Early guests greet George C Poulos.

Two dinners were held in California during George Poulos's 2007 August tour.

One was held in Oakland, in Northernl California. Oakland is part of the San Francisco Bay area.

The other was held in Alhambra, a suburb of Los Angeles.

The venue was Wahib's Middle East Restaurant.

Some guests arrived early:

Left to right:

Vikki Fraioli, Georgia Pine, George Poulos, Bessie Gianakos (nee Zantiotis (Yeroutsiko, from the Vouno), Cynthia Cavellenes.

I hope that by publishing photographs, and information about USA Kytherians, their relatives in Australia, Greece, and other parts of the world might "find" them and/or "connect with them" - perhaps for the first time.

Observations about Kytherian "connectedness" in USA and Australia.

Fewer Kytherians emigrated to America, than to the Australia. This was as a result of quota system in affect in the USA until the mid-1900s.

The Greek Orthodox Church is also much more unified and powerful in the USA, than in Australia. The church tends to dilute the influence of regional Greek groups in America, far more than occurs in Australia.

The "tyranny of distance" is the main reason why Kytherians do not gather together more often in the USA. Within California, for example,it is a 5 hour drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
Between Los Angeles and New York, a 5 hour plane trip.