As a youngster, I found train stations to be magical places. The screaming engines, swishing smoke chimneys that rose out of the beasts that pulled the beautiful red, blue, green bogies, beats of footsteps as people jogged, ran, walked, limped to…
Every stood in front of an eggplant display in a grocery store with no idea which one to pick? Happens ALL the time. Even with years of experience, you might pick up what you think is a good one,…
Apples. How do most people see apples? A juicy fruit that is a fountain of nutrition, glamorous enough to lead Adam (of Eve fame) astray, quirky enough to become Steve Job’s muse, handy enough to be tucked into the purse…
Junior finally had his much awaited all-nighter birthday party. The party was supposed to start at 4.30pm. By 3pm, majority of the boys were in, sprawled comfortably on and around one large, really large, ottoman, that has a pride of…
As we ring in the ‘Poila Boishakh’, or the ‘Bengali New year’, the most I miss about the day is the morning ritual of touching my parents feet. It used to be customary every year as we were growing up. Touching of feet…
After skipping the fall season, Junior signed up for spring season of soccer. The team he signed up with has a coach with a stellar reputation and cracking sense of humor. Their first game was scheduled last week. The team…
We wanted to take my Mr L8H senior, my Father in law, somewhere special on his Birthday, and give him a different dining experience. We as a family love Sushi, but he does not want anything to do with raw…
Roasted peppers have a way to increase appetite. Something about the flavors, and the aroma sets those little critters in the tummy clamoring for sustenance, setting off a chain reaction of gurgling noises and overworked oesophagus trying to keep all…
Record broken! We did it! With 9 feet of snow, we recorded highest snowfall, ever, in the history of snowfalls in Boston. We hardy people need to get medals of bravery for making it through slippery roads, leaking roofs…
I have just started Instagramming. For someone who is social media savvy, I am quite a slouch when it comes to using visual platforms. I’m learning. One of the pictures (the one above) that became an instant hit was a…
Junior has signed up for drama club and the first play he is doing is the timeless Wizard of Oz. He is quite proud on having been selected and is pretty sincere on attending all the rehearsals. He plays a…
The winter vacation went by in a whirl. White whirl to be precise. Lots of snow, lots of indoor activities and not much of a vacation. My older one finished his marathon robot building project for his Robotics competitive club.…
Recently I was speaking with a Home Security professional and I realized not everyone can get a professionally installed home security monitoring system. Might be due to financial reatraints, or it could be a resistence to yet another contract;…
The other day, I slid over snow that now has morphed into rock solid ice, right outside of my side of my side garage door that we now use to take the dogs out. I tried to grab hold of…
If you are familiar with the state of West bengal in India, you might also know that Bengalis and ‘Maacher-jhol-bhaat’ are basically synonyms. ‘Maach’ being fish, ‘bhaat’ being rice, Bengalis are stereotyped into eating fish and rice every-single-day. Which, interestingly,is…