Winter 2014: Snowshots

Does it snow in Ridgefield? They say it doesn’t snow a whole lot in the Portland-Vancouver Metropolitan area. However, the area got its third snowfall of the season earlier this…

Ardenwood – A historical farm thriving in Silicon Valley

If the dictionary meaning of ‘museum’ is ‘a place where things of historical, scientific or cultural importance are stored and exhibited,’ I would say — Ardenwood Farm in Fremont, California…

Are we there yet?

“Are we there yet?”  If you have kids and are on the road quite a bit, you probably get this a lot. Now if you’ve  are on the way to…

A Taste of Bollywood and Desi Street Food

Craving for some Indian Street food while you’re in the Pacific Northwest? Get your fix at Bollywood Theater in Portland, OR.

Fall-ing in love with the Pacific Northwest

Fall is in full swing. And the Pacific Northwest is all decked up in the season’s colours. Here’s sharing some pictures (from a point-and-shoot) taken while driving around the northern…

Capture the Colour – Five Frames, Five colours

When we travel we take so many pictures but some of themstand out from the rest, don’t they? The colors captured in some of those frames have so much of…

A redwood route for a hike with a tyke

When you’re a parent, especially of children five and under, hiking is an activity you push aside thinking of the  hassles and the dangers that may come your way. Add…

A taste of ‘God’s Own Country’ in the Bay Area

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…

To Happy Hawaii-days!*

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…

Golden Gate Bridge Dressed in fog

Sometimes the adjective is Majestic, sometimes simply Splendid. When I saw the Golden Gate Bridge dressed in mist on a midsummer day, the word was just ‘Gorgeous.’ Yes, midsummer. It was one…