Guess Where?
Only the tip of the dump tip At first glance one could be forgiven for thinking this was a photo taken in the outskirts of a place like Kabul. But not so, this is a ...
Pavlos’s Final Rhubarb
Pavlos must have been smiling behind that big bushy mustache of his when he looked down upon the lunatic antics of his beloved village last month. It never fails to amaze us how news on ...
A Bunch of the Usual Suspects
This photograph was taken by John Paul Jacques in the ruins of a pre-umbrella Castello. Maggie Martin, who passed away this summer near her home in Thailand, is in the centre. The happy crowd surrounding ...
Little Italy comes to the Rock
This summer the island acquired a couple of splendid new attractions. Not only Jazzmin’s jazz club but also a real asset for the palate in the form of authentic Italian cuisine. Da Barba Dimas is ...
And the Runner-up is….
Not quite as outlandish as the artistic ‘happening’ that involved a grilled shark and a glass coffin of two summers ago, this astounding “sculpture” on the Kamini coast road gets our vote as a close second ...
And All That Jazz . . .
Your host himself actually at work behind the bar It was a sprint to the finish, and despite predictions that it could not be done, Jazzmin’s opened on Saturday night in style--albeit with the paint ...
Tight Parking at the Kamini Taxi Rank
What with all the negative news floating about; strikes, riots, economical woes of depressing proportions— not to mention the world news… we thought we would weigh in with problems of our own. Tight parking in ...
Duck ‘n Dive
Reduced rubbish collection, fewer municipal cleaning staff, an under manned post office... all part of the governmental austerity measures, which are not going down well ...
Smoke and..
Smoke and other very Bad-Screens… We try, we really do, to advocate a positive spin on our island BUT— Stuff you are not supposed to see. This morning a pony died in the upper regions ...