Sona has been posting about this Indian-Latin fusion place called Taco-Mahal for weeks. The conversation always goes the same. She’ll post a delicious photo or video on instagram or twitter or Facebook or via text message or group chat. It’s followed…
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That Time My 75-year-old Dad Spent All of His Vacation Time in Puerto Rico Reading, “Tiny Pretty Things”
On Tuesday, the first Cake Literary project, Tiny Pretty Things, officially had its book launch (May 26!) and it has been a blur since. It’s hard to believe it’s only been three days! The novel is no longer an abstract idea,…
Insider Tips for International Pillow Fight Day From UFC Pillow Warriors in NYC
We went to the tenth annual International Pillow Fight Day last Saturday, armed with pillows, and putting to use our expert pillow fighting skills. It was a lot of fun! You would think that in a place like New York City, where…
Workshop on Cultural Supremacy in Travel Media at The New York Travel Festival!
The New York Travel Festival is happening next weekend (April 18 and 19)! I am pleased to be one of three people facilitating a workshop discussing Cultural Supremacy in Travel Media hosted by Outbounding. The conversation will essentially be a more focused, expansion of…
10 Travel Memoirs by Novelists of Color and Their Beautiful First Sentences
One of our favorite things to do while traveling is to read books about the places we’re going, where we’ve been, and of course, where we’re going to go. Blog posts are very quickly taking up the space that guidebooks…
The Importance of Diverse Voices in Travel Writing
On my first solo backpacking trip through Asia in the days before digital cameras, iphones, Facebook, or twitter, every traveler I met carried around a writing journal and at least one book. Wherever I went, I would buy up journals in case…
Travel Notes from Our Flight to Puerto Rico: We Have Arrived!
It’s evening. Kavya’s packing list has been made: swimming costume, salsa dancing clothes, water bottles, chocolate, and you can’t go to Puerto Rico without packing party shoes. No idea what the hell #2 is. The Punjabi she wrote says Dadi and…
The White Travel Blogger Darlings and the Organizers Who Love Them
At the end of 2014, the Holy Grail of travel blogging events took place in December, the White House’s first ever Travel Blogger Summit, where 100 “influential travel bloggers” were invited to take part, some flying in all the way…
Ten Awesome Narrative Travel Bloggers of Color To Read in 2015
On our way home from our six month honeymoon in India back in 2007, we paid $1000 in excess baggage fees for very few clothes, and anvil weighted books: hard to find travel essays, fiction, Hindi pulp short novels only…
Our Favourite Travel Moments of 2014
In February, we welcomed a new little traveler to our brood and wasted no time in introducing him to traveling in style – on slings and prams all over New York City. We went on some fun family road trips in California over…
The Best Masala Turkey Recipe (courtesy of Nani-ma)
Masala Turkey is a Charaipotra tradition and it’s something we all look forward to every Thanksgiving. Sometimes the house is filled with cousins, friends, relatives, and sometimes it’s a small gathering of immediate family. One year, Sona made this for…
A Papa and Daughter NYC Adventure Way Past Bedtime!
Way past Kavya’s bedtime, we’re walking along 7th avenue, through Times Square, with its massive LCD screens lighting up the sky, brightly decorated Christmas store windows and on the sides of buildings. Kavya’s fluffy mitten fingers are coiled around mine,…
