After a lot of thinking and looking for deals, Bhasker finally booked the tickets. I was super kicked about it...not for long. I checked the date we were leaving, September 11 2008. No I cannot travel on that day. No way!!! I tried convincing Bhasker to change it but everything was planned. On 11th, I sat at the airport, a nervous wreck, not able ( Read more... )

In June, Bhasker got an opportunity to travel to Heidelburg, Germany for a conference. So we decided that I will go along and we will see a few more places. Thus began the planning and the visa process for the most amazing trip!!! In Europe, we decided to use the Eu Rail to travel from one place to another. I just couldn't wait to get on that plane ( Read more... )

This was my third time to Yosemite. Each time, we went in a different season and this time we went there in May. Its the time of year when most of the snow melts away and the falls are in full force, the time where there is still some snow in places where the sun's rays cannot penetrate through the dense forests, the time of year when tourists ( Read more... )

I really wanted to go to India in February and Bhasker agreed. It all happened so fast but the week before I left was the longest week of my life. I was going with Bhasker's friends, Raghav and Rohini. Was a long flight, SF to Hong Kong to Bangkok to Bangalore with a 10 hour stop-over in Bangkok. We went to see the place, Bangkok is a small well- ( Read more... )

We went to this place called California Pizza Kitchen last weekend, for dinner. Its near University Avenue. The food was yummy and I loved it. Bhasker had pizza with toppings like Brinjal, Mini Broccoli, Corn, Cheese etc (was lip-smackingly yummy) and I had Thai style Pasta.


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When I was sitting and watching TV after cooking on one of the weekdays last week, I heard a scraping sound on my mesh door and guess who I saw!!! He lives in the tree right in front of my patio.


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This evening Bhasker and I went to Starbucks and spent some time there playing games and reading. Then we went to Santana Row for a nice dinner at Pizza Antica. Bhasker had a Personal Pizza and I had a Handmade Potato and Ricotta Gnocchi with Pesto and Sun-dried Tomato Cream (the snaps were taken from a mobile camera and don't do justice to how yum ( Read more... )

It was a cloudy day. The mountains were covered in what seemed like thick white blankets when seen from a distance. As the car moved closer, everything fell in place, much clearer than before. Beautiful snow-capped mountains, tall trees on either side with leaves covered in snow was a combination of green, white and brown, little houses with their ( Read more... )

The weekend started early...8 in the morning is early by my standards. After a long chat session with my parents, I started off with baking a cake for my friend Rohini. Bhasker was reading out the recipe. I thought I started with Chocolate Cake and ended up with Vanilla Cake instead and was very disappointed about it. It was too late now because ( Read more... )

We went to Yosemite again during the long Thanksgiving weekend…only this time it was with friends and during a different season. We stood in front of Best Buy for almost 7 hours, covered in layers of sweaters and jackets as it was extremely cold, for a laptop which we did not get but I kinda enjoyed the experience. After just 5 hours of sleep we ( Read more... )