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Greek, Stir-Crazy, and Getting Older Every
Day
February 4, 2010
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| Major snowfall in DC, such as the one seen here on December 19, 2009, have kept people from attending events in the Greek Community this Winter.
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Yesterday morning we caught a friend of ours R.C.'s Facebook status, oddly fired
up on a Wednesday morning about a Greek Night at Ultrabar on Saturday night. One
of his friends posed the obvious question that DC and the rest of the
mid-Atlantic has seemingly dealt with every weekend this winter, "What about the
foot of snow that they're calling for?" This weather has added to a season
that's already been light on Greek events to contribute to a stir-craziness not
often experienced in the Greek community in this town. It's really rare to see
anyone outside of the promoters themselves getting excited about your seemingly
average Greek Night prior to the day or evening of the event itself,
particularly not on a Facebook status. Up until this post the only noteworthy
buzz about this Greek Night outside of a guest DJ from New York was that six
birthday parties were being celebrated there all on the same night. So we're
thinking that this has the makings of an interesting Greek Night pitting cabin
fever vs. common sense and adding six random celebrations that could be the
ultimate wildcard of the night. (more)
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Pan-Hellenism Weekend 2009
Wrap-Up
November 30, 2009
Pan-Hellenism Weekend 2009 reminded us that sometimes all it takes is a couple of
hundred out-of-towners added to the sizeable Greek young adult population here
in DC, some great venues, and a couple of twists to make a great weekend.
Over 475 Greek American Young Adults from over two dozen states across the
country attended at least one of four great days here in DC earlier this month.
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Comedians Noel Elgrably and Angelo Tsarouchas
(center) entertain PHW 2009 guests at the Thursday Night Happy Hour at the
Marriott at Metro Center. |
It was an encouraging sign to see about 30 locals and out-of-towners at
the Thursday Night Welcome Happy Hour at Fire & Sage, the hotel bar at the
Washington Marriott at Metro Center. Those who came in early were
surprised to have the chance to meet comedians Angelo Tsarouchas and Noel
Elgrably, both of whom had just flown in from Los Angeles that evening.
Much of the Happy Hour actually took place in front of the hotel itself where
the comedians held court over cigars. Apparently the comedians and few
others from the happy hour found themselves at Lima after the happy hour broke
up. (more)
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