FETA Christmas Party 2020!

Professional models hired to beautify photos posted to the FETA blog? No vlaka! It's FETA's very own BroMichaelJordanGeorge, BroFranzLuBeckenbauer, SistaCassisAblanca and SistaEllaFitzgerald.

We're not sure what the "This" arrow is all about (this photo was contributed to the FETA blog by someone from the National Enquirer) but we see four beauties enjoying the evening at Loi Estiatorio (with thanks again to Maria and her great staff for a wonderful evening!) 

BroGeneric and long-lost friend BroFlowerPower (they were stevedors together at the Port of Piraeus in the 1960s). Hey, get a (generic) room boyz! (Not pictured: Their "wives.") 

Every successful party needs a "Lady in Red." Newly-minted FETAn Sista JanetComenos (whose official FETA nickname escapes the SEC at the moment -- hey, there's over 130 to remember! -- so we'll go with Sista RedSox) filled that role on January 22nd. 

Excellent group shot of seemingly-normal people (looks can be deceiving). FETA Trivia: Sista Straggler (left) turned 29 the day after our party. 

George Clooney stopped by unexpectedly and was gracious enough to pose for a photo with our wonderful host, Maria Loi, and Pappas Post publishing magnate Gregory Pappas. (Not pictured: Amal Clooney)

FETAns discussing how pleased they are with the SEC's work in leading the organization to new heights (at least that's what the SEC assumes they were talking about...) 

Everybody wants to be pictured on the FETA blog with an empty plate of chow in front of them! (Not pictured: The piles of food that were there minutes earlier...) 

FETA maturity and dignity is on full display in this photo. Nothing like the old devil horns (center) and the attempted furtive nose-picking (BroKambo, center right) to class up an event! 

BroPaschalLamb toasts the camera. He had one too many grape juices at this point...

BroMichaelJordanGeorge and SistaCassisAblanca pose for what might be the cover of the next FETA Annual Report (Note: Our stock price is soaring these days.)  

Robert DeNiro stopped in after his PROVOLONE meeting. Here he's pictured with all of his friends. 

Our lovely party organizers, Sistas LambrOuzo and E-Kat, flank their high school math teacher while reliving tales of the good old days in algebra class. (Not pictured: the pocket protector.) 

The ceremonial cutting of the vasilopita, generously sprinkled with Bolivian Marching Powder (also known as "California Cornflakes" or "Booger Sugar") donated by BroCoke from his private Bay Area stash. 

BroJimBrownopoulos ponders how he can bribe the people at Ancestry.com to say that his DNA test reveals he's 99% Greek. Notice Bros FlowerPower and KootiesRidis in the background speaking in Italian sign language (also known simply as "Italian.") (Did you hear about the Italian who broke his arm? He couldn't talk for a week.)  

And, finally, BroMichaelJordanGeorge closes our photo essay with a toast (ouzo, of course) to another successful FETA Christmas Party (note, his is NOT from the bottle of ouzo that he keeps in his desk at work).  Thanks again to our generous sponsors: 

Coughlin & Betke

Farber Brocks & Zane LLP

London Fischer LLP

Margolis Edelstein

as well as our organizers, Sistas LambrOuzo and E-Kat, and, of course, Loi Estiatorio, Maria Loi, her staff and all of our attendees for creating another great FETA evening. Yasou! 

FETA Christmas Party 2018 (held in 2019) - A Big Success!

The FETA (Federation of EthnicGreek Trade Associations) 2018 Christmas Party + Vasilopita Cutting Ceremony was held, on Greek time, on January 30, 2019 at the spectacular Loi Estiatorio ( (http://www.loiestiatorio.com/) 132 West 58th Street, NYC), home of renown celebrity chef and all-around delightful person Maria Loi.  

The soiree was organized by our very own Sistas of Celebration, E-Kat and LambrOuzo, who did another outstanding job. FETA Worldwide Senior Management would also like to thank our three party sponsors, without whose generosity the event would not have been possible: 

Foley & Mansfield PLLP

London Fischer LLP 

Margolis Edelstein 

Here for your viewing pleasure, are some snapshots from last night (we just got them back from BroFotoMat Photis, paid extra for overnight processing): 

Chef Loi displays some of her many cooking medals in front of a photograph of the Aegean that she took herself. Included in her array of awards are the "Just As Good as a Street Souvlaki" Medal from the Paris 2017 Cooking Show and the "Better-Than-Yia-Yia's Pastichio-And-I'll-Hit-You-With-A-Padofla-If-You-Disagree" Medallion from the Crete 2018 World Cooking Championships.  

BroZach, looking slimmer and ready to get back into the insurance fray (Ironshore/Liberty Mutual here he comes!), didn't let frigid temperatures in Chicago and homeless people dying on the streets deter him from flying in first-class to eat, drink and pose next to two guys who make him look better, Bros Kryptonite and CootiesRidis  

The SEC and Chef Loi talk about the pressures of being a high-profile Greek in America...

Where are BroKryptonite's hands and why is everyone smiling? 

