Alexis’ second birthday. I have never met anyone like her before. There is so much goodness in that kid. Like, she just has this way about her. She’s one ...
Do what is best for the girls. It’s not a question or a statement; it’s my mantra as a mother. I repeat this to myself when my daughters are happy and when they are cranky. I mentally cha...
Happy, happy birthday you darling, perfect little girl. For the last four years you have filled my life with joy, happiness, hilarity, chaos and epic temper tantrums. ...
www.metaxa.com/ C called late yesterday afternoon and suggested the girls meet at the beach for drinks. I kicked it into high gear, and within the hour I managed to simultaneously get all ...
http://www.sophiekinsella.co.u k/ So I’d like you to meet my friend Sophie. She’s a freaking crack up. Nobody does chick lit better than my girl Soph. You may have heard of her. She wrote thi...
Galactoboureko, prounounced (gah-lahk-toh-BOO-reh-koh)Ugh. My life has been crazy lately. I don’t want to talk about it. I don’t want to write about it. Thank God for food. Let’...
It’s been raining. A lot. Im not kidding. Im about 24 hours away from building a freaking Eucalyptus Ark, gathering up the kids, the husband and lining all my good shoes up two by two and ...
This is my dad. Evangelos Steve AslanidisToday is his birthday and he would have been 69 years old, but he died of a heart attack when I was 17. It was horrific and permanent, and I...
We were on a road trip when my husband received notice that he was needed on a conference call immediately. He pulled over at the next exit, found a shopping mall and demanded that the children and I...
‘Why do you practice yoga?’ Open any yoga book, attend any yoga class or tell a person that you’ve taken up yoga and you will inevitably be asked this question. The answer is different for ever...
My brother is getting married. Last Sunday he planned this big barbeque and invited his and his fiancé’s immediate family over. After dinner, everyone present got a card with a number on it and in tu...
This month’s book is about a bunch of weird stuff happening to a bunch of weird people, living in a weird town, on a weird mountain. The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman takes place in the small tow...
When something really great happens…or something horrible happens, or if there is cause to celebrate or repent, I usually do it with a glass of wine in hand. In fact, when it comes to drinking ...
When Ashley and I were eight years old we went to Girl Scout camp and I won a watermelon seed spitting contest. I spit a watermelon seed 12 feet. There were 300 to 400 girls at that ...
Crayola Botox CocktailI have a to-do list, a shopping list, a honey-do list, a laundry list, a grocery list, a Christmas list, a list of birthdays, a wish list, a bucket list and a shit list - which,...
I am very much in love with my husband. He is the most amazing man - smart, handsome, kind, indulgent, moral, successful, he is a wonderful father and husband. I know a lot of people wonde...
One morning last week I was running late and my husband was tasked with packing the unfortunate children their lunch. On occasions such as this there is no telling what on earth he is going to ...
Last night Andrew and I had a fight. This morning, still mad, I went to yoga. There I was, about to begin Surya Namaskara A, standing in mountain pose, eyes closed, jaw relaxed, my padas f...
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