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Johnny and Me goes classic
“O Τζόνι κι Εγώ” φόρεσε πάλι την φανέλα 9 και είναι έτοιμος να βάλει Χριστουγεννιάτικο γκόλ! “Η Πηνελόπη Online” ακουλουθεί σταθερά ανάμεσα στα βιβλία τεχνολογίας, έτοιμη να σπάσει το “glass ceiling”...
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P.S. I love you!
Aυτός ο χρόνος είχε τόσο σασπένς, αγωνία και στεναχώρια όσο κανένας άλλος μέχρι τώρα. Εγώ βέβαια ήμουν μακριά αλλά παρακολουθούσα καθημερινά τα τεκταινόμενα των Αθηνών. Τα επακόλουθα ήταν δυσάρεστα και...
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The City: Η Πόλη
Penelope is keeping her promises and there you are, I’m posting some more photos from my latest trip to Istanbul/Constantinople -or the City/H Πόλη as the past generation of Greeks was calling it....
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Chutzpah!
Last week I received an email from my friend Sarah, an accomplished writer, which made me feel good. The email was an account of her new life as an expat in France, accompanied by citations such as...
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Speak vs Roar
The news headlines are changing in an unprecedented way in our “Internet” times and surrounding the one and only constant denominator, the financial crisis. The facts can be translated by the...
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Lean In
Lean In is the title of the new book of the wonder woman of the Facebook Sheryl Sandberg. In her book and new website, she urges women to create a supportive circle among them, in order to move forward...
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How to ebooks in the library
How to find ebooks among the fellow print books in the library? Here you are! The dummies are not only for displaying the pret-a-porter at the shop windows. Strolling around the library,one dummy is...
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From Print to Ebook : The Digitisation Process
Do you remember the vinyl records, how awful, large and awkward were and how difficult was to find a proper storage or later the CDs and even the DVDs? The latter are still being used by some oldies...
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Wedding a la Kazakh!
At last , summer is here in Astana and its inhabitants want to make the most of it. To say the truth, in no other place I have seen so many weddings to take place as here in Kazakhstan’s capital....
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It’s June, and I’ m not tired of being brave!
It’s June, and I’m not tired of being brave! Almost one year is gone here in Astana and I’m pleased to say that I survived the hardest winter I’ ve ever experienced in my life. Although the locals...
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The Millennials
Recently an article in Time magazine caught my eye about generations. By reading it gave me the feeling of some perspective on the present times! Every generation has its own characteristics and as we...
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Let’s talk about men : Parole Parole
It is common truth that with different set of friends there is different agenda of discussion. With some we talk about kids, husbands, with others about career, cooking… With my friend Marta, the main...
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Summertime in Astana
The weather in Astana is “a tale of two different cities”. At the moment, it’s real summertime. The temperature is around 24-30 C. and the sun is bright as ever. So today, I didn’t want to miss my...
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When Money Was In Fashion…
When Money was in Fashion We were all singing Barney’s song “I love you….” Filed under: Daily thoughts, Πηνελόπη Οnline Tagged: Barney's song, Lehman's legacy, When Money Was in Fashion
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For Most of History, Anonymous was a Woman
The other day, I had dinner with one of my new friends, a prominent female figure in her country, Kazakhstan. We talked about many things and mostly we were exchanging small information about our past...
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From nothing to something : Anonymous women sequel
As the economic crisis is going from strength to strength, it’s worthwhile to mention some other important social issues that are happening the same time because of that, in a quite paradoxical way....
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Almaty : Paris of Kazakhstan
For quite a long time, my Kazakhstani friends from Almaty were nagging me to visit Almaty by saying “it’s gorgeous city, it’s the New York of Kazakhstan…”! I didn’t need to have wild imagination to...
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Money doesn’t buy happiness but it buys everything else!
“Money doesn’t mind if we say it’s evil, it goes from strength to strength. It’s a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy” wrote Martin Amis in his book “Money” some years ago. And I was...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR AND DON’T FORGET TO FEED THE GARGANTUA!
Since this is the first day of 2014, let’s start with some good news! Europe’s two main cities, London and Paris, were fully decorated for this Christmas ! Nothing was missing from the previous years...
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Paris : Window Shopping
It’s not difficult to guess the meaning of ’window shopping’ and as the Urban dictionary explains :When one visits a store or mall to admire goods rather than to purchase them. The ‘shopper’ seems to...
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