Crete is way down there: broadly speaking, you can't get any further south and still be in Europe.
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Two Weeks in Greece, Part 5: Santorini
Santorini's popularity is well deserved, and it doesn't feel much like the rest of Greece.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Promises, Promises with Sean Hayes and Sarah Jane Everman
Will and Grace's Sean Hayes turns out to have boundless stage energy and a very nice singing voice to boot.
Read More »Two Weeks in Greece, Part 4: Delphi and Athens
The ancient Greeks cherished their thespians almost as much as they lauded their athletes.
Read More »Two Weeks in Greece, Part 3: Ancient Olympia
The Hotel Pelops provides a computer so you can email home and tell your family you haven't been killed in an Athens riot.
Read More »Travel: Two Weeks in Greece, Part 2
800 steps up, 800 steps down, and the best Fanta Orange in the universe. Travels to Nafplio and Epidaurus, Greece.
Read More »Music Review: Butch Walker and the Black Widows at Webster Hall (New York), May 20 2010
A swift kick of rock and roll, just what we all need.
Read More »Two Weeks in Greece, Part 1
Free beer and wine in coach—the eighth wonder of the ancient world.
Read More »Book Review: Selected Stories by Stefan Zweig
A fine new translation of some of the great works by this great Freud-influenced writer of the era between the Wars.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Song for a Future Generation
An exuberant cast and great dance numbers can't bring this futuristic comedy fully to life.
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