As The World
Churns
By Bob Nicolaides
Every child knows the ready-made spaghetti brand Chef Boy-ar-dee, but how
many know that is now owned by C. Dean Metropoulos?...Egyptiot-Greek .John Lartides who now lives in
London, Canada, and who spent most of his life owning restaurants has turned to
painting now that he is a pensioner…
Tom
Hanks
and his Greek wife Rita Wilson are
the proud grandparents to son Colin and daughter-in-law Samantha
Bryant’s new baby girl, Charlotte. Hanks, who has
just finished a successful run in Broadway’s “Lucky Guy” and is playing Walt
Disney in his next movie, posted a sweet picture of the baby, born last week,
with her feet poking out from under goldfish-print sheets. He captioned the
image, “Less than a month old. New Granddaughter, Will rule world @ year 2033.
Hanx.” Charlotte is their second grandchild…..
According to RadarOnline, Aniston and Justin Theroux were not talking about wedding plans. Aniston reportedly wanted to remain in
Los Angeles, while Theroux badly wanted to move to New York City. At last
report, the two had a meeting of the mind and will have their nuptials the end
of this year in LA, which looks like a clear victory for her. In fact, Justin
wants her to forget her mother’s past indiscretions about the actress and
invite her to their wedding. What caused Theroux to give in? Maybe the fact
that Jen has developed a baby bump in the last few months which becomes more
visible every day as she’s filming in NYC Squirrels
to the Nuts, a movie whose title has been uttered by Charles Boyer in a movie quite old for Jen to remember. By the way,
did you notice her short tress? Oh, it’s just a wig…..…Actress Sofia Vergara celebrated Bastille Day
(July 14) on the beach in Mykonos with her beau, Nick Loeb…..
“It makes me happy to know “told me Adam Grimanis “that other Greeks are
listening to the show I work on every morning, and they appreciate it when I
speak about my Greek heritage and customs. The best part is when they
also can relate to what I am describing on air!” Grimanis is part of the team
that airs on the Chris & The Crew morning program on WPST 94.5, a Philadelphia/So Jersey Radio station
in which he’s known as Adam…..Discussing her ‘no restrictions’ artistic
approach to her latest album Artpop Lady Gaga uttered: ‘I’m not one icon. I’m every icon.’ The album’s
first single, Applause came out
August 19th. What more, Russia’s severe new anti-gay laws have
earned the outrage of human
rights groups, American
vodka-drinkers and now, appropriately, pop star
and part-time LGBT activist Lady Gaga. Gaga took to Twitter to slam the laws
and the “criminal” Russian government after news that authorities are
investigating the visas both she and Madonna used to play concerts in St.
Petersburg last year…..The 100@100 survey examined attitudes between other
issues about pop culture. It found that Favorite Singing groups for the past
are the Andrews Sisters for
centenarians and the Beatles for
boomers…. Tickets
are on sale for Scorpions, the German heavy metal band that decided to give a
series of three concerts in Greece at the Lycabettus Theatre in Athens on
September 11, 12 and 14 despite a recent decision to stop large-scale touring...The
Comedy show of Angelo Tsarouchas is
coming to Chicago on Wednesday, September 25rd, at Rivers Casino’s Cube
at 9:30 pm. Tsarouchas, a nice guy making friends everywhere, has been seen
with the Vince Vaughn Roadshow and has appeared in the movie Fred &
Vinnie.
Annapolis Mayoral
Candidate Mike Pantelides held a
special Greek Breakfast on Thursday, August 1 with food prepared by Master Chef
Sotos Christoforou at Chris'
Charcoal Pit….And candidate Van
Argyrakis is running in next year’s Nebraska Attorney General race…A thematic Exhibition on the Greek
gastronomy entitled "Greece, a variety of tastes" will be organised
for the first time in the framework of the 78th Thessaloniki International Fair
(TIF) from 7 to 15 September. The exhibition that will be hosted in a special
pavillion will include food, beverages and wines aims to bring together Greek
and foreign visitors. The exhibition will be organised by "Butterfly
Communication" company in cooperation with TIF-Helexpo. "This
exhibition which is an innovation of Helexpo-TIF will offer the opportunity to
Greek producers to promote and to sell directly their products to over 200,000 visitors
from Greece and abroad that are expected to visit TIF" said the organizers
announcement...……My
good friend Josh Ozersky writes in
the New York Eater: A greasy spoon,
in my mind, is neither defined by the fact that it has spoons (although it
usually does) or even grease (which it also does, and in abundance.) For me,
the greasy spoon is a place with low
ambition, low standards, and an absence of pretense or even
self-awareness. A Greek diner doesn't seem to fit that description; its
Hellenic references and vast menus preclude spoonitude. You shouldn't be able
to order surf and turf, even a bad one, in a greasy spoon. Likewise, a coffee
shop or luncheonette that traffics in wraps, salads, and other modern
contrivances, isn't a greasy spoon. Greasy spoons are dirty. Greasy spoons are
dark. Greasy spoons are run by unkempt men in spotted white cook shirts and
checkered pants, who generally look like they just came off a bender. Greasy
spoons serve watery coffee and are open all night. Greasy spoons are for
nighthawks. Greasy spoons are refuges for the sad and the defeated, who slump
in chairs in the corner, shuddering at
painful dreams….Maria Loi’s .Manhattan
Loi Restaurant celebrates summer with
a $49.00 special that includes a salad called Dakos, Solomos Marinatos,
Lavraki, topping it off with Yaourti Me Meli…..New York Magazine recently
featured Café Boulis’ Loukoumades,
the Astoria place which sells that commodity ring-shaped instead of ball-like…
Word of the Month: Pseudonym-Pen name,
from pseudo and onymon meaning fake name, ψευδόνυμον.
