She mentioned someone who drove 10 hours from Georgia just to have the baklava at the Greek Fest, in addition to visiting family in the area.Įveryone working at the festival was a volunteer, Espinosa said. From there, he said, the church brought the festival to the street by the church, and it has continued to evolve.Įspinosa said the festival unites people from all over. Mougianis, whose father, the late Nick Mougianis, was instrumental in initially building up the Greek Fest, said the festival first began 37 years ago as a 10-foot booth during an all-ethnicity festival. “We’ve got to get together to be able to survive, and we are together.” “The church is a group, and without community, it won’t survive,” he said. “We built (the church) up little by little,” Sandonas said, and from the beginning, he never stopped being involved at the church. He immediately joined with a handful of other people who took ownership of the Holy Trinity Church building, which had formerly belonged to other faiths. Sandonas lived in Greece but came to the United States when he was 18. At 92, Sandonas has seen the church undergo plenty of changes. George Sandonas is one of the church’s elders. “This is what it’s all about,” Espinosa said, “celebrating our background and making sure traditions are passed on to the next generation.” She joked that there are “no child labor laws in the Greek Orthodox Church.” She was busy as the first customers came through the gate, helping out where she was needed while wearing a traditional dress from the Greek island Corfu and sunglasses with the Greek flag on them.Įspinosa said that everybody in the church, parishioners and close friends of any age, had a job to do during the festival, and they are happy to do it. Vasso Espinosa is the festival’s longtime greeter. The prayer was a reminder of the church family that makes the Greek Fest possible. Immediately before the festival began, the volunteers were led in a prayer led by Verginis in Hellenic Hall. Live music, provided by the bouzouki player Sotiri, filled the festival grounds, and made for the background sound over which lively festivalgoers chatted. There were freshly sliced gyros, snow cones, fried dough balls - loukoumades - and a tent for alcoholic beverages. He is who I have been searching for.Outside, volunteers had four different tents, from which they served more snacks and food. I cannot imagine loving anyone but Johnny. He bought me an owl the first night we were together and it has become our love theme. He is the perfect love, perfect business partner, and my best friend. “He took my breath away and became my dream come true. ”He had loved me since he first wanted to be with me So… “How long does it take to fall in love?” Mish asked. With Johnny remembering their past conversations from a year ago, dates, times they’ve met… and with each passing minute, memory and word Mish became less sad and more happy to have let him in. They spent the night working in the shop and chatting. One evening when Mish was working on one of her shops in Twinity Johnny messaged asking if she’d like to hangout.Īnd after a little bit of yes, a little bit of no until she agreed to let him visit and since he’s there, help out with the Autumn Shop Mish was working on. In September 2020 they both became single. Time passed and we remained friends and whenever I needed to help her with a good word I did.” “ In his words “I was alone and wanted a friend, thinking she would be. Think again □ In Mish’s words “He seemed to always be around helping me….I told my friends, he seemed pushy. But when they met in October ’19 Mish was interested in someone else and Johnny just came out of a relationship with one of Mish’s friends.Īnd we all know that code □ So despite his flirtatious attempts they became friends and nothing more.īut do you think that was the end of Johnny’s efforts into winning Mish’s heart? Mish and Johnny have been together for 5 1⁄2 months. The story is more than just the actual moment or way (online… offline…) it’s how they got to that one point where they say “yes this person is for me” So if you’re like me and love “how we met” stories, here is Mish and Johnny’s story.īut before we get to that point let’s rewind a little bit. It’s always intriguing to know why and how two people fell for each other. It’s not just because it is the obvious question but also because there is no such thing as a bad meet-cute-yes no matter how they met. My first question and this is probably one of the very popular questions out there, for couples especially, when chatting with a friend’s new partner is almost always “So, how did you two meet?”
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