“On June 4th, John met me at the boat and led the way from Piraeus to Maroussi. Don’t know how I extracted the car from Customs; the rest of the luggage stayed behind…

“Initially, I was focused on protecting the wildlife and their habitats, but I soon realized that it’s not just Nature we need to protect, it’s the people in the region. I began to…

Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis “. . .instead of following Eckhard Tolle’s advice and living in and for the moment, we found ourselves traveling back in time to…

Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis ATHENS Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—3/19/12—Did you know that one in eleven residents of greater Athens visits a soup kitchen daily? That’s about 400,000 people, a…

Eating Well Is The Best Revenge  by Diana Farr Louis ANDROS Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—3/12/12—There is nothing like a country house to keep you focused on the present. Especially a summer house on a Greek…

Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis ATHENS Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—2/27/12—Cucina povera, the Italian expression meaning the Cuisine of the Poor, is starting to have a new ring to it here…

Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis ATHENS Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—2/13/12—With the horrific photos of the gleaming cruise ship keeling over within spitting distance of the Italian shore, my thoughts naturally…

Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis ATHENS Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—1/30/12—Like the other dilapidated houses on the block next to the train tracks, the Klimaka shelter for the homeless is covered…

Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis ATHENS Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—1/16/12—The plan should have been foolproof. We’d set out in separate cars, but the destination seemed straightforward enough. We’d meet at…

Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis  ATHENS Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—1/2/12—Two days after Christmas, we went to a christening in a sweet little church just outside Athens. The ceremony unfolded the…