Lou Duro
IF PINOCCHIO WAS PRESIDENT
It all started with a lie. One of the first things every school kid in America learns is: George Washington, America's first president,...
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Lou Duro
- Nov 6, 2020
- 4 min
MEET THE LEGEND NAMED RALPH ZENGEN
The phrase, "He was a legend in his own time," may be one of the most overused, and, usually exaggerated, expressions in history, but...
Lou Duro
- Oct 31, 2020
- 2 min
MASKS OF THE MASSES
"Who was that masked man, anyway?" That was one of our favorite lines of our youth, usually asked by some awe-struck cowhand on The Lone...
Lou Duro
- Sep 29, 2020
- 3 min
OUR ISLAND PARADISE/ ΤΟ ΠΑΡΑΔΕΙΣΕΝΙΟ ΝΗΣΙ ΜΑΣ
It was 1985 when we fled the turmoil of New York City to take up residence amidst the tranquility of this unique island of Crete, a...
Lou Duro
- Sep 1, 2020
- 3 min
TABOO TO TOPLESS SUNBATHING? THE BARE FACTS
Leave it to The French. When the whole world is talking about Covid-19, they change the subject, and the headlines, back to its country’s...
Lou Duro
- Aug 27, 2020
- 4 min
COVID-19: CAN WE TAKE 2 MORE YEARS?
(Note: This blog posting is not meant to be a “news story,” as information concerning Cov id-19 changes rapidly – practically by the...
Lou Duro
- Aug 19, 2020
- 5 min
A FEW WORDS ABOUT “THE VIRUS”
Since no one else is talking about this mysterious virus which is rapidly spreading across the world – and since there is nothing else to...
Lou Duro
- Jun 6, 2020
- 4 min
THE OTHER 'ROCKY': HOLLYWOOD'S REAL CHAMP
There's something about The Rocky Horror Picture Show that draws people to see it again and again, as I did last night – for the...
Lou Duro
- May 28, 2020
- 4 min
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: STAY OFF OUR ISLAND!
It’s like being jammed between the rock and the hard place, but, at least at this moment in history, the world-famous Cretan Hospitality...
Lou Duro
- May 24, 2020
- 6 min
BLAME IT ON LINDSAY:THE CUOMO DYNASTY
It all began in the mid-sixties. Mayor John V. Lindsay had a headache. A serious headache. It stemmed from the first, but certainly not...
Lou Duro
- Feb 17, 2020
- 4 min
‘FRIEND’ AND ‘LOVE’: TWO MOST OVERUSED WORDS
With all due respect to the powers that be at Facebook, where do they get off by using the word “friend” in such an extemporary manner?...
Lou Duro
- Jan 28, 2020
- 4 min
LIVING IN CRETE: A UTOPIAN WAY OF LIFE – ALMOST
Inspired by an article in International Living magazine entitled “Crete and Corfu: For a Healthy, Simple, Greek Island Retirement,” which...
Lou Duro
- Jan 28, 2020
- 5 min
THE GREAT BAMBINO: NEED I SAY MORE?
Well, maybe just a little more. The 2019 baseball season has managed to undo what The Great Bambino spent a lifetime achieving. It...
Lou Duro
- Jan 28, 2020
- 7 min
THE ONE, THE ONLY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
Rock Music by any other name, is NOT Rock 'n' Roll When Danny and the Juniors recorded Rock 'n' Roll is Here to Stay in 1957 there was no...
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