Since we in the bay area are always looking out for 1-day things to do around the area I thought I will post this article on our trip to Sacramento. It could be a nice 1-day trip if want to go somewhere within 120 miles some weekend.
With Indian Republic Day coming up here is a picture tree of some of the leaders from past. Nice work by the artist. Now, can you name them all 🙂 [photopress:IndianLeaders.jpg,full,centered]
How well do you know about the differences between the various lattes, mochas, cappacinos, etc? And which one do you prefer ?
This is interesting excerpt on Kachchhi last names from Anmol Kachchh booklet given during Kojain Sammelan 2008.
Recently we went to the Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield on our way back from Sacramento. Dimple wanted to go this factory since a long time but something or the other used to come up.
Brown rice is supposed to be more nutritious than white. Am trying to find which is the best one, since there are so many types of brown rice available :(. I got Long grain Brown rice and it tastes decent enough, it is little thick and chewy though. But any …
Yesterday was 14th Jan – “Makar Sankranti” or “Uttraan” as it is called in Gujarat. One of the happiest day for Gujarati people. This is the only Indian Festival which comes according to the english calender. It is always celebrated on 14th Jan. In Gujarat life comes to an stand-still. The roads become empty – as if there is a cerfew – every-body is on the terrace right from the morning to late evening – flying kites – music – enjoying undhyu – having fun ….
A Kite Festival was organised by the gujarati daily ‘Divya Bhaskar’ & Lions Club of Mandvi and the venue was the beautiful Mandvi Beach. It was a great experience. Sharing the same with all Kutchis away from Kutch …..
There is a very small article in DNA today, that says: “people are going to feel even more depressed on 12 Jan because it is set to be the most depressing day of the year. Whilst moods change according to an individual’s circumstances, there are several possible reasons why so …
Digital photo frames are catching on. Soon there will be one in every household. Since we all take so many digital pictures we need an avenue to revisit these photos and avoid them languishing
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