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Harry Karapalides
Jojo – The Wonder Dog
For the past year, I have been writing articles mainly about everyday things from the prospective of a Greek-American. Some articles were meant to be serious with a touch of sarcasm so the reader would…
Greeklish
Greeklish. Every Greek-American (or Canadian) knows the meaning of this word, but for those of you who are not Greek, or a Greek not living in an English speaking country, it basically means the destruction…
The Most Interesting “Greek” Man In The World
You have seen the commercial for Dos Equis beer – The Most Interesting Man in the World. His blood smells like cologne. In museums, he is allowed to touch the art. My favorite is –…
Stop The Souvlakia! Is It Time To Quit The Greek Festivals?
We all grew up with them – the Greek festival. Each year the Greek-American communities bring out their gyros, baklava, and say Opa, to raise money for their churches. But has the Greek festival become…
Pass the Larry, Please
We all have memories of Easter and the way our Greek-American families celebrate it. From the time we can remember, we were taught that Easter (Pascha for the purists) was the most important holy day…
The Only Greek In Town
As a kid, growing up in the 1960’s in a small southern New Jersey town where we were the only Greek family (the Tiniakos Family came later in the 70’s), was tough. The town was…
Thank God For Gus and Maria
The biggest event happening in my area is the opening of a new shopping center that has the chain food stores, Chipotle and Panera Bread… whoop-tee-doo! My kids are excited… I’m yawning, a really big…
Wake Up and Read the Coffee
Recently, I was at the local Greek clubhouse for dinner with some friends. The meal was great, like always, including horiatiki salata, beefsteki and souvlakia, hand-cut French fries pantzaria, toursi, and some toasted hard-crusted bread.…
The Trio
If you’re 40 years and older, you will remember the phenomenon known as the Trio Bel Canto. The “Trio” as we referred to them, was a Greek music trio that started in 1958 in Greece…
Hartoura – The Art of Throwing
We have all seen it or done it ourselves. Someone is dancing zeibekiko and money suddenly comes fluttering in the air! Tips or, as the Greek musicians call it, hartoura, is a staple at parties…
Big Ben or O Megas Haris
London – Londoners woke up today to a bright sunny day but learned that one of their national treasures was gone. Big Ben, the nickname for the great bell of the clock in the bell…
Greek Orthodox Church – Right Or Left?
The universe is full of opposing forces. The Chinese call it Yin and Yang. In politics it’s liberal and conservative. In everyday life it’s right and wrong or good and bad. One cannot exist without…
