GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY

Not quite the same as my July 4 sauntering out of my Bainbridge Island Madison Island apartment and plonking my Union Jack-lined deckchair and Boston Teaparty Commemorative coffee mug right there on the grass verge to watch the parade go by ... BUT, I will be in patriotic mood tomorrow in my "300" gear of snarl and 6-pack abs and mutters of "This is GOUvia!".

Happy hols, philoi karthiaki!