Saturday, September 13, 2008
wines and headache
Some wines give me a headache. Cant figure out which one - but this happened on Santoshi's birthday as I got a glass of the house Chianti at Macaroni grill. They advertise this and I fell prey to having a glass of inexpensive wine. I had a headache for a long time the next day. I wonder - is it just the wine or the food I ate with the wine.
Monday, June 23, 2008
DosaI Place
After visiting farmers market, we visited 'dosai place' in Fremont. Is it dosa or dosai? Who cares.. The place is crammed. We ordered 2 combos... one with masala dosa and another with Uthappa. The crammed place had no place to sit.. what do we do then? So we hung around the 'chatni' station and waited... waited... Urvi was saying...'Baba' why cant we sit somewhere????? good question.. kids have 0 patience. Finally a couple got the message and got up.
So how was it .. well I would never take any guests to this place.. as it is impossible to sit with someone here.. the place is too small. The uthappa was actually good and sambar was tasty. Reminded me of sambar one gets in Udupi joints in Pune.. slightly on the sweeter side.
Farmers market was great - yummy strawberries and juicy peaches. We got our quota of fruits for the week. Santoshi got a pair of Lemon Cucumbers. These are awesome - taste like melons.
So how was it .. well I would never take any guests to this place.. as it is impossible to sit with someone here.. the place is too small. The uthappa was actually good and sambar was tasty. Reminded me of sambar one gets in Udupi joints in Pune.. slightly on the sweeter side.
Farmers market was great - yummy strawberries and juicy peaches. We got our quota of fruits for the week. Santoshi got a pair of Lemon Cucumbers. These are awesome - taste like melons.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Swimming
The swimming pool is open. We went for our first swim. The water was warm. Urvi and Anvi had their arms bands.
Anvi got scared - maybe we should not try and teach her how to hold her breath under water.
Urvi had a blast - she did not want to come out.
As Anvi did not do much activity, she started feeling cold. So we had to come out of the swimming pool earlier than planned.
Anvi got scared - maybe we should not try and teach her how to hold her breath under water.
Urvi had a blast - she did not want to come out.
As Anvi did not do much activity, she started feeling cold. So we had to come out of the swimming pool earlier than planned.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
motorola Q + good 5.5
Installed new good 5.5 SW on my phone and I am happy.. now my phone can go for 2+ days without recharging..
{ I have reached a state of lowered expectations }
{ I have reached a state of lowered expectations }
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
India Trip - Sighseeing : Day 1
4th Feb
We were in Delhi to attend a wedding. The wedding was over on the 3rd and our travelling adventures began. We were a group of 5 adults and 2 children (age 4 and 21 months).
We packed up from the army guest house and moved in hotel Clark international. The rooms were nice. Not a 5 star but 3-4*. It was almost 11.30pm and we dropped our bags at the hotel and left. First we went to India gate.
After photos we visited Rashtrapati Bhavan. The mogul gardens which are supposed to be nice was closed.
4th being a monday lot of monuments were closed. Went to Kutubminar - was nice.
Then tried visiting Jama Masjid - but it was closed for prayers. It was getting dark. Red Fort was closed and we saw it from outside. Then we went to see 'Amar Jyot' which is the Mahatma Gandhi memorial. We got back to the Hotel. Month of February is cold and went in search for brandy and found a flourishing street market. Surprisingly the liquor store had run out of brandy. So we got a half bottle of Vat 69 scotch whiskey. We got back to the hotel and everybody was tired. Ordered chinese food from room service and were impressed with the pricing and service at the hotel.
The room had a nice bowl of fruits. We asked housekeeping to cut up an apple - and they did a nice job of peeling and cutting the apple.
After living in the US for a long time, I am not used to getting service. I appreciate simple acts like getting a fruit cleaned and cut. In US, I don't even think of asking the Hotels housekeeping service for such favors. Wonder if they will charge me in US.. if yes.. wonder how much..
We were in Delhi to attend a wedding. The wedding was over on the 3rd and our travelling adventures began. We were a group of 5 adults and 2 children (age 4 and 21 months).
We packed up from the army guest house and moved in hotel Clark international. The rooms were nice. Not a 5 star but 3-4*. It was almost 11.30pm and we dropped our bags at the hotel and left. First we went to India gate.
After photos we visited Rashtrapati Bhavan. The mogul gardens which are supposed to be nice was closed.
4th being a monday lot of monuments were closed. Went to Kutubminar - was nice.
Then tried visiting Jama Masjid - but it was closed for prayers. It was getting dark. Red Fort was closed and we saw it from outside. Then we went to see 'Amar Jyot' which is the Mahatma Gandhi memorial. We got back to the Hotel. Month of February is cold and went in search for brandy and found a flourishing street market. Surprisingly the liquor store had run out of brandy. So we got a half bottle of Vat 69 scotch whiskey. We got back to the hotel and everybody was tired. Ordered chinese food from room service and were impressed with the pricing and service at the hotel.
The room had a nice bowl of fruits. We asked housekeeping to cut up an apple - and they did a nice job of peeling and cutting the apple.
After living in the US for a long time, I am not used to getting service. I appreciate simple acts like getting a fruit cleaned and cut. In US, I don't even think of asking the Hotels housekeeping service for such favors. Wonder if they will charge me in US.. if yes.. wonder how much..
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