Snow 2008

At least once a year one needs to fulfill their desire to be in snow, have fun with snow, slide on snow, etc :-). Post created to capture various aspects of Snow 2008 including good ski resorts for having family fun, possibility of a group outing in snow in early …

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Hikes 2008

Winter is here and that means Hiking Season is here. Anyone interested in Hiking up Mission Peak this year also. Please indicate interest below along with any preferred Dates. Samir has already indicated preference of Feb 16 (Sat) or Feb 17 (Sun) during the coming long weekend. In addition, We …

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Of Marathons

While we were in India during January the Mumbai Marathon was in the news too. Since its inception a couple of years ago, the Mumbai Marathon has become slowly popular. Famous names like Anil Ambani, Milind Soman, etc were running. There is a Kutchi Marathon also around in Jan. Has …

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The Bombay Diary

We are in Bombay for a few days and that means a diary post needs to be started to document the ever-changing Mumbai. Right now we have sporadic internet connection and getting someone to have the connection fixed has been frustrating. The call center folks providing technical support for Tata …

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The WII Experience

I am sure most of you know about the new fever WII fever…latest video game available (actually unavailable)in the market…. We played WII at Jeegar n Urmis place…it was lot of fun…and we ended using all the muscles that were not used in past couple years…..The game we enjoyed the …

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Macro trends and investment

After witnessing a few macro trends in the last couple of years including….. 1) The Rise of India(and related rise in stock market and real estate prices) 2) Real estate boom and following disaster in the subprime market in US 3) Green energy boom relating to the depleting fossil fuel …

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Dosa Place

This weekend we visited Dosa Place for a snack. Its a nice joint opened at 2665 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95051 Its at intersection of Keily n El Camino in the Pizza Hut complex….. Food it will be unfair to comment on as we tried just the mysore …

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Problems and Opportunities

Anything that manifests itself into a full blown problem is usually preceded by some small indicators which signal the oncoming problem. The key is to recognize those indicators and act on them quickly. You can substitute the word problem with opportunity above and the statement still holds true. Many of …

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Big Sur Camping?

I was talking with a colleague and the discussion came up about Big Sur Camping and its early sellout. I remembered that we always talked about camping in Big Sur. But we were always late. I checked the website and seems like there is good availability for weekend of Jun …

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