- The Doors 10: the famous covers
Hundreds of artists have covered some of the most famous Doors’ songs. Many of them successfully, others not. Let’s see the most known among them.… - The Doors 9: LA Woman
Who is Mr. Mojo Risin? Is it truth that Jim Morrison left the States with a fake passport, under this imaginary name, in reality an… - The Doors 8: Morrison Hotel
Keep your eyes on the roadYour hand upon the wheel Many people think that this song was not composed by the Doors and that it… - Summer art 5
At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th a global widely ranged artistic movement immerged. Modernism. Modernist artists experimented with… - Summer art 4
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 – 1919) was a French artist who was also a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. Renoir’s paintings are… - Summer art 3
Summer is not only a favourite subject of music artists. It has also been a frequent motif in many famous paintings. Especially, during the 19th… - Summer art 2
Reggae music is connected to summer. There is no respectable summer or beach bar on earth, where reggae music does not sound. I will not… - Summer art 1
People love summer. I, personally, don’t find anything interesting on it. Heat, tourists, snakes, sweat, mosquitos, smell of garbage, jellyfishes, forest fires, accidents, humidity ………… - The Doors 7: The Soft Parade
After the great success of Waiting for the Sun, the band started a gigantic tour in the States. All the concerts were sold out, as… - The Doors 6: Waiting for the sun
It was September 9, 1967 when the Doors were on a concert at New Heaven, Connecticut. Morrison, who has already consumed a lot of alcohol… - Two Easter Legends of the Greek Folk Tradition about the Holy Cross
Easter is the Greatest Feast for the Eastern Orthodoxy. Greek tradition is full of legends related to the Passion of Christ. Among all, the ones… - The Doors 5: Strange Days
While the Doors were promoting their first homonymous album, they were also recording in Sunset Studios, Hollywood LA (the same studio as their first LP) their… - 20+1 anti-war masterpieces (part 2)
We continue our tribute to anti-war songs with the second and last part. Manic Street Preachers is an alternative pop-rock band from Wales and one… - 20+1 anti-war masterpieces (part 1)
The war was always an enemy of humanity. Αgony, sadness, desperation are the main feelings of people involved in wars. Refugees loose their homes, children… - The historic cafés of Athens
Athens was always a city with intense day and night life. Greeks are known for their extrovert way of life and in the capital there… - The Corfiot cuisine
I am Corfiot. To be honest, I feel more Corfiot than Greek. Even if I don´t live in Corfu, my relations with the island are… - The Doors 4: The eponymous first album
On January 1967, the quartet from LA released its first album for the Electra record company. Its title was simply the band´s name: THE DOORS.… - Don΄t pay, it’s all on Mr Elias
When I opened my first resto in Athens, I had an absurd and also intense fear. What exactly? I thought that I would die during… - The Doors 3: The beginning
Meanwhile, on Venice beach in Los Angeles ……………………. – Hey Ray, could you lend me 5 bucks please? – Again? You still owe me 200!!… - Christmas music 2: The songs
Apart from the popular Christmas hymns, the carols, many artists have written and performed songs about Christmas and the holidays, some of which are already… - Christmas music 1: The Carols
Is there anybody who does not like Christmas? Is there anybody who hates the Christmas tree, the gifts, the day offs and the Carols? The… - The Doors 2: The era
First of all, let´s have a flash back to remember some things about that already remoted for us era. In the States after President´s Kennedy… - The Doors 1: An introduction
How many times have you wondered which is the best rock band in music history? How many relative polls have you seen on the web?… - a masterpiece and a film to be made
I don´t like metal music. However, Nighwish is one of my favourite bands. I have all of their records, I know all of their songs… - In my room
People change throughout their lives. Some (the majority) become more serious and conservative, some others get crazy understanding that the best years of their lives… - The day, the music didn´t die
