A quarter century and half a million miles later
Breakfast with retired Lt. Gen. Twitty
There are very few things as delightful to me as having a breakfast with this much decorated Lieutenant General. Most of our time was spent discussing geopolitics – from the two conflagrations in the Middle East to the Ukraine war which the American psyche seems to have already forgotten and the cooling down of the sabre rattling between China and America. We also exchanged points of views on where America is headed in the global stage what kind of America our kids are likely to see when they get to our age!
Given his service across all the continents, there is always new angles and nuances I pick up in geopolitics that otherwise would have escaped me.
Can’t wait to come back and have another couple of hours with him again!
A day of hitting the hysteresis curve with DJPJ
It was a cold day but with bright sunshine. And I woke up at 9:30 AM – a clear 5 hours after what I am used to. That is because I did something I have not done in a long time – stayed up till 1AM with our neighbors over some lovely food and wine the previous night.
Since my morning routine was shot, decided to completely throw caution to the winds and do nothing that I am supposed to do on a Sunday per my crop circles.
Picked up Dipanjan and Parijat from their house and drove to Big Door Vineyards. After some great time there, we went to Black Rifle Coffee (one of my motorcycle route coffee shops) to wean off from the wine!!
Came home, skipped our daily evening bar routine and instead went off to sleep!!
Shooting pool on New Year’s Eve
Raising the holiday toast with the Debs
Out and about with Joyita
A bit of fun was had, I suppose
Some real authentic Tamizh food!!
Thanks to Lakshmi, had some great Tamizh food – uttapam with molagapodi and some deadly idlis!! The sambar was to die for. I did not realize this during my years in Chennai but apparently you garnish the sambar with finely diced onions (like you would do with a pav bhaji from Bombay). It tasted real good.
Of course, the Sivasubramaniams are always great company!
Returning the favor
A couple of months back, I went to visit his parents in Chennai. This time he came to visit me at my house in Atlanta!
Ranga and I were very close in our engineering days!