Rainbow Grocery sells a delicious and reasonably priced halloumi cheese called “Yanni.” Someone in the cheese department couldn’t resist making the obvious joke.
Really, Rainbow? If there are any Yanni fans among the transgendered socialists who shop at Rainbow, a boycott may be in order. Because if there’s any group that can’t take a joke, it’s Yanni fans.
Bob: “Huh, so the power at my house went out for a few hours while I was at work.”
Pat: “Oh really? How do you know that?”
Bob: “I have PG&E.”
Here’s the fire safety instructions from Hotel Galaxy in Loutraki, Greece:
$10 says there’s a reason they don’t want you to call the fire department.
P.S. I’m now back in San Francisco, jetlagged and pooping out feta cheese.
If you think about it, there’s plenty of ways Greece is NOT like California; the countries are on different continents for cryin’ out loud. But the two do have some odd similarities when you get beyond the trivial details like olive oil production or a taste for beachfront property.
Here’s four ways that Greece is like California which you probably haven’t thought about:
That said, come to Greece for the unbelievably good food and warm beaches, but head back to California when you miss the ability to flush your soiled toilet paper down our superior sewers. Hell, the first thing I’ll do when I get back to California is to flush an entire roll of toilet paper for absolutely no reason, other than the fact that I can. And you can quote me on this.
Pancho Villa’s new location is in Sidari, Greece, which is on the island of Corfu.
Greek Pancho Villa is pretty different from their San Francisco locations, since there’s disco lights, loud music (they were playing Sean Paul when we walked by) and table service. Also, most of the people there were British. And I didn’t see any burritos.
Did Michael Jackson live in ancient Greece?
Spotted at the Temple of Apollo museum (motto: no flash photos, no photos with people in them, and no we don’t understand that second rule either.)
Here in Greece there’s a severe shortage of gasoline due to a delivery driver’s strike.
In this photo I took two days ago in Athens, the traffic to the left is moving. To the right, cars are lined up for almost three blocks waiting to pull into a gas station.
Another common site is closed gas stations. Here’s a BP that’s closing up shop.
This isn’t limited just to major areas; small towns are having the same problem. Not a good time to go for a long drive since there’s no guarantee you won’t run out of fuel in the middle of nowhere.
Hopefully the strike will end soon. But in the meantime there’s still plenty of tasty Mythos beer to drink while we’re stuck in Kalambaka.
I think they’re going to have to agree to disagree on this one.
In other news, I’m in Athens right now. Photos soon!
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