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As I was taking a shortcut home yesterday through the Township of Ocean, I noticed that a local Greek Orthodox Church was having their annual “Greek Festival.” I told Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring ’84 that we were going to go to the festival.
Aggie Ring said, “Greek Festival? Will there be sorority girls?” I laughed and told Aggie Ring, “No, that was way back when you were an Aggie Ring in a Greek fraternity at Texas A&M in the Greek system and we wore a pledge pin on our Aggie Corps uniform. These are real Greeks.” Aggie Ring said, “That fraternity stuff was all fine until those two Waggie gals dimed us out at that Corps dining in for wearing the fraternity pin on our dress uniform.” I replied, “Oh? You didn’t seem to mind going to the grog bowl.”
Aggie Ring sighed and said, “Oh, I remember all of the socials at the bars in College Station that we had with the Aggie sorority girls and the BBQs with our fraternity brothers from the University of Texas.”
“Well,” I told Aggie Ring, “Where there are real Greeks, there’s going to be something good to eat.” Aggie Ring didn’t seem to have a problem with that. Aggie Ring started with the grilled octopus (xταπόδι-σχάρας) and then moved on to a couple of skewers of pork souvlaki and a Greek salad.
After Aggie Ring ’84 and I finished, we had a Turkish coffee. As we were enjoying the incredibly wonderful weather and low humidity, Aggie Ring said to me, “You know, sometimes I think that I’m the luckiest Aggie Ring in the world because I live on the Jersey Shore.”
Who am I to argue with an Aggie Ring? Living on the Jersey Shore sure as hell beats running over armadillos or tipping cows back in Texas.
#AggieRing #TexasAggie #AggiesEverywhere
Monastiraki | The Greco's Project 02/05/2018 12h24
Our last lunch in Athens. The Greco's Project, a modern restaurant which promises Greek traditional dishes. Andy ordered Souvlaki, very Greek indeed!
The Greco's Project
Pl. Monastirakiou 5
Athina 105 55
GREECE
Phone: +30 21 0325 2282
I took the stitched panoramic shots with my Fuji compact mostly of landscape scenes without people in it.
It is a challenge when you have people in the scene and the stitching may have problems when the people are present across the borders of the shots.
This is my first experiment done in Richmond Centre Food Court.
Please view large size and see if you can find the stitching marks in this one. Richmond Centre will offer you a free meal if you find it. Just kidding! :o)
For your interest, my favorite fast food in the food court is OPA!, the Greek souvlaki and salad. They taste good!
This is 3 pictures stitched into one by my Fuji S1600 compact.
I really enjoy a good Greek Pork Souvlaki. A coworker gave me a recipe many years ago and it has served me very well. It's as authentic as anything served in Greek Town on The Danforth. Trust me on that!
For this meal, I marinated the pork overnight, allowing all the flavour to soak into the meat. It was cooked to perfection in my air fryer and served with tzatziki, potatoes and a salad.
She had given me a recipe for making Tzatziki as well but it would have been too much for myself. Maybe next time.
It was a delicious meal. Thank you, Georgia!
Home Cooking
Pickering, Ontario
"Kalispera" everybody
Greek day in Vancouver 26th June 2011
My video from Greece 1999 'Meteora' www.youtube.com/watch?v=THb9zfjOlqc
and 'Santorini' www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHEkt300Q5o
Not very happy with the results nor creative (composition inspired by Souvlaki for the Soul)...But just thought I would start the ball rolling on SLW: Food for a Cause...
Had the lighting set up for a product shot today, so thought I just use it conveniently hehe!
We are heading over to the restaurant on the left to have lunch and enjoy the view.
I also enjoyed my pork souvlaki!
Taken with my Fujifilm X-T30 II camera and a XF18-55mm lens.
Athens, Greece.
Souvlaki over rice with the last of the steamed Brussels sprouts; tzatziki; corn, red onion and tomato salad with low-fat Italian dressing in the fish for the salad.
Didn't shoot with a tripod nor reflector...no time because the parsley was wilting away!!!! Inspired by Souvlaki For The Soul's pumpkin soup!
A tree made of wood. I think it was a jewellry store. Full of spots - just what I needed.
Spots/Spotted Theme
The other day, I received a mail from a friend and I was amused, so I thought I would share it.
