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May 5, 2022Liked by Brent Hartinger, Michael Jensen

Brilliant! Now I want some tapenade.

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May 5, 2022Liked by Brent Hartinger, Michael Jensen

Incredible creative writing! But the olives--did you really devour OLIVE them?

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May 5, 2022Liked by Brent Hartinger, Michael Jensen

Lmaoo

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I wish substack had LMAO emoticons, but no. Here is the one on my phone: 🤣

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May 5, 2022Liked by Brent Hartinger, Michael Jensen

Oh, hells to the yes! This post is awesome <3 Thanks for starting my day with a giggle! I hope to one day soon eat at least twice my weight in olives in Greece! Olive them!

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May 5, 2022Liked by Brent Hartinger, Michael Jensen

Absolutely the best!

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May 14, 2022Liked by Michael Jensen

Funny! Feel free to enjoy my share of the world’s olives 😊

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I think it's an olive virus of some kind. Two days ago, in a place called Puyallup, someone served me a tequila drink with two huge green olives in it.

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May 6, 2022Liked by Michael Jensen

Welcome to Athens! (i've been meaning to say this ever since I read you were coming our way)

I can't blame you for the olives, they are terrific and can be devoured all on their own, though a bit of good hot bread goes a long way :D I can't wait to read about your impressions of this corner of the world (i'm not very happy with us nowadays so I would totally welcome a different perspective)

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May 5, 2022Liked by Michael Jensen

I needed that to escape from the daily gloom and doom. Thank you. And the Rick Steves quote was priceless.

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May 5, 2022Liked by Michael Jensen

Wonderful! Thanks for the laugh to start the day.

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May 5, 2022Liked by Michael Jensen

Hilarious!

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May 5, 2022Liked by Michael Jensen

Hilarious, fantastic writing! Thank you for the morning laugh! 😂🫒

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May 5, 2022Liked by Michael Jensen

This is the funniest thing I've read in ages. Nicely done!

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I want to thank you for now making olives a controlled substance in Greece. A person can now only get them with proof of ID. What's next? You'll need a prescription to buy pasta in Italy. And, really a Starbucks in Athens??!! That's like going to a McDonald's in downtown Tokyo!

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May 5, 2022Liked by Michael Jensen

Love this!! We did the same thing in Naples. Bought a bucket of olives and a jug of wine and never looked back.

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