I haven’t stepped inside an airport so far in March. My wife had to travel the first week, I was booked in jury duty the second week, and stayed in town, this third week, for my younger son’s birthday. As a result, I am all caught up – mail (no need to open any envelopes on planes), taxes (completely organized, mostly ready to go), music digitization (another 10GB went on my iPod), catch-up on recent movies (recommend Valkyrie, Dostana, Slumdog), kids schools, sports and life in general. We spent the weekend hosting some out of town relatives, I took this photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge on a clear blue Saturday afternoon in March from the Marin headlands.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Home in March
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Holi in Hillsborough !

We celebrated Holi in Hillsborough for the first time this year. This author enjoyed the sanctity of the living room look-see on an otherwise cold morning while local friends of Indian origin enjoyed (and shivered) in the festivities. The kids though, mostly, had a good time, and independent of whether they got into it or not, certainly got a feel for it, which in the end was the best part of it.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Home from above

Friday, March 6, 2009
Music in the Air
Sunday, March 1, 2009
US Passports in Singapore
Had a pretty messy travel experience in Singapore last weekend. Apparently they are pretty strict about US passports needing to have at least six months of validity remaining from the date you plan to exit the country. This wasn’t the case with mine (and this hadnt been an issue in recent trips in Europe and wont be, coming up in India), and caused me unnecessary grief. In the end though, everything worked out. Note to self, need to go visit the State Department. This photograph is of one of the thousands of orchids in full bloom at Changi.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Quick Stop in India
Friday, February 13, 2009
London after the storm
Saturday, February 7, 2009
North End in Boston
I think North End in Boston has lost its charm and gone from a quaint Boston neighborhood with amazing restaurants to an overly commercialized patch of tourist haunts. I used to enjoy it particularly coming off of flights from SFO into Logan and easily accessing the restaurants there, instead of dealing with the 128 traffic and getting late to a hotel only to find everything closed down (restaurants close early in Boston) while the body clock was just getting into West Coast dinner time. And most times I could find a nice Italian or seafood restaurant with character and a distinctive menu minutes off the airport. Alas no more, I was in Boston this week, and ended up instead eating at the hotel restaurant in Logan. This photo is from the Boston Harbor Hyatt looking East into Boston in the post dinner night light from a hand held SLR.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Skiing in Tahoe
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Budapest in Jan 09
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Thai in Atlanta
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Dusk Storms at Narita
Friday, January 16, 2009
Singapore Spa-ing
On the infrequent occasions when I do treat myself to a massage, I prefer the deep tissue version closest to the Swedish method. On rare occasions, particularly in
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Kuala Lampur in January
I spent a few days in KL this week. This was my first time in Malaysia (not counting the ex-eighth sultanate down-peninsula that is a frequent stop) and two things caught my attention. First the way the Malay language is written in English – exactly as it is pronounced. Ekspress for Express as an example in the photo above. And second, the greenery in the city, something I hadn’t expected going in for some reason, and was great to see in the developing world, see photo below taken from the top floor of the Meridien in
Sunday, January 11, 2009
First business flight of 2009
Happy New Year. There is much hope around the world that the new year brings with it a turnaround and recovery from the global fnancial crisis. Symbolically, enroute to