I have been away in California for awhile and so did not post for almost two weeks. We spent three days with family in Los Angeles and then went up the coast to Santa Barbara , Solvang, Big Sur and Monterey before striking out across the Central Valley to Yosemite National Park. A wonderful, wonderful trip [...]
Archive for May, 2009
The Joy and Pleasure of a Commencement
Posted in American Scene, Daily Life, Life, Observations, Random on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cricket RoundUp: World T20, The IPL and Dhoni’s Captaincy
Posted in Cricket on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The World T20 Tournament begins in early June and last week India announced the side that will wear their colors. It is as follows:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni ( Captain and wicketkeeper), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir,Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma,Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, R.P.Singh, Ravindra Jadeja , Pragyan Ojha and Irfan Pathan.
This [...]
Too Much Choice is Bad
Posted in American Scene, Daily Life, Observations, Random on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, I was at the supermarket to pick up a loaf of bread and found myself there just as the shelves were being restocked. As I watched , the man from the bakery arranged loaves of 7-Grain , 12–grain , Double fiber, Oatmeal Bran, Whole Wheat, Health Nut,Pumpernickel, Potato, Country White, White, and Rye ( [...]
No, I am NOT a Gourmet.
Posted in Daily Life, Food, Thoughts on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some of my friends think that I am a gourmet but, much as I would like to be agree with them, I cannot. I am NOT a gourmet.
A gourmet is defined as a connoisseur of food and drink and , while I do know a bit about food , I lack the most important attribute [...]
Men, Women and their Choice of Books
Posted in books on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Not only do men and women differ widely in what they read but they prefer to read books written by their own gender. The first part of that statement is pretty well known but the second is something I had only suspected.
According to a poll of British readers
* Of the Top 20 life-changing novels chosen [...]
Rasika: Innovative Indian Fare in Washington D.C
Posted in Food, Random on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When a friend heard that we would be visiting Washington D.C she said ” You must visit this new Indian restaurant in D.C. It’s called Rasika. The food is supposed to be fabulous, and the chef Vivek Sundaram has won several awards . It’s one of the best restaurants in D.C. ” We had wanted [...]
