Yahoooo!  We (by default) have a brand spanking new Toyota Innova!  We previously had a Tata Indigo which was a small 4 seater and while only 9 months old, seemed a bit warn.  After a few long car trips during Amy's visit, and after seeing similar small cars banged up pretty bad, we decided that…

Everywhere around town there are interesting signs.  Yesterday, I was out running to and from different shops (grocery, saree top tailor, etc) and came upon this sign.  On one hand, after living here for long enough and seeing enough men peeing by the side of the road, I understand and appreciate this sort of sign. …

So some of the neighborhood girls went out to the local watering hole tonight – Take 5 – which is Bangalore's answer to a jazz club.  We had a super good time – it is a very eclectic group of women – different countries, life experiences, professions, languages – you name it.  All of this…

There is a this tree that comes up above our terrace;  it has been getting ready to bloom for a couple of weeks now….well when it finally started …..stunning! Bloomed I also got another picture of a rooftop sunset – maybe sunsets in tropical locations are just prettier (palm trees and all) …hum or maybe…

After a difficult mime conversation with our security guard – I speak no Kanada and he speaks no English – I was wondering if people who live in foreign countries where they don't speak the native language(s) are better at charades?  I think I might be interested in conducting a empirical study.

Ok, so a bit of a confession at first: I never in a million years thought I would want a saree or look good wearing one….not to mention feel comfortable wearing one – guess I was a bit concerned about trying to "put on" India.   However, a good friend here (and my next door…

Nagerhole is an 640 sq km (really need to work on my km to mile conversion) nature reserve south of Bangalore in the Deccan Plateau.  We went there because we understood it would be resplendent with wildlife and we were not disappointed – good thing because it took 5.5 hrs to get there.  We did…

A cat was taking advantage of the sunny weather on my neighbors roof yesterday. Black Cat

There has been some problems with water seepage upstairs so our landlord hired a company to remove a lot of the old cracked stucco outside the upstairs rooms and fix the damage.  The company is also going to seal up the window sills so that the water doesn't get in. Thus, yesterday consisted of tremendous…

I did a little mehndi for my sister so that she could remember her trip and have something cool to show the folks at work.  Also sent mehndi cones home so that Marie could go to town on anyone who will let her….Paul 😉 Here is the one that I think I liked the best:…