GAZETTE

Published by My Big Fat Funny Life

Volume I, Number 022 October 11, 2026

A weekly-ish dispatch from Greece, with questionable authority and excellent coffee.

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This week’s showcase

Mani: Where Greece Gets Real

Raised in Athens, lived in America, still jet-lagged.

Mani is not the Greece of postcards. It’s the Greece that watches you quietly and waits to see who you really are. There are road trips you plan with spreadsheets and Google…

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Tuesday · October 13

How Little Is Little in Greek?

The other day, while writing about Christos—the man who looked at the damage to our car and calmly announced that he would simply fix it—I found myself using a very Greek word. Μαστοράκι — mastoráki.Little master craftsman.

Thursday · October 15

Greece Is Not Florida!

Two years ago, Karen and I left Florida. I wrote about that little act of geographic self-defense here: Two Years After Ditching Florida I keep saying we “ditched” Florida, although technically that may sound harsh. We did not run out in the…

Reader Voices

A few voices from readers of this issue.

“To your defense: I always struggle with the quadruple use of village names in Greece. I can totally relate to your story Nick. But then for us, it’s always the last mile - after a trip which already took much longer than google said. Status: Hangry, and then …. bum, argument, silence, stress, no longer her hero, until you find a peaceful stopover; depending on the daytime; her favorite coffee or wine, food, a cigarette under a Plane tree or all of that at the same time.”
— Stefanos / Στέφανος For: We Came for Maestro in Blue. Paxoi Gave Us Something Else.

“Koroni is a must, both for the scenery as well as the history and the beach is gorgeous. Also, Kardamyli and Stoupa. We did some house sitting in Koroni last month and we filmed this video. https://youtu.be/F3w7vzv57Ho”
— The House Hoppers For: You Do Not Plan the Peloponnese. You Surrender to It.

“''It’s just… vertical''- the most accurate depiction of Greece 🤣”
— Agni Agelidou For: The Postcard Lied—Most of Greece Is Uphill

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