We bundled up (early spring is still chilly in most parts of the United States) and headed to Oklahoma, the Sooner State, no preconceived notions or even an inkling of a plan! This, after spending a few days in the festal city of Dallas, TX, and promptly deciding to extend […]
A whim landed us in the state of Wisconsin. Situated by two of the Great Lakes (Michigan and Superior) and renowned for its plentitude of dairies and farmland, we were welcomed with pleasant weather on entering this Midwestern land. Madison We flew into Chicago and then drove about 150 miles […]
February 2018. The temperature outside was -15C (5F). Sleet was imminent, and it was the coldest winter day we’d ever experienced. Yet a 500-mile drive to one of Canada’s most vibrant cities, Toronto, beckoned. But very less compares to a long road trip complete with cheesy popcorn and soul music, […]
Every year, as a ritual, we take trains, flights or long road trips just to be with our people, our family and near and dear ones. 2017 was no different, and this time, it took us all the way to LA. Morning We booked a house on Airbnb, in a […]
Imprinted in northern Arizona’s midst is the most majestic sight of them all – the Grand Canyon National Park; a panorama of rockscape, a jewel in the rough, a wonderland. Late fall, 2017. Dusk It was in the final hours of the evening that we entered the south rim of […]
Our mid-Atlantic adventure began on a profoundly warm day in the angelic light of dawn. Delaware, the second smallest state in the country of just under 2000 square miles in size, owes its nickname to being the first in consenting to the United States Constitution. We stopped in the multifarious […]
8 reasons why we left a piece of our hearts here: # The midday skies awash in baby-blue hues, kissing the ocean # Apartment balconies alongside the shimmery ocean # Wining on the stunning pier by the sea across the iconic ferris wheel # Just sitting on the shores in the […]
At first glance, the couplet, comprising personalized (gold lettered!) black and white passport holders, was clean, simple and sophisticated. It arrived in our mailbox in a canvas drawstring bag within a sturdy cardboard box. The premium soft leather cases are finely crafted with different-sized slots, open and secured, which snugly […]
200 miles to the southwest of Connecticut lay the city of Philadelphia, which, on first sight, sent us catapulting into a parallel world. 10am As a touch of winter still hung in the air, we entered the premises of the historic Eastern State Penitentiary that, incidentally, in the 1900s, was […]
“Never lose hope, dear heart, miracles dwell in the invisible” We are blessed – as individuals, as a couple, as a species even, for we were endowed with the soft earth to walk on, the wind in our hair, and the sky as our eternal protector. Over the years, as […]
Enter the world of beignets We waited, no preconceived notions, in a mile long queue outside the doors of the 1800s coffee house, Café du Monde, on a warm midwinter day. An hour later, as we wandered into the cozy semi-outdoor setting, towards our table, we inhaled an onrush of […]
We disembarked in the eastern state of Odisha as the light of the trippy sun embellished the ancient city of Bhubaneswar that morning. Our 4-day escapade was joyful in every sense more so because, after years, this time, our family travelled with us. The Temples & Caves (Disclaimer: All religious […]