The journey from making a living to making a life
Check out India Diaries – Part I here. Our next stop was my parent’s home state of Kerala to attend my cousin P’s wedding. Kerala is one of the most beautiful places in India – The phrase “God’s own country” is often used to describe the state. There was a lot of excitement for this […]
Going to India never counts as a typical vacation for me. The trip is a blink and you’ll miss it affair that involves rushed visits to relative’s homes, eating like we’re preparing for a season without food and some last minute shopping. Everything is carefully scheduled into a couple of weeks and we’re left slightly […]
Phew .. It’s been a while! Are you still there? I have put off sitting down and writing for so long that the bad juju from not writing has now manifested into an acidic sensation in the pit of my stomach. I would have never thought that writing is so challenging to keep up until I […]
I like exploring new destinations but there’s something I love much more: visiting the same old places. New York is one of my favorite places and any chance to go back is cherished! My trip in October was just the right mix of old and new experiences. In my quest to lighten my packing further, […]
The idea for this vacation (or staycation) came from Gretchen Rubin’s podcast, Happier, that was my go-to way to start Thursday mornings last summer. The “try this at home” tip in episode #15 was something we had never really done after five years of living in Chicago – “Be a tourist in your own city”. […]
Early this year, we made a list of cities in the US we wanted to visit. Seattle was at the top of the list. My cousin lives there (and LOVES the city – the way I LOVE Chicago) and one of my best friends is going to move there. So when my cousin invited us […]
As I get ready to leave to a vacation, I get pretty sulky. I am a creature of habit so transitions of any kind frazzle me. This happens to me even on trips with multiple city stops. We had a short but very memorable time in Melbourne – loved the buzz of the city, loved […]