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Here in the San Francisco Bay area there is no dearth of Indian food. Take just south Indian food and you are spoiled for choice. Now, if you are looking for Keralite food the place to go is Red Chillies in Milpitas, CA. When you have a craving for...
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Tropical Islands in the middle of the great Pacific. Where the land is a happy picture of green rainforests, black lava rocks, black and red-sand beaches, not to mention the white sands. Thereās even a salt-and pepper-beach. Men and women attired in colourful clothes with big floral prints or...
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Sometimes the adjective is Majestic, sometimes simply Splendid. When I saw the Golden Gate BridgeĀ dressed inĀ mist on a midsummer day, the word was just āGorgeous.ā Yes, midsummer. It was one mid day, in the middle of Californiaās summer of 2012 that I got to see the Golden Gate Bridge...
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Talk of Indian Street food and what comes to mind would be Chaat and Samosa and Tikkis. Now if you’re walking around San Mateo, Palo Alto or San Francisco, your attention might be caught by a bright pink and orange board that says Curry Up Now | Indian Street...
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I’ve been wanting to visit a local Farmer’s Market for a while now and finally got down to doing it last Sunday. We chose to go see Campbell Farmer’s Market in Campbell, California and returned with some fresh groceries (and some pictures taken with a point-and-shoot). If you are...
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Pleasant weather is here. If you are visiting Downtown San Jose, it’s a good time to have an alfresco lunch at PF Chang’s. The festive interiors are something to be enjoyed from the outside. You can also experience the ‘Capital of Silicon Valley’ go about its day: shoppers, head-turning...
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A picture of yours truly. The place is Phewa Lake in Pokhra, Nepal. And I was heading to the island temple of Barahi. What made me pick this picture from the travel albums? This was the trip that rowed me towards accepting the fact that I was bitten by...
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Appam and Chicken Curry There are Indian Restaurants and there are Indian Restaurants that never disappoint. One such place is Aachi Appa Kadai in Santa Clara. California. We’ve been to this restaurant several times and have been happy with the place, every time. Hoping this place will keep up...
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If you hail from the Bangalore-Mysore area and happen to be missing home food while visiting San Francisco Bay Area, I have delicious news for you. There’s a place that serves Bisi Bele Bath, Set Dosa and Thatte idli. Bangalore Cafe is the name of the restaurant and it...
Here in the San Francisco Bay area there is no dearth of Indian food. Take just south Indian food and you are spoiled for choice. Now, if you are looking for Keralite food the place to go is Red Chillies in Milpitas, CA. When you have a craving for...
Tropical Islands in the middle of the great Pacific. Where the land is a happy picture of green rainforests, black lava rocks, black and red-sand beaches, not to mention the white sands. Thereās even a salt-and pepper-beach. Men and women attired in colourful clothes with big floral prints or...
Sometimes the adjective is Majestic, sometimes simply Splendid. When I saw the Golden Gate BridgeĀ dressed inĀ mist on a midsummer day, the word was just āGorgeous.ā Yes, midsummer. It was one mid day, in the middle of Californiaās summer of 2012 that I got to see the Golden Gate Bridge...
Talk of Indian Street food and what comes to mind would be Chaat and Samosa and Tikkis. Now if you’re walking around San Mateo, Palo Alto or San Francisco, your attention might be caught by a bright pink and orange board that says Curry Up Now | Indian Street...
I’ve been wanting to visit a local Farmer’s Market for a while now and finally got down to doing it last Sunday. We chose to go see Campbell Farmer’s Market in Campbell, California and returned with some fresh groceries (and some pictures taken with a point-and-shoot). If you are...
Pleasant weather is here. If you are visiting Downtown San Jose, it’s a good time to have an alfresco lunch at PF Chang’s. The festive interiors are something to be enjoyed from the outside. You can also experience the ‘Capital of Silicon Valley’ go about its day: shoppers, head-turning...
A picture of yours truly. The place is Phewa Lake in Pokhra, Nepal. And I was heading to the island temple of Barahi. What made me pick this picture from the travel albums? This was the trip that rowed me towards accepting the fact that I was bitten by...
Appam and Chicken Curry There are Indian Restaurants and there are Indian Restaurants that never disappoint. One such place is Aachi Appa Kadai in Santa Clara. California. We’ve been to this restaurant several times and have been happy with the place, every time. Hoping this place will keep up...
If you hail from the Bangalore-Mysore area and happen to be missing home food while visiting San Francisco Bay Area, I have delicious news for you. There’s a place that serves Bisi Bele Bath, Set Dosa and Thatte idli. Bangalore Cafe is the name of the restaurant and it...
Visit a Japanese Garden once and you’ve visited them all. But thereās no getting tired of them. The look of a Japanese Garden and the feeling that takes over...
We got to drive through another part of the famous Highway 1* a few weeks ago. This time it was the stretch North of San Francisco, as we were...
Our next stop on the Karnataka Coast was Maravanthe Beach. After a simply-perfect evening at Ottinene Beach, we headed inland to Kollur but the next day we were back...