Comments on: Greek Diary III http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2010/02/08/greek-diary-iii/ Your home for traditional conservatism. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andrew G Van Sant http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2010/02/08/greek-diary-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-197500 Andrew G Van Sant Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:01:30 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=3728#comment-197500 Dr. Fleming, Thank you for responding to my question about the ISI Student's Guides under Greek Diary II. (The comments are closed for that post.) My wife and I had a wonderful time in Athens back in 1971 when I was on a Mediterranian deployment with the Navy. We asked a shop proprietor to recommend a restaurant that did not cater to the tourist trade and he not only directed us to a great place in Piraeus, but he also wrote us a list of items to order. As he recommended, we got there about nine in the evening and left about midnight after a great multi-course feast. Dr. Fleming,
Thank you for responding to my question about the ISI Student's Guides under Greek Diary II. (The comments are closed for that post.)

My wife and I had a wonderful time in Athens back in 1971 when I was on a Mediterranian deployment with the Navy. We asked a shop proprietor to recommend a restaurant that did not cater to the tourist trade and he not only directed us to a great place in Piraeus, but he also wrote us a list of items to order. As he recommended, we got there about nine in the evening and left about midnight after a great multi-course feast.

]]> By: Kate Dalton Boyer http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2010/02/08/greek-diary-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-197243 Kate Dalton Boyer Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:21:42 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=3728#comment-197243 I fear I am in no danger of overcrowding any of your restaurant finds. But the advice to "bury their heads in salt," then prise them out, is going to stick with me forever--and not just with regards to snales, either. I fear I am in no danger of overcrowding any of your restaurant finds. But the advice to "bury their heads in salt," then prise them out, is going to stick with me forever--and not just with regards to snales, either.

]]> By: Dan Hayes http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2010/02/08/greek-diary-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-197219 Dan Hayes Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:21:42 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=3728#comment-197219 Dispatches #s 1,2,3 are all cleverly designed to get the uninitiated to attend your Winter Excursions. Very effective. Unfortunately, I am required to be here in NYC (Gomorrah on the Hudson) to attend to snow-shoveeling duties for me and my neighbors. A major storm expected tomorrow - the usual manifestation of Global Warming (purported). I believe that the latest incarnation of this beast is termed "Global Climate Change". So I will have to content myself with the forthcoming Rockford Summer School (Beowulf Beckons!). As a Paleo, I have to admit that I like gritty Rockford (a living example of what has happened to America). Please convey my best to all. And for the rest of us: Eat Your Hearts Out! Dispatches #s 1,2,3 are all cleverly designed to get the uninitiated to attend your Winter Excursions. Very effective. Unfortunately, I am required to be here in NYC (Gomorrah on the Hudson) to attend to snow-shoveeling duties for me and my neighbors. A major storm expected tomorrow - the usual manifestation of Global Warming (purported). I believe that the latest incarnation of this beast is termed "Global Climate Change".

So I will have to content myself with the forthcoming Rockford Summer School (Beowulf Beckons!). As a Paleo, I have to admit that I like gritty Rockford (a living example of what has happened to America).

Please convey my best to all. And for the rest of us: Eat Your Hearts Out!

]]> By: Ken Zaretzke http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2010/02/08/greek-diary-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-197215 Ken Zaretzke Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:00:28 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=3728#comment-197215 #2 No argument there. My second year of law school convinced me I didn't want to practice law. It had to do with the narrowness and greed of most of my fellow law students. But back to the main topic . . . #2

No argument there. My second year of law school convinced me I didn't want to practice law. It had to do with the narrowness and greed of most of my fellow law students. But back to the main topic . . .

]]> By: Thomas Fleming http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2010/02/08/greek-diary-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-197203 Thomas Fleming Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:54:04 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=3728#comment-197203 PS I should add that Stellas is only open from mid April to early November, which is why he was free to go to Greece. In a week he goes down to Charleston to work until April. Castine is among the more charming towns on the Maine coast, and we found the people there consistently very nice--a marked contrast with, for example, Vermont. PS I should add that Stellas is only open from mid April to early November, which is why he was free to go to Greece. In a week he goes down to Charleston to work until April. Castine is among the more charming towns on the Maine coast, and we found the people there consistently very nice--a marked contrast with, for example, Vermont.

]]> By: Thomas Fleming http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2010/02/08/greek-diary-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-197201 Thomas Fleming Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:50:18 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=3728#comment-197201 It is a very nice place, with live traditional jazz on the weekends, in Castine, called "Stella's." We visited him this past Fall for a few days and were amazed at how good the food was, despite the fact that he takes over the kitchen when he returns home. This was his first regular job after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, though he did an 8 month apprenticeship with Chef Robert Carter in Charleston at the Peninsula and numerous other part-time jobs. He has a philosophy degree and thought about law school. He got a few offers, in fact, but once I set him up with a summer assistantship with Prof. Presser, he realized quickly the law was not for him. Thank goodness! It is a very nice place, with live traditional jazz on the weekends, in Castine, called "Stella's." We visited him this past Fall for a few days and were amazed at how good the food was, despite the fact that he takes over the kitchen when he returns home. This was his first regular job after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, though he did an 8 month apprenticeship with Chef Robert Carter in Charleston at the Peninsula and numerous other part-time jobs. He has a philosophy degree and thought about law school. He got a few offers, in fact, but once I set him up with a summer assistantship with Prof. Presser, he realized quickly the law was not for him. Thank goodness!

]]> By: S.L. Toddard http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2010/02/08/greek-diary-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-197200 S.L. Toddard Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:37:32 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=3728#comment-197200 Dr. Fleming, would you tell us the name of the establishment at which The Chief chiefs in Maine? Dr. Fleming, would you tell us the name of the establishment at which The Chief chiefs in Maine?

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