Greeks – We Don’t Mean to Yell, We Just Do
I heard a joke the other day. It was told to me by my friend Margaret, a fellow Five Point Coffee aficionado. Margaret is Jewish, so she made the characters…
Karagiozis vs. Karagiozis
Recently, there was a news story about a 30-year old man who refused to leave from his parent’s house, and after they tried everything, including offering him money, they filed a…
Yia Sou, Baby – 20 Years Later
Back in August 2018, I saw the band, SOB, which is not what you think it stands for. It’s the Steve Oakley Band out of South Jersey. They were performing…
Do You Speak Greece?
Right before Thanksgiving, I saw a post on Facebook that read, “To my non-Greek friends. Don’t ask me if we celebrate Thanksgiving in Greece. The Pilgrims didn’t make it there!”…
AHEPA: The Rise of the Phoenix
I have seen the future, and the future is soaring like a phoenix rising from the ashes of destruction. Very deep quote, wouldn’t you say? I would, and I like…
So You Want To Buy A Greek Island? Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!
I finally get to write about two of my most favorite subjects; Greece, and, of course, the Beatles. So what is the relationship between Greece and the Beatles, you ask?…
Socrates and the Red Bandana
It’s 2018. We’re smack in the middle of the “Information Age.” Access to information is only a click or tap away. I can ask Siri or Alexa, “when was the…
Being Bouzouki
The bouzouki. Some people think of it as a novelty item, hanging from a keychain, or an Ouzo bottle in the shape of a bouzouki (I think I have one…
The City of Klamata
Recently, I was watching a movie titled, “The Lost City of Z.” The movie was nice and I had read the book too. It’s based on a true story. The…
Two Greeks Meet At An Airport…
This is it. My 100th article written for Cosmos Philly. Not really. This is number 105. Those pompous owners of Cosmos Philly, sitting in their leather-bound chairs high up on…
The Parthenon; How Civilization Was Saved By a Sixteen Year Old
This past summer the family visited Greece. It had been twelve years since my last visit with my older daughter. My younger daughter had never been to Greece so we…
The Greek Discount – Part Δύο
Some time ago I wrote an article about the “Greek Discount.” You know, when a fellow Greek finds out that you’re Greek, and they take care of you – wink,…
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