Celebrate Independence Day ~ The GREEK Way

July 4th weekend is coming up, and for me there is only ONE way to celebrate...........CENTRAL with ANNA VISSI!!!!!!!!!!!! Not to mention DJ Angela Pandelis is gonna be there all the way from Greece! It really doesn't get any better people. Get your booties there!!

TRIFONO!!!!

Ladies and Gentleman, As the concert season kick off with Vissi!! AHHHH!!!!! it will continue with Trifono performing at Town Hall in NYC as the closing of the 2011 Gabby Awards Weekend! Don't worry kiddies, this concert is sure to be a rock out show that is going to be well worth a trip into the city on a Sunday afternoon..For more information check it on the Gabby Awards FB page.

Just for a litte teaser, here is a video from Trifono!!

Mr. Panos on Easter

With Holy Week starting tomorrow, I thought everyone should take a moment at hear what Mr. Panos as to say. His thoughts on "Greek Easter" are AMAZING!!!

Turns out some people like working in Greece

With all the turmoil going on in Greece these days, it is hard to imagine people still like working there. However it turns out one company is making people happy to go to work again!

Athenian Brewery, which sells Amstel and Heineken beer in Greece as well as Alfa Hellenic, Ioli, Furstenbrau, Marathon, Fischer and Ioli Fizzy; topped a ‘Great Place to Work’ list, according to results published on Monday. Athenian Brewery S.A. is the largest brewer in Greece, producing and trading beer, since 1963. 

The annual survey, put together by ALBA business school and consultants Great Place to Work Institute, ranked Elais-Unilever Hellas and Tasty Foods in second and third place respectively for large sized companies (with more than 250 employees). Hygeia came in fourth place, followed by Media Strom and Pharmathen.

The survey questioned over 7,000 employees from 42 companies. An awards ceremony to congratulate the brewery will take place on April 11th.

Fun Fact: The Athenian Brewery plant in Athens bottles 1,500,000 bottles per day. 

I hope the rest of Greece can get its act together like Athenian Brewery

My new favorite!

I have a new favorite song that I think everyone should hear. Eleni Foureira "Ase Me" I don't have much more to say about it, check out the video and you will understand why it is great.

Jennifer Aniston goes Viral

 Everyones favorite Greek girl has been tapped by the water company Smart Water to star in her first ever viral video! She is seen in the video with that Keenan Cahill kid that lipsyncs from youtube and deems himself a youtube sensation, featuring with puppies, rainbows, exotic animals, dancing babies and kicking a guy in the nuts! I know that everyone loves Jen Aniston as much as I do and we all know Angelina SUCKS!

Here is the video, check Jen out!

DJ ANGLEA PANDELIS IN NYC!

My favorite DJ in THE WORLD is coming to NYC..DJ Angela Pandelis!!! I just got the invite and needless to say I am super pumped that she is going to be once again rocking MY city!! My advice for the day, check her out at NIKKI MIDTOWN on April 1st! Get all the rest of the details on Facebook. 

In the meantime, take a minute and check out the amazing video she made for her new song "Follow me" all over NYC!

The Gabby Awards coming to NYC

Well as of late I have been getting updates telling me about the Gabby Awards happening this summer in NYC! The Gabby Awards, in case you lived under a rock or basically outside of the Greek community is a awards show to celebrate being Greek and the AMAZING Greek stars in a whole bunch of different categories and then throws what I am told is a pretty amazing after-party. I have heard John Varvatos, Melina Kanakaredes, and Jim Gianopoulos are all on the honorary host committee, nbd really.

This year the group behind the Gabbys, The Greek America Foundation - are attempting to top their extravagant Chicago awards show with a bigger and better NYC deal. I don't know all the details, which includes ticket price and nominees, but I have an idea that it is going to be an unforgettable night, or so I am told. check out the website at www.gabbyawards.com and check out the teaser trailer or the 2011 awards show!!

Athenos

So Athenos, by Kraft foods has taken a fun twist on thier new "Greek" hummus product. Not to mention that hummus in NOT a Greek dish, they have made some cute little ads featuring "Yiayia." We might think this is offensive, but really it is just good old fashioned fun, and we all may be embarresed to say it, but there is a "Yiayia" we all have in Greece that acts this way.

So take a minute, look over the ad's and think about it - I love them!!!!!

Epiphany in Tarpon Springs

Tarpon Springs, Florida - Preps at Spring Bayou began early with some boat bailing and people claiming the prime viewing spots. That's especially important for the families of the divers.

"Really excited - very, very excited," says Mary Boussias whose 16-year-old son Vangeli is diving. "To share it with our whole family... we're saving spots for them. Yeah, it's really wonderful."

The divers, 77 of them, made their way from St. Nicholas Cathedral to the bayou and the crowd cheered as the ran and plunged into the 60-degree water to get to their boats. But this was not the dive everyone was waiting for. That came when Archbishop Demetrios cast the hand-crafted white cross into the water.

Amid the flailing arms churning the water, it was 17-year-old Louis Pappas who raised the cross high. He comes from a very well-known family in the city. The Pappas family helped start the famous sponge docks and is also known for their restaurants.

Later at the cathedral, the high school quarterback tells how this time he made the big catch. "As soon as I saw him throw it I just jumped in and swam as fast as I could, opened my eyes when I got to the bottom and it was right there in my face and I grabbed it."

Whoever retrieves the cross receives a special blessing from the Archbishop and is said to have favor for the rest of the year. As for Louis's mother Rosanne, she couldn't be prouder. "He's a good boy, a sweet boy and it was a gift," she says tearing up in the church.

The Tarpon Springs Epiphany celebration is one of the largest in the world. The festivities typically attract over 10,000 people. The Greek Orthodox celebration marks the baptism of Jesus Christ by St. John the Baptist in the River Jordan. This is the 105^th year for the event and 105 doves were released over the bayou.