If you are of an interest group highlighted below, don't be offended - lighten up and have some fun.
Subject: A dairyman explains world economics
SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbor.
COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and gives you some milk.
FASCISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and sells you some milk.
BUREAUCRATISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away...
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell them and retire on the income.
SURREALISM
You have two giraffes.
The government requires you to take harmonica lessons
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped dead.
ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows.
The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company.
The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.
You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows.
No balance sheet provided with the release.
The public then buys your bull.
A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and market it worldwide.
A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows,
but you don't know where they are.
You decide to have lunch.
A RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
You count them again and learn you have 2 cows.
You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5000 cows.
None of them belong to you.
You charge the owners for storing them.
A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity.
You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You worship them.
A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.
AN IRAQI CORPORATION
Everyone thinks you have lots of cows.
You tell them that you have none.
No-one believes you, so they bomb the f**k out of you and invade your country.
You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of Democracy.
AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Business seems pretty good.
You close the office and go to the pub for a few beers to celebrate.
A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
You have two cows.
The one on the left looks very attractive.
A GREEK CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You borrow against the cows from the Germans
You kill the cows and make souvlaki
You can't pay the interest so the Germans lend you more money
You can't pay the interest so the Germans lend you more money
You can't pay the interest so the Germans lend you more money
You can't pay the interest so the Germans lend you more money.
Have a great weekend everyone.
While I was taking some street shots during Carnival season, I noticed something that interested me. I saw many people eating in the street. I decided then and there to start a personal project that would be called "Eat" and would include photos of people eating. This is the first ever shot I made for this project and it is of a guy stuffing him self with a whopping souvlaki with pita bread and potato chips! He really loved that souvlaki! Snap!
Most of the souvlaki restaurants in Greece and Cyprus, use paper as a tablecloth. So, when I go to such restaurants, and if the paper is suitable for folding, I always ask for some.
This particular piece of Kraft-like paper, comes from a restaurant here in Nicosia, called "Valtou Rigani". And from that square of paper, here comes a lady with a rose. As always, the girl is just a square of paper, rose is a strip of paper, calyx and leafs are from squares as well.
On our way to Prespa lake in northern Greece, we stopped by at the city of Kastoria and its lake. What a lovely place! Birds at close distance (not that common in Greece....) just at the waterfront near the public parking.
Eating souvlaki at one the many tavernas and watching Pygmy cormorants, Little bitterns, Dalmatian pelcians, Great crested grebes, Coots , Great reed warblers and more doing their daily business just in front of you!
As I was taking a shortcut home yesterday through the Township of Ocean, I noticed that a local Greek Orthodox Church was having their annual “Greek Festival.” I told Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring ’84 that we were going to go to the festival.
Aggie Ring said, “Greek Festival? Will there be sorority girls?” I laughed and told Aggie Ring, “No, that was way back when you were an Aggie Ring in a Greek fraternity at Texas A&M in the Greek system and we wore a pledge pin on our Aggie Corps uniform. These are real Greeks.” Aggie Ring said, “That fraternity stuff was all fine until those two Waggie gals dimed us out at that Corps dining in for wearing the fraternity pin on our dress uniform.” I replied, “Oh? You didn’t seem to mind going to the grog bowl.”
Aggie Ring sighed and said, “Oh, I remember all of the socials at the bars in College Station that we had with the Aggie sorority girls and the BBQs with our fraternity brothers from the University of Texas.”
“Well,” I told Aggie Ring, “Where there are real Greeks, there’s going to be something good to eat.” Aggie Ring didn’t seem to have a problem with that. Aggie Ring started with the grilled octopus (xταπόδι-σχάρας) and then moved on to a couple of skewers of pork souvlaki and a Greek salad.
After Aggie Ring ’84 and I finished, we had a Turkish coffee. As we were enjoying the incredibly wonderful weather and low humidity, Aggie Ring said to me, “You know, sometimes I think that I’m the luckiest Aggie Ring in the world because I live on the Jersey Shore.”
Who am I to argue with an Aggie Ring? Living on the Jersey Shore sure as hell beats running over armadillos or tipping cows back in Texas.
#AggieRing #TexasAggie #AggiesEverywhere