Stephanie Nikolopoulos's Blog, page 59
July 24, 2012
Tasty Tuesday: mamagyro
I didn’t feel like cooking so I decided to check out mamagyro. Isn’t that such a cute name?! It’s fast-food Greek food on the Upper East Side. mamagyro is at 1113 Lexington Avenue, New York City. Filed under: Food and Drink, Greekish Tagged: food and drink, Greek food, mamagyro, Tasty Tuesday
July 19, 2012
Parallel Generations
Why is Hollywood taking an interest in the Lost Generation and the Beat Generation? Are there parallels between the generations of the past and today’s generations? Is history cyclical? From a historic standpoint, it makes sense that today’s generations are looking back at the Lost Generation and the Beat Generation. Like the Lost Generation, the [...]
July 16, 2012
Road Trip Writing: On the Road and Through Painted Deserts
Donald Miller’s New York Times-bestselling book Blue Like Jazz recently was made into an indie film, and I had the opportunity to watch a screening in Times Square before the film was officially released on April 13. I’ve had the immense pleasure of meeting and getting to know some of the “characters” in the book. [...]
July 13, 2012
should i read on the road
Someone found my blog by typing in “should i read on the road” I hope they found the correct answer. Filed under: Beat Generation Tagged: Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac, literature, On the Road, taste
July 12, 2012
From the Lost Generation to the Beat Generation: Hollywood’s Obsession
With Hemingway and Gellhorn currently on HBO and a remake of The Great Gatsby heading to theatres this Christmas, The Observer’s Daniel D’Addario ponders if we’re experiencing a “Lost Generation Boom.” The Lost Generation refers to the writers during the World War I era, many of whom became expatriates. The Lost Generation writers [...]
July 11, 2012
Social Media Lessons from SXSW 2012
Calvin Reid makes insightful remarks about the role e-technology and social media are playing in publishing in “SXSW 2012: New Publishing Models and the Rise of the Referral Economy.” If you’re new to publishing and looking to make your mark on the industry and find readers, I’d highly encourage you to read the entire article. [...]
July 10, 2012
Tasty Tuesday: Pictures from Dinner at Village Taverna
While I was getting my MFA in creative nonfiction at The New School, I kept walking by a Greek restaurant that was being built on University Place. When it finally opened, I was drowning in writing my thesis and Burning Furiously Beautiful. Right before the semester ended my writer friend Allison–who is [...]
July 9, 2012
Your Home Can Smell Like Big Sur
Busy poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who is still active at ninety-three years old, moved out to San Francisco and founded City Lights in 1953. More than just the independent bookstore of Beat pilgrimages, City Lights is a book publisher, and in 1956, Ferlinghetti was arrested on obscenity charges because he had published and sold Allen Ginsberg’s [...]
July 6, 2012
Road Trip: Club Ed
Throw your rucksack into the trunk of your beat-up ’49 Hudson. Rev the engine. Peel out of LA. An hour into the California desert, and you’ve rolled into Lancaster. You’ve traveled back in time and hit Club Ed. One-time film set for Eye of the Storm, Club Ed embodies the nostalgia of On the Road, [...]
July 5, 2012
Eloping on the Road
I have so many friends right now who either just got married or are in the process of planning their weddings. There’s so much to consider: venues, wedding cake ganache, narrowing down the guest list, who sits next to whom, DIYing centerpieces, the dress. Eloping sounds better and better…. And what better way than eloping [...]