SistaLambrOuzo, and her soon-to-be-born-fourth child, hug their favorite Greek chef. Rumor is that offspring numbers five and six will be on their way soon! 

Oh, look, another photo of the SEC and Chef Loi, how did that get in here? 

A dishwasher from the Moondust Diner on the West Side who looks a lot like BroScaryFaces, clutches a coffee cup for warmth. He stopped by Loi Estiatorio to see if he could borrow some dish detergent. Ten degrees outside? Check. Wear a sleeveless vest? Check. 

Some of the guests enjoying a sit down with an array of the delicious Greek dishes that were on the party's buffet table. This event was widely hailed as having the best food of any FETA party to date, even better than a White House dinner for the college football champs!   

The two Much-Better-Halves of the only two married couples who are members of FETA. The husbands were sent home early to watch the kids, clean the house and have a cold beer waiting. Welcome to 2019, there's a new paradigm! 

One of our newest FETAns, on the right (who hasn't been officially inducted yet, so his FETA nickname hasn't been revealed), cozies up to his sponsor, BroMichaelJordan (notice the same hairstyle as Michael Jordan). Get a room next time guys! 

Loi Estiatorio prepared a scrumptious vasilopita which was enjoyed by all. BroCootiesRidis found the coin and was granted a full year of good luck at OTB. 

Another of our newest FETAns, BroJimBrownopoulos, holds court at the bar while describing his firm's latest victory on a motion to compel in the Delaware Chancery Court (Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....) Later, he pulled out a copy of the written decision. He needs to work on his small talk skillz a bit. 

SistaPope sees a lawyer approaching (BroPastichios) and quickly moves her hands to hide her wallet. Kudos to BroFotoMatPhotis (back right) for classing up the party by wearing one of his best insurance company fleeces. 

BroPastichios demonstrates the Art of the Fake Smile while the two ladies plot to get away from him...

A photo of BroZach taking a photo. Very existential. SistaGeorgiaPeach takes the microphone and ponders whether to hit BroZach over the head with it for getting too close to her. #MeToo-Close

BroCootiesRidis licks his lips at the thought of another piece of vasilopita. His sweater-over-a-collared-shirt ensemble provided by St. Peter's High School Boys Dress Code Committee. Welcome to 1986 Fashion Week!  

With all the tables splintered and all the plates shattered, FETAns, led by Chef Loi, were reduced to dancing on the floor. 

A GREAT time was had by all, thanks again to our sponsors, organizers and venue. Best wishes to all for a great 2019! 

FETA Spring Fling 2018

Thursday, June 14th, a spectacular day, saw the 68th Annual FETA Spring Fling being held in NYC (Ok, maybe we're using fuzzy math there, but it wasn't our first Spring Fling rodeo...)  
 
A strong showing of spirited FETAns eager to enjoy the sunshine, warm weather and cool harbor breezes (language lifted from a Sandals resorts ad) gathered at City Pier A in Lower Manhattan. The event also saw the introduction of the prestigious and coveted FETA wristband. Each attendee received a wristband and, before long, FETA wannabees and paparazzi were offering FETAns upwards of 90 drachmas for their wristband. Angela Merkel, in town for a United Nations meeting, even suggested that Greece could settle its E.U. debts by trading 50 FETA wristbands. She was told "Nein" by the Notorious S.E.C. 
 
Here for your viewing pleasure are some photos from the highly enjoyable day. And thanks again to SistaPopi for organizing the party and to our generous sponsors:
 

Foley & Mansfield

Margolis Edelstein

 

Gallo Vitucci Klar

The FETA wristband is already in the high-fashion league of Christian Louboutin shoes or Members Only jackets. One onlooker tried to trade a Rolex watch for a FETA wristband but he was spurned.   

 BroMichaelJordanGeorge proudly displays his homemade name tag affixed to his dress shirt (available at Target, $5.99) Also pictured: Kristin McMahon, a FETAn-in-Waiting (ahem, get that Membership Statement in!)  

BroFlowerPower of Marshall Dennehey cozies up to BroBrownopoulos of Margolis Edelstein to try to discover Margolis Edelstein's secret for being successful enough to sponsor a FETA party.



BroFlowerPower surrounds himself with some FETA arm candy (Cecilia, Georgia, Popi and Nicole).



A guest from UHaul (whose name the SEC now forgets, lovely lady), SistaStraggler and SistaGeorgiaPeach provide more eye candy. Luckily SistaStraggler didn't marry that billionaire or we probably wouldn't know her! (yes, the SEC likes to beat dead horses)(and dead private jets, mansions, etc.)  

 

BroBrowopoulos explains to BroPhotoMatt how his firm won a big parking ticket appeal in Philadelphia. Kristin McMahon (not yet a Sista), clearly impressed, ponders whether to add Margolis Edelstein to her company's Parking Ticket Appeal panel.

