Elly

Hi, and welcome to my little corner of the world wide interwebs! I'm Elly, I'm 26, and I live in Chicago. I am married to my amazing husband and best friend, Tom (I know, everyone says that, right? but it's so true. Tom and I were great friends for 3.5 years before dating).

I'm somewhere between a first and second generation Greek (my mom was born in Greece and my dad was the first generation to be born in the States). I do like to cook Greek food (hence the OPA! in my blog title), but it comprises just a small fraction of our meals, as I love experimenting with other foods, ethnicities and taste combinations.

I started this as a way to cure some boredom once I finished grad school and had a lot of time on my hands. It was a way for me to document my recipes (if you know any Greeks, you know they don't use recipes so trying to figure out how your grandma makes something over the phone is pretty near impossible). It has now helped me do that, sharpen my photographing skills slightly, and introduce me to a world of other amazing bloggers--food and otherwise.

I know Vox is a huge pain for commenting, etc. So please feel free to email me if you have something to say and Vox won't let you say it. Oh and if you know any evil geniuses who can help me import my blog over to another service...