AN AD MAN IN GREECE

...observations of a displaced Brooklynite.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Underwater at 78

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Birthdays, we remember them; most of mine that I remember have been pretty good and some even fantastic. 50 years old in...
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Sunday, March 22, 2015

Mama had a thing for Elvis

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My mother was born in Asia Minor and moved to Paris after the catastrophe. She lived in Paris for about 5 or 6 years, before...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Greeks are funny

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I was in the local supermarket and saw this product there. It was Calamari (squid) and the photo was beautifully ren...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Mt Ararat is really a mountain

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Ok, that really sounds nuts; I thought it was an international chain of Armenian restaurants. Every city I have lived in ...
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Monday, March 2, 2015

Blog block, blogger’s block….block, block!

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It has been a year since I have written a blog, obviously BLOG BLOCK. I had ideas but it just seemed impossible to sit do...
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Thursday, January 2, 2014

Vasilopita a tradition for all Greeks…that sometimes gets weird.

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Every new year, pretty much all the Greeks, at least the ones I know, prepare, or buy and cut a Vasilopita to celebrate ...
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Saturday, December 7, 2013

My singing cousins

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It is amazing, since I have a tin ear, that two of my first cousins were professional singers. My Mother’s family ...
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Greg Birbil
I was born in Brooklyn of Greek parents, I worked for an international Advertising agency, McCann Erickson, in many countries, including Greece, which was my last assignment. My wife and I, with 3 kids spread around the world, decided to retire here. The nostos thing. . So that explains the title of this blog. This will be a very one sided blog, just as all blogs are.
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