Athens DO Dec. 17-19, 2010

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Apr 7, 2010 | 10:33 pm

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Originally Posted by lili

OMG, if there's a Greek FT logo involved I'm definitely in. Flying 13,000 miles for a t-shirt is insane. Uh, medium, black, long sleeve. Thanks.

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T-shirts would be cool. Sanity is optional.

Apr 7, 2010 | 11:05 pm

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I could make t-shirts w/ FT logo, transliteration to Greek alphabet, dates, and "It's Greek to me" on them, since I am known for making such things - or not...
Let me know...

Instead of just transliterating, let's make it real Greek, maybe:

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Apr 8, 2010 | 1:41 am

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Count me as a definite please.

Apr 8, 2010 | 12:32 pm

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Count me as a definite please.

Great news !! ^

Apr 9, 2010 | 12:36 pm

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So we have gone from pole dancing to T-Shirts!

We may have to prohibit the posting of pictures at this rate.

Apr 9, 2010 | 1:07 pm

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So we have gone from pole dancing to T-Shirts!

We may have to prohibit the posting of pictures at this rate.

Pole dancing was never an option. Belly dancing, maybe ...

I first saw belly dancing at a Greek restaurant (George's Tops 24) in Seattle years ago on trip to Seattle with one of my professors & her husband. When I now Google "George's Tops 24", the only trace I can find of it is an article about a dancer who worked there when I was there.

Another possibility is a place is that is supposed to have great food by day & three floors of dancing & music with varying themes by night.

The research continues. Feel free make suggestions.

(Update: Apparently George now operates Nikos Gyros in Seattle.)

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Apr 9, 2010 | 1:58 pm

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Great news !! ^

Same for your presence buddy! ^

FWIW, I've been in ATH, uh, a couple of times.

Apr 9, 2010 | 2:00 pm

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Belly dancing, maybe ...

Sure, Istanbul is just 45 minutes away, served by 3 airlines daily.

Apr 9, 2010 | 2:34 pm

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Sure, Istanbul is just 45 minutes away, served by 3 airlines daily.

Also Greek -- there used to be tens of thousand of Greeks in Asia Minor until the fall of the Ottoman Empire. It's not on our agenda, but if anyone is interested the Byzantine Museum has a lot of interesting exhibits.

Apr 9, 2010 | 2:49 pm

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This Do intrigues me. I just had to cancel a few days in Istanbul, so I could make amends by doing this one and hopping across the border. Count me a strong maybe, once we know the details about the STAR MegaDoII later this month. (Added attraction is to finally meet our two "war correspondents".)

Apr 10, 2010 | 1:46 am

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Also Greek -- there used to be tens of thousand of Greeks in Asia Minor until the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

Sure, actually there were a couple of millions of those until the early 20's... However, belly dance was not part of those guys' tradition.

Actually, do you know of any Greek famous (or not so famous) belly dancer? I'd be delighted to know...

Apr 10, 2010 | 5:56 am

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Sure, actually there were a couple of millions of those until the early 20's... However, belly dance was not part of those guys' tradition.

Actually, do you know of any Greek famous (or not so famous) belly dancer? I'd be delighted to know...

Greek belly dancing

Even better: "Web site of famous greek belly dancer ALEXANDRA"

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Apr 10, 2010 | 9:20 am

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ATH DO is a good idea, and I'm interested. Hopefully, schedules will permit.

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Greek belly dancing

Even better: "Web site of famous greek belly dancer ALEXANDRA"

A few ouzos for the FTers and even the "quiet ones" may be out there doing a tsifteteli.

Apr 10, 2010 | 10:58 am

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Interested, sounds like a short but great adventure. Will see more details about the other DO, never done one either way, but have the bandwidth.

Apr 12, 2010 | 4:33 pm

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Raised in Athens, live abroad now. I usually spend Christmas in Athens, so there's a very high probability I'll be there during the DO. It's still very early, but I'm definitely interested in this.