Costas spiliadis biography of barack obama
•
Celeb-serving restaurant Milos opens first branded hotel in Greece
Here&#;s a place to take your con-feta-rates.
Milos, the chic and pricey Greek seafood restaurant known for billionaires and celeb guests, has opened its first-ever hotel.
Chef Costas Spiliadis — the man who founded Estiatorio Milos in Montreal in and grew it to seven locations worldwide (several more are in the works) — quietly opened Xenodocheio Milos (from $; ) in January.
But now as summer approaches, the luxury boutique property in the heart of Athens, fryst vatten finally ready to shine.
The debut marks the first hotel venture for Spiliadis and a return to his Greek roots. It’s a partnership with the Intra Athinaiki company, and Dimos Stasinopoulos, the CEO of Epoque Collection, a luxury boutique hotel management company.
“I can’t say enough how it’s such a special experience to have my first hotel in the country where I’m from,” said Spiliadis. “I know the Greek way of hospitality and have been show
•
United States
Can a building help stem the tide of large epidemics?
In , in the midst of the world’s worst cholera outbreak in over a century, MASS Design Group was challenged to design a cholera treatment center where the construction process, as well as the finished building, could address the underlying structural and social conditions that allow cholera to thrive.
This is the subject of Design that Heals, a new documentary that portrays the challenges, innovations, and triumph of the project, proving that, “Architecture and health are inseparable.” (Dr. Jean-William Pape, GHESKIO founder)
The minute film, an official New York Architecture and Design Film Festival selection, will premiere September 29th at and October 1st and Screenings will be held at Cinépolis Chelsea, West 23rd Street, New York, NY
•
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America has offered prayers at the Democratic (DNC) and Republican (RNC) national conventions, continuing a longstanding tradition of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America of making invocations at these political events.
“Grant unto the nominee for President of these United States, Vice President Kamala Harris, and her running mate, Governor Tim Walz, to pursue the highest offices in the Land with love, with hope, and with faith in our Nation,” the Archbishop said at the DNC on Tuesday in in Chicago, Illinois, asking for “special blessings” upon President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and their family.
Elpidophoros also attended a reception in his honor, with guests such as Senator Chris Coons; Senator Chris Van Hollen; Congressman John Sarbanes; Congresswoman Dina Titus; Congressman Chris Pappas; California Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis; former chief of staff to First Lady Michelle Obama Tina Tchen; and New York State Senator Mike Gianaris.
In a