 

BroZach jetted in from Chicago on the Willis corporate plane only to be told that he'd now be reporting to Willis intern Nicole Pappagiannakis (pictured to the right of SistaGeorgia Peach). BroZach was told by Willis to take a Greyhound back to Chicago. Meanwhile, State Senate Candidate Andrew Gounardes (Brooklyn) wonders whether being at this event will hurt or help his chances (answer: probably neither). Please consider making at donation to a fellow Greek's campaign at:   https://www.andrewgounardes.com/

 

BroMichaelJordanGeorge has been at almost every FETA party (a fact which appears prominently on his resume and LinkedIn profile)

 

The St. Pauli Girls have been replaced by the St. Mythos Girls. 

 

 

 

The Notorious S.E.C., sporting his best Walmart Hawaiian shirt, and SistaNicole are photobombed by BroZach. This might, in fact, be classified as a "photo nuclear bomb." There were no survivors.

 

 

PowerBroKardashian shows off his new Conan O'Brian/Donald Trump mash-up hairstyle. The NYC Parks Department will be showing "Jaws" in Central Park on PowerBroKardashian's forehead on July 18th. 

 

BroTedKouridis (nickname long ago forgotten) shows off his best side for the camera. BroTed: Barney the Dinosaur needs his purple shirt back by Thursday.

 

 BroZach distributing the drinks, one of his strong suits.  

And, finally, after all those photos of arm-and-eye candy above, here's a photo of some eye broccoli. Thanks again to our sponsors and SistaPopi, we hope everyone has a great summer!   

 

The FETA 2017 Christmas Party

FETA (Federation of EthnicGreek Trade Associations) held its 2017 Christmas Party on February 15, 2018 (Greek time) at Kellari Taverna in Manhattan. People flew in from all over the globe to attend this red-carpet, A-list event. 

FETA Worldwide Senior Management would once again like to thank our very generous sponsors: 

Foley Mansfield

Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani

Margolis Edelstein

Marshall Dennehey

Welby, Brady & Greenblatt, LLP

And, of course, our most excellent party organizers, SistaLambrOuzo and SistaE-Kat.

This edition of the FETA Blog will engage in a little creative photo captioning (also known as "Fake News" to some.) Hey, if you want the real news, you're in the wrong place...  

The FETA four-person ice dancing team discusses strategy shortly before departing for South Korea. Auxiliary FETAn Jim Brown, Esq., of the law firm Margolis Edelstein (in red striped tie from Target) won the prize for Most Creative Name Tag. It said "James Kαφέ" (which means "brown" in Greek).  Bravo Jimbo!   

 Random shot of beautiful people. All the uglies stayed home.   

 SistaLambrOuzo shows off the pose that she used to inspire the sculptor of the "Fearless Girl" statue on Wall Street. Trivia: The fearless girl on Wall Street was defiantly waiting for her ouzo shot despite being under age. 

PowerBroKardashian pouts about not being invited to Kylie Jenner's baby shower. Notice that he prefers to hold his appetizer plate at a 90-degree angle (the food, all for show, is glued on.) 

BroEverythingIsComingUpVoses practices his Match.com spiel on an unsuspecting victim. 

How can a trio of lookers like this not have a single female in the photo? Some mysteries are not to be understood... 

SistaPopiOfGreenwichVillage formulates her plan to mug these three unsuspecting Midwestern rubes. Word on the street is that she netted $285 and an unused ticket to the 2017 Iowa State Fair.

 Whoa, it's getting hot in here! The cast of "The Real Housewives of Mykonos" stopped by for a surprise appearance to promote their upcoming season. Not pictured: Bethenny Frankelopoulos, creator of Skinny Girl Ouzo.  

 Insert your own caption here (hey, I'm not doing all the work). 

SistaPopiOfGreenwichVillage feigns interest in the latest ISO wording of the Additional Insured Clause. We fell asleep just typing that...

It's wine-o'clock somewhere...

 Home page photo for the new Greek dating website called "Just Marry a Nice Greek Already and Give Us Grandchildren You Vlaka." (Warning: These are professional models, don't try this at home.)

BroFlowerPower mistakenly thought the party's theme was "1980s Studio 54 Shirt Unbuttoned to the Waist." This photo was taken minutes before he donned his gold chain and Members Only jacket. 

Finally, an answer to the question: What would happen if Frankenstein and Fred Flintstone had a child? 

The two men who federal investigators determined caused New York City's hair gel shortage. 

Two of the greatest legal minds of our generation...couldn't attend the party, so we're giving you a photo of these guys instead. 

The good Sistas E-Kat and LambrOuzo purchased a vasilopita for the party at Starbucks but the stupid American barristas baked it upside down! 

 The injunction having been lifted, Sista "Lorena Bobbit" LambOuzo is once again allowed to hold a knife.  

The after-party was really rocking. Here BroZach regales the crowd with details of the finer points of insurance broker licensing in Illinois.  

 Two members of PROVOLONE were caught infiltrating the party, given away by their rapid hand movements while speaking. 

SistaChristmas displays the latest state-of-the-art technique in ignoring BroKambo. 

It's a wrap kidz. Thanks again to our generous sponsors and all of the attendees who made the 2017 FETA Christmas Party something to write home (or on a blog, anyway...) about!