Greek In the Big Apple

Summer in New York is well dreadful and horribly sticky and smelly and  hot hot hot! (I was trying very hard not to say this about my adopted city but unfortunately its the truth) I did however enjoy moments of late summer evenings when the intense heat would cool down and the sound of my fan would buzz in the evening air. Central park in the evening with people strolling with their friends after a night of theater at the Public, people running in droves to hang out in the grass to catch a ray of sun during their lunch hr at work, and the weekend escapes to the near by beaches.... beautiful music in the air at Prospect Park Bandshell..... just how the city comes to life after a dreary winter season.... and it was exciting ! my New York summer was about  Long walks with friends near Astoria park in Queens.... beating the heat with an iced tea at a near by restaurant  quiet moments at the roof top of friends taking care of one of my favorite doggies  and breath taki

December 1st  2013…… a year of the Yogirabbit in the Big Apple. This post was very difficult to compose... To put it mildly, I was sobbing half the time I was putting this together. So many emotions have come up. I have now been in New York City and the U.S a full year….This year has been one of discovery, joy, pain, doubt, tears, laughter self exploration, new and old friendships. The stories are many and the ups and downs more than a roller coaster ride at a theme park.  The anecdotes of my day to day life here could fill the pages of a tell all funny memoir. I have had many disappointments but also plenty of pleasant surprises to balance the hardships. I left Greece Nov 30th 2012 arriving on a sunny Sunday afternoon on December 1st with so much apprehension, fear and joy for the unknown and what would lie ahead. I had no job, no clear vision of what I wanted to do here but with a great sense of adventure and purpose. When I first arrived there countless friends and acquainta