L.A. was an alternative rock bar at Methonis street, Athens. During the 80´s it was full of crowd, even on working days. Adolescent as I… - Easter in Greek painting 2
Holy Friday is a day of mourning for the death of Jesus Christ. According to the orthodox ritual the “Epitaphios” is prepared at each church.… - La Pasqua nella pittura greca 1
Easter, which in Greek is called “Pascha”, commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and it is along with his Nativity and The Dormition of the Mother… - Food in Greek painting 5 – Nikos Hatzikyriakos Ghikas
Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Ghikas (1906-1994), was a leading Greek cubist artist, who began his studies as a student of Kosntantinos Parthenis. Combining the principals of Cubism, Post-Cubism,… - Castellers: Touching the sky with the hand 2
So what exactly are the castells and the castellers? Well, the “castells” are human towers that members of various teams (so called colles castelleres) form,… - Food in Greek painting 4 – Konstantinos Parthenis
Konstantinos Parthenis (1878-1967) was one of the most important representors of Greek modernism. In fact, he is considered as one of the three “fathers” of… - Des fraises, des cerises, un baiser d’ange au printemps
I consider Lee Hazlewood´s “Summer Wine”, one of the best songs ever heard. I love it so much, I often play it in my guitar,… - Village tree ceramics by Rena Makari
Rena Makari is a passionate ceramist making unique pottery in limited quantities. A few years ago, aiming to share her passion with the world, Rena… - 6 more cups of coffee for the road
In 1976 the great Bob Dylan released his seventeenth studio album, the well known Desire. The album reached the no 1 of the US Billboard… - Castellers: Touching the sky with the hand 1
I will never in my life forget the first time I saw the Castellers. It was in Girona and it happened at a time when… - Food in Greek painting 3 – Pericles Pantazis
Pericles Pantazis (1849 -1884) was a major Greek impressionist painter of the 19th century – a student of Nikiforos Lytras – who gained a great… - It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no millionaire’s son
Creedence Clearwater Revival (or simply Revival) was an American folk blues band with a short but very successful career. Leaded by the great guitarist and… - Food in Greek painting 2 – Nikolaos Vokos
Nikolaos Vokos (1854-1902) was born at Hydra and was the grandson of the famous admiral of the Greek revolution, Andreas Miaoulis. Like his teachers Nikolaos… - I found a cover of you, o-o-oh, o-o-oh
I have the (bad) habit to pass my nights on You Tube. Usually, I observe how my favourite cooks work, but when I am already… - Núria Bàguena. A tribute to a living legend
I constantly believe that great cooks must have something more than a spontaneous cooking talent and a complete professional formation. They must have a general… - Food in Greek painting 1 – Nikolaos Gyzis
Gyzis, one of Greece’s most important 19th-century painters was a characteristic representative of the Academic Realism, and in particular of the so-called “Munich School”, the… - Emma Kay and her Museum of Kitchenalia
The Cotswolds is an area in South-West England. I‘ve never been there, but when searching on the internet I found this to be a marvellous,… - Filippo Biagioli and his tribal and ritual art
Filippo Biagioli is a particular artist from Serravalle (Tuscany) who we admire a lot both for the beauty of the art he makes, as well… - Maybe, the best sandwich in the world!
Florence´s center is super-beautiful (sorry for the verbal exaggeration but I could not emphasize the intensity of its beauty in a different way), yet very… - Puro Amore
Adelmo Fornaciari a.k.a. Zucchero is along with Lucio Battisti and Pino Daniele my favorite Italian musicians. Great compositor, excellent guitarist and blessed with a literally… - Marilena Agathou… from Corfu with love!
Marilena Agathou is the talented graphic designer behind our logo. With almost 2 decades of experience in the advertising and branding industry, she is actually… - Don’t you, forget about him
I always loved people with real and natural talent. Painters, actors, musicians, architects and of course singers. Addicted to rock music for more than 35… - Maria, you’ve gotta see her
Maria Thymis is the lady who designed our web site, making us so proud and completely satisfied. But Maria is mainly an amazing painter, illustrator…