When I was little, like most other Greek kids, I was forced to go to Greek School. I hated it. We learned Greece’s history, language, culture, and essentially that Greeks are the best people on Earth.

The other night at dinner, I asked my parents as I routinely do, “How was your day?” Instead of a simple “fine,” I was treated to a discussion about a paper on the efficiency of kidney exchanges in an economic theory seminar they had just attended.

I have been obsessed with shoes for a very long time. In fact, my first word was "shoe."

Whenever I go to a store, the first thing I notice are the shoes. I just love staring at them! The colors, the styles … to me, shoes equate to a Rembrandt.

This summer I read the most amazing book, "As You Were Saying," a collection of short stories by American and French authors.

Wednesday, Sept. 10, was a historic day.