Lifestyle

  • Celebrations!

    Celebrations!

    Time to celebrate finally!! I have finally finished my DPD requirements and now I am just “one” step away from being a Registered Dietitian. I have begun studying for the “Registered Dietitian” exam,but preparations are not in full swing yet. My mind wanders from painting, to learning music, to learning Spanish to relaxing and just

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  • Russian cuisine

    Russian cuisine

    This year when we were visiting our friends in San Diego , one of the evenings we all wanted to experiment and try something different. So we thought of going for Georgian-Russian cuisine at a restaurant named Pomegranate. I instantly fell for the ambiance it was so cozy and different. The walls of the restaurant had

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  • Spring garden!

    Spring garden!

    I can’t begin to tell you how much I love flowers,shrubs,trees and all the greenery. This isn’t surprising for people who know where I come from ( Ratnagiri, India) the most beautiful place on earth. As a child, I have always seen my mom, grandma planting a garden and taking care of all plants just

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  • Ranting

    Ranting

    I am writing a blog post after a long time. This time its not because of lack of time, ideas, happenings in my life to write about. Its moving my blog from one hosting site to another. When I began blogging, I used posterous as my platform. As soon as I got comfortable with that

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  • 2014 Resolutions!

    I am very good at making resolutions but not at keeping them. However, I will continue to make resolutions for this year as I do believe that even though I may not achieve them completely, I may take little steps in that direction which definitely makes me feel happy. I read this somewhere and it

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  • 2013 reflections

    2013 was a beautiful and a blessed year for me! January: I was in India having a gala time with my parents ( I visited after 2 yrs) February: My husband traveled to Japan March: Traveled to Japan to meet and husband over my Spring break. April: I enjoyed the beautiful sight of cherry blossoms

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  • Diwali 2013

    Diwali- the festival of lights is here again, undoubtedly my favorite festival. Since, this is our first Diwali in our new home we put up lightnings, made rangolis, lit diyas and invited friends and cousins over. It was a fun 3 day festival overall. I don’t want to write much as a picture is worth

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  • Day 31: 30 things..

    I can’t believe, I have been succesful at keeping this challenge. It was a bit difficult, but I manged to do it 🙂 Me and my husband often have this conversation, that we need to slow down in life a bit and enjoy before we get old.  Then, our conversation took a turn to things

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  • Day 30: 5 favorite things…

    Each one of us have some favorite things  we cannot do without.  For me, these things are as follows: 1. A small cotton pillow: As far as I remember I have that pillow with me whereever I go. My grandma made it from cotton that was grown in our very own fields of Mazgaon. I

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  • Day 16: Difficult life???

    Day 16:  Something difficult about your “lot in life” and how you’re working to overcome it   I have been pondering over this topic for some time now, and I honestly had trouble coming up with something worth talking about. Although, I can’t think of anything that can qualify as having a difficult lot in

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