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Sisi (Greek: Σίσι), or Sissi [1] is a small Greek resort in the municipal unit Vrachasi, Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete. It is situated on the north coast, 6 km northwest of Vrachasi and 6 km east of Malia , 22 km northwest of Agios Nikolaos and 35 km east of Heraklion .
Crete is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. It is a far south suburb of Chicago , 30 miles from the Loop and only 6 miles from the Indiana border. The population was 8,465 at the 2020 census.
The Palm restaurant in Washington, D.C. The Palm opened its second location in Washington, D.C. in December 1972. [7] According to the company's web site, the prodding of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, then U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, encouraged the families to open the second location. Bush often quipped that there was a ...
Palm Beach Seafood Restaurant began as a pushcart roadside stall in 1956 [2] [3] by Cher Yam Tian and her husband Lim Choo Ngee. [4] [5] [6]Cher, who is said to be the creator of the local chilli crab dish, sold stir-fried crabs mixed with bottled chilli and tomato sauce at the stall.
Sambo's was an American restaurant chain, started in 1957 by Sam Battistone Sr. and Newell Bohnett in Santa Barbara, California. [1] Though the name was taken from portions of the names of its two founders, the chain also associated with The Story of Little Black Sambo.
Preveli Beach (Greek: Φοινικόδασος της Πρέβελης, Finikodasos tis Prevelis) is a beach located on the south coast of the Greek Mediterranean island of Crete. It is located in the municipality of Agios Vasilios in the Rethymno regional unit, not far from the Moni Preveli monastery, whose name has passed on to it.
A palm court is a large atrium with palm trees, usually in a prestigious hotel, where functions are staged, notably tea dances. Examples include the Langham Hotel (1865), [ 1 ] Alexandra Palace (1873), the Carlton Hotel (1899), and the Ritz Hotel (1906), all in London ; and the Alexandria Hotel (court added in 1911) in Los Angeles , Palace ...
Vai palm forest is named for Phoenix theophrasti, one of 14 species of the genus Phoenix, etymologically another ancient Greek word for "palm."The botanical palms are the Arecaceae family, flowering, evergreen perennials containing a spirally arranged cluster of fronds branching from the top of an otherwise unbranching stem, a configuration readily identifiable to anyone ancient or modern as a ...