Poros Grilled octopus a la IMF/ Memorandum Octopus / Mussels a la Strauss Kahn / Mussels and rice risotto a la Schäuble/ fresh squid / Merkel aubergine salad / Fried anchovies a la Sarkozy / C...
In my dream I was in a floating city, a bit like an island, but with parks, railway stations and high buildings. And there was a party going on in this multicultural city. You just had to hop on the ...
While I was gone, I ate things larger than my head’s circumference I went to Mani in Southern Peloponnese I went to Amsterdam again (for work) when it was freezing We went to Vlasti in Northern...
Luxembourg Gardens Shakespeare & Co, is more than the best English bookshop in Paris. It’s a landmark. Notre Dame Pont des Arts: Blondie told me that lovers lock a padlock to the bridge and...
Town Hall The entrance to where we were staying Naughty chocolate shop The Grote Markt, it’s like Christmas village all year round Saint Salvator Cathedral That’s not a photoshop filter, ...
If you ever visit Amsterdam, don’t miss Artis, the zoo, with a planetarium, a geological museum a zoological museum and aquarium. The Netherlands: Lovely and flat (unsettlingly so) This summer ...
AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris 100.000 people on the streets cannot all be hooligans. There are 3 dead people though. Which invalidates the purpose of this magnificent protest: human rights. Shame on...
Karitena, Peloponnese Stemnitsa, Peloponnese Stemnitsa, Peloponnese Dimitsana, Peloponnese Church in Stemnitsa, Peloponnese School in Zatouna, Peloponnese School in Lagadia, Peloponnese Dimitsana, Pe...
Isn’t it nice how nature goes on without any concern for the economy or final exams or the fact that you have found some white hairs and you are pretending that they really are baby blonde? We ...
A couple of nights ago, we were burgled. While we were sleeping people broke in and took our laptop, a mobile phone, an mp3 player and around 450 Euros. Luckily, or maybe just because we were sprayed...
Limni Evias, Evia Evia Evia Thision, Athens Psyrri, Athens Psyrri, Athens Evia Isn’t this magical? Olive trees and wildflowers? (Evia) Evia Chalkida, Evia Athens Barber’s, Evia Chalkida, ...
After I had gone to the beautiful complex of villages called Zagoria –hope you get an idea from the pictures- Dad went into hospital with high blood sugar. He stayed there for 4 days, some of the mos...
This is the time for growth. There is no time for looking back and waiting and walking round the same block. I’ve noticed that lately I see the same people with different eyes. In a good way. T...
That’s “Klouvi” a tiny cafe in Petralona, Athens. Klouvi means cage. We had elections in Greece this past week. The government has changed. I don’t think there is anyone over ...
Max and Mary is a fantastic, one of a kind, animation movie. Read about it here. I also went to a book fair in Athens and got this book by Tessa Kiros, the cookbook writer who gave us Apples For Jam,...
This weekend I stayed out a lot. First, we visited the New Acropolis Museum, which I had avoided all summer, because I thought it would be kind to leave it to visitors and tourists. But it was worth ...
This is my definition of a failed country, a defunct civilization: When hard working, talented people, full of life and ideas after many years of trying for the unattainable say: “I don’...
This summer I went to Sifnos with M. and our son and I thought I’d post some photos for you to see, in case you decide to visit next year. It is a small island in the Aegean. Blue and white and...
After a decade in this house, we are moving next week. To another house, to another area. I have told myself to ban all feelings from entering the stream of consciousness. No feelings, just packing t...
Tomorrow is my birthday. “What should I get you?” asked M about a week ago. “Surprise me” I replied. In all the years I’ve been with M he has given me multiple times: -Jewelery -Books –Cds-Dvds-Stati...
My son took this photo (and I processed it) There are lots of ways to make a fool of myself and I have tried most of them successfully. There was one tiny area I hadn’t explored, and it had to do wit...
Baked aubergine Cheese- stuffed peppers Grilled mushrooms with a tiny bit of garlic Orange cake All kinds of cookies Sweet tart Chocolate cake Raki, and as David says, “a lighter to set it on f...
The old Hamam (Steam Baths). It was a fairytale place. I went to Salonica (Thessaloniki) for a few days, to see friends and have some fun away from Athens. It was a holiday here in Greece (Shrove Mon...
When you have been away too long you forget how to come back. The steps are new but I have certainly missed you. I mean you, not the –many- strange people who left ridiculous comments during th...
Creme brulee with chestnuts This year, my eyes are loking elsewhere, so Christmas has not been a matter of first priority. But I cannot let it go unnoticed. Unfortunately, most of the photos -especia...
All photos were taken by M "The State kills" police tear gas I know that some of you are worried by what is happening in Athens, indeed in Greece, right now. We are worried too. Not by...
Photo AP, via BBC Once more, Greek police show that they are big bullies, using their guns against minors, spreading violence and death. Last night, they killed a 15 year old child in cold blo...
In late October, I went on a little trip to Lake Plastira, in Central Greece. I completely neglected to upload photos because Christmas in the magazine intervened and I had to host a fake Christmas p...
To my friends in the US: That’s so great, what you did. You chose a good man for President and filled the world with hope. All these past years, you must have felt the despair of not bei...
I just wanted to say how I love this song and how much I love the world today. No special reason. And I wanted to say hi to my cat who died a couple of days ago at 20 years old. Hi Jejo, I know you a...
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