Ah its been a while since I updated the blog. But it had been maddening in the office for the past few days since I had to finish some work before I left Chicago. And now here I am sitting in London! Grand Canyon was simply breathtaking. But I was disappointed that I could not...
Its been a crazy week last week with D and K coming over again and with K/G’s brother-in-law also putting in an appearance for a day and with me coming on tv. Yes you heard it right, I came on tv. Oh but I didn’t commit a crime or anything, it was just my two...
Cuisines here are aplenty. There is everything ranging from Turkish to Indian to Spanish. Some of them are a bit obscure to find while some are really popular. Like Mexican restaurants. They are present on every street and every block and so far I think I have been to at least five to six different...
The big weekend is coming up tomorrow. Unlike our Indian Independence Day where military parades are held and only the old people watch it on TV, here there is excitement and a sense of patriotism not to dissimilar to China. People are excited to watch fireworks and of course they get three days off. As...
Spare time is indeed spare. I don’t know how time passes. Yet it’s goes slowly. Weekends, especially the last couple, have just flown by. Last weekend I went to visit the Baha’i Temple in the suburb of Linden. It was a lovely rain washed day with dark clouds but just enough warmth. The temple itself...
The weekend went by quite smoothly. K/G and I went to Devon Street on Saturday to buy all the Indian supplies like rotis and frozen curries. These are good when you don’t feel like cooking, which is half the time lol … We went to the well known Patel Brothers, which stocks anything and everything...
A Chicago bus. Notice the cycle racks in front (Image from The Bergen Network). So far most of my travelling here has been by bus. I have hardly used the train except to get to the office. But buses are convenient, its just that they are a bit slower than trains. Unlike buses in Bangalore,...
Ok am seriously convinced the weather here has Multiple Personality Disorder. Gone are sunny days and it’s rain again. Today morning it was around 9 degrees C. Probably I sound a bit too obsessed with the weather but then the changes are so erratic I can’t help wincing each time it suddenly changes from T-storms...
A busy weekend kept me from updating the blog. Brace for a long post… 🙂 Oh and please check the other posts, I have added a few photos.The last couple of days were heavenly with good sunshine and no chilly winds. Is summer here finally? On Thursday evening Shanghai and I went to the Art...
What does the word ‘summer’ bring to mind? Warm, fuzzy sunshine, long days, lemonade and vacations. Right? Wrong. In Chicago, summer is 13 degrees Celsius, chilly winds and a freezing lakeshore. But people still go swimming, cycling and walking around in shorts. I don’t know how. I generally have to wear a tee shirt and...
