Oompa!

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Sat, 05-15-2010 - 7:13pm

We went to the Greek Festival here today.  When we lived in Tulsa we used to go to their Greek Festival quite often, but this was a first for us since we've been in Louisiana...Don't care much for the Greek Dinner food but I do LOVE me some Bahklava.  Oh my that stuff is decadent and delicious.  Princess is a very picky and even SHE loves it.  Dh had a Gyro and it was very good too (he shared it with me).  Lots of Greek music and children dancing, lovely costumes, etc.  Even had a bit of Greek wine.  I don't care much for wine but I wanted to try it.  Yep.  It was wine...We took a tour through the local Greek church which was sponsoring the event.  The Priest was a very good speaker and did a great job explaining all the symbolism and such.  Fun afternoon.


Then we went to the movie to see "Letters to Juliette".
Cute movie with beautiful Italian scenery.
Sort of sad knowing that Vanessa Redgrave did not live to see the movie open.  She was wonderful in this movie.

It made for quite the multi-cultural day for us and the rain held off!
OOMPA!! (shaking my white handkerchief in the air)


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In reply to: bunkodeb_
Sat, 05-15-2010 - 7:27pm
It sounds like you had a
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In reply to: bunkodeb_
Sat, 05-15-2010 - 7:52pm

Sounds like a fun day, Deb.









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In reply to: bunkodeb_
Sat, 05-15-2010 - 11:59pm

I might be wrong about this, but wasn't it Lynn Redgrave who passed away, not Vanessa? I saw Vanessa Redgrave on The View and they were talking about "Letters to Juliette" and showing clips of it. Correct me someone if I'm wrong.

I love Greek festivals and love Greek food. Those are some fun lovin' folks! What is the name of that horrible Greek wine? Isn't it something like Rotsina? Yuck!! Tastes like something we would have drunk in college! Baklava is tooooo sweet for me...I know, there is no such thing as tooooo sweet right? LOL

Sounds like a fun weekend.

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In reply to: bunkodeb_
Sun, 05-16-2010 - 3:46am

Deb I love festivals of any kind. Can't say I've ever been to a greek one. But sounds like fun. Always fun to try new foods.

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In reply to: bunkodeb_
Sun, 05-16-2010 - 11:23am

You're right, GF.

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In reply to: bunkodeb_
Sun, 05-16-2010 - 5:35pm
I think I've learned that Greek food (the real stuff) is one of my favorites.
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In reply to: bunkodeb_
Sun, 05-16-2010 - 8:04pm

Deb, I love going to the Greek festivals.

K

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In reply to: bunkodeb_
Tue, 05-18-2010 - 9:02am

(Almost) like being in the Greek islands...lol

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