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“Nick the Greek”: The “Gentleman” of Gambling

By on December 28, 2011 in History, News

It’s Christmas Eve 1966, “Nick the Greek” takes his last breathe. Leaving behind his mythical life of the “the gentleman of gambling”. Imagine America at the beginning of the 20th century. Imagine a bar just like the Cotton Club, just picture the club’s characteristics, the rooms that are behind the clubs, just like the ones [...]

Sellout Artists Promote Greece with…Placemats and Disposable Cups

By on December 10, 2011 in Chicago, Culture Shock, East Coast, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, New York, News, Ohio, Opinion, Rhode Island, San Francisco, SoCal, The South, Utah, Washington, West Coast

“Live Your Myth in Greece” is the slogan we hear all across New York City and Athens, Greece. Whether it is on the subway or bus stops they are everywhere.  Now you can see this wonderful slogan while waiting for your cheeseburger deluxe at your local diner in New York City or anywhere in the [...]

There’s No Place Like Home

By on December 9, 2011 in Chicago, History, Illinois

Being Greek-American is not what it’s cracked up to be. You are torn between the country you were you were born and the country were your family came from. In America you’re not called the “all American boy/girl” and in Greece you are not put in the group like the rest of the Greeks. This [...]

Sandals Give Magical Powers

By on December 1, 2011 in New York, News

Christina Martini, designer of Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton, has made her own ‘magical’ sandals. Born and raised in Greece, Martini has designed 31 styles of Ancient Greek sandals. “Our idea was to make our sandals look like they were archaeological finds but with a modern twist”, says Martini. The sandals are designed with vegetable-tanned leather [...]