Ayyy, look who it is everyone, Gino and Carlo! One of our favorite neighborhoods in San Francisco is North Beach. Many people flock to this area enticed by its nightlife, with its bars and Italian restaurants – a natural fit…
Sona and Shaiyar Survive (and Thrive!) On Their Solo Trip Cross Country
It’s funny how different things go the second time around. When we first flew with Kavya, who was all of three-months-old at the time, I fretted for days. Planes are death boxes. They’re filled with germs. People get annoyed with…
Papa and Kavya Fly to California. Hell Does Not Break Loose
We are a family of elbows, feet, and arms. We lean across each other, pressing our bodies in, just so we can all look out the window at fog, blackness, clouds, blue skies, starry nights, bright sunlight, cityscapes, sunsets and sunrises. It doesn’t really matter what’s outside. As long as it’s something we can all see together. This summer, the house is divided. It’s just the two of us. Me and Kavya, our first ever Papa-Daughter flight from Newark to San Jose via Atlanta. All in all slightly under 8 hours.
Travelogue California: The World’s Largest Gingerbread House in San Francisco?
We had all of two days to spend in San Francisco with my parents-in-law, and for some reason, I was stuck on seeing this two-story gingerbread house — made of real gingerbread, of course — at the Fairmont Hotel. So…
Does a Baby Really Need a Christmas Present?
So it’s Kavya’s first Christmas. She’ll be 10-months-old, and we’ll be in California, sans snow, sans tree. Sans celebration? Christmas has always been an odd holiday for my family. We’re not Christian, by any stretch of the imagination, yet since…
Photo Friday: Going Bonkers at the Gilroy Garlic Festival!
As soon as we heard about this festival, we knew we had to go. I like garlic. Sona likes garlic. And that’s pretty much all there is t it. Since we were already married, having stinky garlic breath was also not a hindrance. We had major plans to stink it up. And boy did we ever. I skipped the pseudo garlic stuff, like onion rings that have been mildly rubbed with garlic, and went straight for things like garlic fries, garlic ice-cream, pungent garlic flavored prawns. Sona wouldn’t go near them because they reminded her of insects (as do many things), but they were delicious!
