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…
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 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),…
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……
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
A Form of Torture
As one gets older and more experienced in life, there are times that you look back, especially in your childhood, and remember the things that gave you great joy and…
Throwing The Na!
Na! You know what that means. It’s the word that supplements that hand gesture the Greeks use that says it all… your stupid, take this, forget about it, or, you’re…
Justice And A Pandofla, And The Will To Use It – Surviving Greek Parents
Greek parents… just to say those two words could paralyze the most hardened individual. I’m talking about the Greek-born parents of children born here or who came to the USA…
Greek American News from Philadelphia
