I’m back from Tzia with a sunburn and a reinforced appreciation for unadulterated pleasure-seeking (and finding). Dimitri’s aura managed to pull together the ingredients for an unforgettable couple of days: sea, sun, salt-encrusted skin, excellent mojitos, amazing food, nudity, dancing to great music till 7 in the morning, a motorboat-full of Hungarian models, copious quantities of exquisite banoffee pie (that shit was bananas: bee ay en ay en ay es), and…

…impeccable music played by the Bar Guru Bar resident jazz band who performed for us on Sunday night. The band was led by reed player Takis Paterelis and featured Yiotis Samaras on guitar. This I mention because they are huge names in Greek jazz circles; sufficiently so for me to own CDs by them. So it was a great privilege to have them come all the way to Tzia to play for about twenty of us while we lounged on cushions by the windmill, under the stars. I owe Mitsos and these guys a whole bunch of thanks for offering me probably the most indulgent, idyllic couple of days in many years.