Camping Food 2008

Time to start discussion on Camping Snacks and Food. Searching for options for Sat night dinner and Sun Lunch. (Previous years we have had one of Pav Bhaji, Usal Pav, Tacos for dinner and Thepalas, Sandwich for Lunch). Do we have any different suggestions this year ? If any suggestions …

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Restaurants for Jains in the Bay Area

Which are the restaurants which are suited for Jains. Some of the visitor parents are often Jain or have reservations about eating at places which serve Non-Veg also. Over the weekend I was speaking with Rupesh and he mentioned 3 restaurants that are suited for Jains. 1) Udipi – Rupesh …

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Bay Area Regional Organizations

This post created to capture the various Bay Area Regional Organizations that exist. Always helps to keep tabs on other community based Indian organizations since we can get inspired by some of their activities and events. 1) Maharashtra Mandal Bay Area – http://mmbayarea.org/ 2) Rajasthan Association of Northern America – …

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High Returns Bank Accounts

Which ones are some of the high yield on savings account banks? Wachovia bank seems be one of them with APY of 5.00% in first year. (and a bonus of upto 300$ for first year). This article on Wachovia bank caught my attention and hence this post. StarOne used to …

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Insurance on Rental Cars

Was interested to know about what folks do usually for insurance on rental cars. Do you just use the “credit card” insurance or do you take the basic insurance from the rental car company. Any interesting stories about rental car insurance?

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Specialty Sandwiches and Bakery

I am just coming back from having lunch at Specialty Sandwiches in Santa Clara. I liked the place and hence I thought I would post a review since there are quite some of us who work in this area. You can preorder online at http://www.specialtysdirect.com or you can use the …

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