I have a doctor who is Greek, and I would like to give him a gift. I'm thinking up to $40. I was just going to get him a plant for his office, but is there anything traditionally Greek I might be able to order that would be more thoughtful?

Thanks for any help you can provide!
Nicole

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Originally posted by Nicole27:
[...] is there anything traditionally Greek I might be able to order that would be more thoughtful?

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Well, if youd doctor is Greek and still has a link with his culture, he may have well-defined tastes you may risk not to meet even if you bought him something that is inherently Greek. you mauy buy him a silver beads komboulu (a rosary-shaped short string of beads that old Greek men like to hold in their hands and play with for the whole day, especially in the countryside), but he may not like it because he does not have the habit of using one, for instance. Since you know him at lest a little bit, try to guess from the objects in shi office what kind of stuff he likes. Or, maybe, he may have use for a bottle of ouzo, but also have well-defined preferences for one specific brand, maybe by a small producer that is available only in Greece.
Also, if he is Greek-American, he may have largely lost the cultural connections with Greece; on the other hand if he was born in Greece but moved to the Usa as an adult, he may have done so because he is more fascinated by the American culture than from his own. Consider this too. In the first case, a very Greek gift may be of little meaning o him, in the latter, he may be more enthralled by a very American gift.

Alice Twain
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I don’t want to take what you can’t give / I would rather starve than eat your bread
I would rather run but I can’t walk / Guess I’ll lie alone just like before
                Pearl Jam, Corduroy