These are a few of my (current) favorite things…..

I am a new products junkie. Few things give me as much pleasure as the act of discovering a well made product. I work in a field where I look at innovations day in and day out, stuff that’s not even in the market. So my radar is tuned extra finely when it comes to new products i.e. I [...]

Pehla Nashaa

The first batch of mangoes have hit the grocery stores here in the US. I got hold of some Atulfo mangoes from Mexico this past week. The mangoes smelled sooooo good that i couldn’t walk past that bin without picking up a few. Here is what we did with them -

Now, these Atulfo mangoes come [...]

‘Tis the weekend…..

…..to eat and be merry, la la la la la la la la la. We invited way too many people and cooked way too much food. But it was a fun weekend and i can’t wait to do it again, lekin break ke baad.
It started off with dinner on Friday night with N&R [...]

Passing thoughts from a temporary housewife

PBS has been showing ‘The Complete Jane Austen’ series as part of Masterpiece Theatre. It comes on Sunday nights and I am thoroughly enjoying the watching and re-watching of these classics. So far we have seen Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice and Emma. Sense & Sensibility is next week. The cast is not [...]

Weekend Round-up

I tend to become lazier as the weather outside gets colder. The normally enthu punter inside me starts slowing down once I realize I need to don multiple layers just to pick up the mail. Nothing can tempt me to step outside in the cold snowy weather….well, not nothing, but very few things can. It [...]

Black & White Diwali

I realized today that most of my office clothes fall in the following color categories – black, brown, blue or grey. I have a couple of reds too. When I lived in India, I didn’t own a single piece of clothing that was black in color. I couldn’t imagine wearing black in the Bombay heat [...]

Chicago Chicago

I have never been able to explain why my heart pounds with excitement when I am in the midst of tall buildings, crowded walkways, shopping galore, noise, traffic, activity everywhere……it gets my adrenaline pumping.It’s probably coded in my DNA - my mom is a hardcore Bombayite, born and raised there and I am one too. [...]