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Happily retired engineer. Happily married , two grown children. Lives in Somerset N.J. Interests are Reading, Writing, Travel, Food ( both eating and cooking it), Playing Bridge , Watching sports.

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on January 23, 2008 at 3:49 pm | Reply tmhosangady

great reading,very thoughtfully written with your usual well chosen words and very realistic descriptions
tmh
on January 1, 2009 at 3:54 pm | Reply Murugan

hi,

In your blog can you correct the Karikudi phone number???

I am getting lot of wrong calls??

Correct number is 732 516 0020.
on August 25, 2009 at 1:27 pm | Reply Helen

Thanks so much for sharing this – truly pearls of wisdom! Also the photo on your Blog is awesome – where was it taken? I want to go there!!!!!
on March 6, 2010 at 9:56 pm | Reply Amalie A. Aseltine

And the photo at the top of your blog–could you given me an insight of where it was taken? The bridge over the water is suggestive of China.

eclectic 24 replies : The theme is called MistyLook and it was put together by Sadish Bala who identifies himself as “an Indian guy living and working in the U.S”. Yes, the scene is very suggestive of China but such decorative bridges are now common in the U.S too. The trees and the fallen leaves lead me to suspect that the setting is in America. Incidentally, there is a new version of Mistylook 3.7.2 which is even better, a similar scene from a different angle.
on October 17, 2010 at 4:47 pm | Reply Kenuj

great blog
on December 4, 2010 at 8:52 pm | Reply Carla Stockton

Thank you so very much for your detailed, thoughtful and absolutely beautiful review of your trip on the mob tour. Our customers usually know a lot about the mob, and we have to work hard to keep ahead of them, and you have just demonstrated just how difficult it can be to do so. No one — not even the many journalists who have taken the tour — has yet written so comprehensive a review and report of the tour. With your permission I would like to put this on our website. I await your approval.

Sincerely,

Carla Stockton
Tour Director
- on December 5, 2010 at 2:05 pm | Reply eclectic24
  
  Thank you for your generous comment. Of course you are welcome to use my post on your website. As I said , we thoroughly enjoyed the tour and it’s the least I can do. Please convey my thanks to Patrick Smith who made the subject come alive for us .I wanted to thank him at the end of the tour but was late getting off the bus and lost track of him. I note that your other tour guides have received good marks from satisfied clients but I can’t imagine anyone better than Patrick. Best wishes to you on your enterprise.
on December 6, 2010 at 1:15 pm | Reply The Mob Tour in New York City « Golden Ripples

[…] , we walked to Il Cortile for a family lunch , a fine end to an enjoyable morning. edit this on December 4, 2010 at 8:52 pm | Reply Carla […]
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on June 11, 2011 at 7:53 pm | Reply Chris

I really liked your article on Living Long, Living Good. Especailly about the 97 year old doctor.
on June 12, 2012 at 3:02 pm | Reply Jeff

By any chance do you recall where you read/heard about William Least Heat Moon doing that calculation about how many people he thought he’d meet in a lifetime? https://eclectic24.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/how-many-people-will-you-meet-in-your-lifetime/
You’d recently commented about his book Roads to Quoz, but I don’t see it in there.
Thank you!
on June 12, 2012 at 3:16 pm | Reply Jeff

By the way. I did end up finding it in Roads to Quoz. Thanks!
on September 24, 2012 at 5:01 pm | Reply Fahima

Great blog and your topic choices is awesome! Greetings from Denmark. 😀
- on September 24, 2012 at 10:18 pm | Reply eclectic24
  
  Thank you.
on October 30, 2012 at 12:53 am | Reply crawler cranes

Have you ever thought about adding a little bit more than just your articles? I mean, what you say is fundamental and all. However think about if you added some great images or videos to give your posts more, “pop”! Your content is excellent but with images and clips, this blog could definitely be one of the very best in its niche. Superb blog!
on December 1, 2013 at 11:57 am | Reply Ranjit Ghatge

I stay in city of Pune in India and stumbled on your article on Irani restaurants in Mumbai.
We had some superb Irani Restaurants in Pune called Good Luck, Lucky(defunct) ,Regal,Sunrise,Naaz .
Your description of ambience and menu were amazing.
Takes me down the memory lane of old days.
We still have a good Irani restaurant in Pune which serves superb cheese omelette and brun maska. the name is Wohuman Cafe and still serve great Irani tea.
The best pictorial memory is on cover of the book ‘ Poona Company’ written by Faroque Dhondi depicting Cafe Mazda in Pune Cantonment area.
Of course many original lunch cuisine had given way to modified Indian versions of Bheja Masala, Paya soup, chicken fried in eggs, Dorabji’s restaurant in Pune cantonment have still preserved Parsi cuisine
Some Irani restaurant also had Juke boxes for plying popular music with inserting a coin. This would serve entertainment to all the inmates
I googled for recipe of Iranian tea and pleasantly landed on your blog.
Bringing flooding memories of unfortunate decline of the Irani Restaurent almost , a institution by itself.
Regards,
Ranjit.