A place called home…

So, last day in Vancouver – we’re finally heading Downtown!! And like I always do – I know, I’m the world’s greatest vacation planner, ever! – I was looking up things-to-do with my little friend Wikitravel, and oh, here’s something I wasn’t expecting – Theatre under the Stars at Stanley Park, and the show was ‘Beauty…

When in North Vancouver, the must-visit place is Capilano Suspension Bridge. So after a quick check-in and a short nap – what, we had a long drive! – we headed straight out to this bridge. The Grenoble feeling was so much stronger here – driving in the hills, narrow roads, the tall, tall fir trees lining…

For our first anniversary, Ajey and I went to California – it was quite an ambitious vacation – San Jose, San Fransisco, LA and then Las Vegas. No, this is not a trip down memory lane – I actually remember very little of the trip – but there is a point to bringing this up…

What’s summer without a vacation? The last few years have quite spoiled us – after Boracay and Koh Samui, a weekend at Myrtle Beach or Branson – in my snobbiest accent here – “I’ll pass!!” Well, let’s just say that the snobby train doesn’t take you too far from P-town (a.k.a Heart of the Midwest…

What a scorcher of a day – the second in a row, actually!! A week into September, and the mercury hitting 93, with a heat index of 100 – absolutely unheard of!! Not that I’m complaining, mind you!! Especially with signs of autumn all around – the corn, great golden sheaves (sheafs, sheaves? – hmm,…

Wow, that summer certainly flew by!! 3 months of blissful, leisurely absolutely-nothing-to-do time at home, and here we are – the last night of vacation – scratch that, tonight is actually a school night, vacation ended sometime today between piano lessons and dinner!! This is a big year for us – 6th grade, and start of…

“Age is just a number!” – “You’re only as old as you feel!” – “Life begins at 40..!” – and so on, and so forth – the cliches are endless!! And as much as I’d like to believe that nothing has changed, the truth is that somehow, 40 feels a little different. There’s the shock,…

Before we bought our first house in Peoria – way back in 2002 – neither Ajey nor I had any experience with gardening or yard work. Enthusiasm – tons, skill – not so much, landscaping budget – laughably minuscule!! So no surprise that we quite happily agreed to having our backyard seeded – it’s just…