Posts Tagged ‘Greek’
Sunday, May 10th, 2009
Tags:
british museum,
greece,
Greek,
london,
museum,
parthenon marbles
While in London, my top priority was to visit the British Museum to see the Parthenon Marbles (also called the Elgin Marbles depending on your loyalties). I grew up hearing about how these precious pieces were taken by Lord Elgin while he was ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.
Anyone who has had a decent art history course knows why these pieces are significant both in the context of Greek/classical history and to art history in general. I was very very glad I got to see these masterpieces in person, despite the fact they were not in Greece.
Monday, April 20th, 2009
Tags:
Easter,
Greek,
Πάσχα
Yesterday was Easter (Πάσχα) for Greek Orthodox, so we had a little meal at my parents' house early Sunday afternoon. It's a bittersweet occasion as my older brother will be moving away on Wednesday—he's going somewhere new and fun, but he'll be really far. As excited as we are for him, we're going to miss him too.
Fresh cut flowers from my mother’s garden, including fragrant daffodils and (my favorite) hinodoxa.
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Tags:
camberville,
Davis Square,
Greek,
harry potter,
Massachusetts,
nantucket,
old ironsides,
Photos,
Somerville,
Travel
Twice in a row, I’m apologizing for infrequent posts. For better or worse, things have been pretty busy since I got back from vacation. So I don’t bore you all to tears with minute details of my goings-on, I’ll summarize with the aid of four pictures:
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Thursday, June 21st, 2007
Tags:
greece,
Greek,
j-rock,
japanese rock,
Journalism,
media,
s.k.i.n.
This blog’s been quiet for a few days, longer than I’d meant. I do apologize—while trying to get things organized for my upcoming vacation, the work’s been piling up.
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Monday, June 11th, 2007
Tags:
flickr,
geekiness,
Greek,
internet
The flickr greeting I received today was both unintentionally quite funny and a bit unnerving at the same time:
click to enlarge the picture
Reaction #1 (too-cool-for-this neo-geek-hipster wanna-be snark): O RLY?
Reaction #2 (cripplingly self-conscious): is my greek so bad that flickr assumes i don’t even know how to say hello?
Reaction I should have had: How many Greeks wrote emails to flickr to get “yasou” on the international greetings banner? And how long will it take for a counter-reaction of Turks to mobilize and demand “merhaba”? ;)
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