by Jana Panarites | Dec 8, 2015 | Baby Boomers, Greek culture, Travel |
My big fat Greek upbringing involved lots of family vacations with multiple generations of family members. There were road trips at Christmas from DC to Toronto to visit my mother’s parents, summer getaways to Rehoboth Beach with Yia Yia and Papou in tow, and...
by Jana Panarites | Jul 14, 2015 | Aging Well, Greek culture, Greek food, Mentoring, Multigenerational, Uncategorized |
This stylish lady, aka Yia Yia (Greek for “grandmother”), sadly is no longer with us, but she left behind quite a legacy. Intrepid and modern, Anna emigrated alone, as a teenager, from the Greek island of Lesbos to Toronto, Canada, and eventually lived at the...