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Photo of the Day

Aegean’s light | Aegean’s view | Aegean’s taste Refresh your day! /* */View full post »

The creative face of Santorinian Fava

A recipe by Vassilis Zacharakis  During our last visit to Santorini island, we were more than happy to meet VassilisView full post »

Photo of the day

Christos told me that when he saw this collage dedicated to Maria Callas on an island window, it was love at first sightView full post »

The Izola 620

And the batch of feta-oregano cookies I faintly remember my grandmother cooking with this Izola 620 electric kitchen.View full post »

Monday’ s reverie

photography by christos drazos words by maria alipranti /* */View full post »

Breakfast, anyone?

I ♥ Saturday morning  breakfast …because I can stay longer in bed and then, have breakfast until my second cupView full post »

What about…

Island dating? In the islands, there are not many shop windows full of cadmium red hearts to remind you of Valentine&#View full post »

February

The big return to the islands February is the month of the big return to the islands. Winter holidays are over, winterView full post »

About stripes and puppies

A striped white and red carpet; a striped blue and white curtain; retro yellow tiles; a puppy… what’s not toView full post »

2013 Year of Gastronomy for Santorini island

The two last sunny February days where enough to start dreaming of some Aegean island hopping… 2013 as the Year ofView full post »

Hello weekend

enjoy it with words by maria alipranti photography by christos drazos /* */View full post »

Blogging

The things that we want to talk about are the things that excite us. Everyday details that make us feel good, stuff thatView full post »

Fish soup

A recipe from a friend This post is about sharing a recipe that I love: a thick, flavored fish soup with the fish servedView full post »

Another one

“Everybody should believe in something. I believe I’ll have another coffee.” Author Unknown…View full post »

Stairway to heaven

This zigzag stairway unites the old port of Santorini with Fira. During the time that this was the only port of theView full post »

A winter fishing trip

Men of the sea In my mother’ s and in my father’ s family, we had our share of marine engineers. Some years ago, itView full post »

Gely’ s Vassilopita

The flavor of the New Year Here, in Greece, we bake our way out of 2012, making Vassilopita, the pie that weView full post »