17 February
2015
15 February
2015
From the bartender’s corner – Le Paradini
15 February
2015
Was there a India-Pakistan cricket match somewhere? :-)
Nobody other than Sanjib showed up for our run. I came dangerously close to be the only fool out there 🙂
Fortunately for the others, it was not as cold as it was predicted. Unfortunately for us, it was even colder !! 19 degrees F, 9 with windchill!
(I am shaking too hard to use the calculator on my phone to convert to Centigrade right now) 🙂
We two took advantage of the near desolate trails and instead of our usual 5K, put in a 8K run.
For the curious, the relentless wind in the severe cold weather did not beat me black and blue. I was dressed up that way for the run 🙂 As my dear friends from South India would have said “What to do? We are like that only” 🙂
14 February
2015
From the bartender’s corner – second cocktail of the evening – Lychee Cooler
You probably have guessed by now – I have a bottle of lychee juice and therefore I am trying to make as many lychee drinks I can.
A lychee cooler is made with vodka, lychee juice, sugar syrup and champagne. Usually it is garnished with a lychee. But this is not summer season. So I used a couple of drops of Midori to give the cool look…
14 February
2015
From the bartender’s corner – Tuxedo
14 February
2015
Saturday morning run with Anastassia
5K run in really cold (29 deg F, -2 deg C) and dark morning with Anastassia. And some really hot Starbucks thereafter 🙂
In that below freezing temperatures, I had many layers of clothes and two layers on my head. She had far fewer layers and no covering on her head!! Want to guess which one of us was born in Russia and which one was born in India? 🙂
13 February
2015
From the bartender’s corner – Lychee Martini Red
13 February
2015
With friends like these…
Everybody around me has been waxing eloquent about “Data and Analytics” and something else called “Big Data” or something. Being the most ignorant on these issues, I asked somebody to help me. I was told that data is like people. If you keep interrogating them, eventually, they will tell you what you want to hear 🙂
So, I tried something last night. I took all my Facebook posts of this month and checked how many of my friends liked each one of them. And therefore what did it say about my friends.
To refresh your memory, this month, I had the recent case of when I made an idiot of myself (went to the airport when I did not need to), an inspiring story of the family who have adopted multiple kids from Ethiopia and China, the random saxophone player I made friends with at Atlanta airports, some usual posts of cocktails I made and some runs I put in – one of them showing only grainy pictures of Biscayne Bay, a funny poster asking if you are drunk, meeting an old friend and his wife in Houston and a very interesting puzzle involving permutation and combination.
13 February
2015
Let the paraskevidekatriaphobia begin!
12 February
2015
Somebody got a strong cup of coffee?
I FORGOT TO PUT MY SUITCASE IN THE CAR!!
I froze in panic as I stared at the empty trunk of my car. The euphoria of finding a very convenient spot in the airport parking lot – literally next to the entry doors – was extremely short lived. As it happens so often during panic mode, my mind went through a whirlwind of thoughts and images over the next few seconds…
For a fraction of a second, I entertained the thought of going back home but promptly ditched it at the first thought of traffic clogged Atlanta roads during office time.
“Can I manage by buying clothes at my destination?”
“Depends upon where I am going and how much time I have”, I logically reasoned to myself.
“Speaking of which, where I am I going?” [That was the first bright thought I had this morning]
“WAIT A MINUTE. Where am I going? Why am I at the airport?”
A few nanoseconds of blanking out. And then I realized that I was in the wrong place!!
I had a breakfast meeting at a hotel near the airport!!! I was not supposed to be at the airport at all!! (at least that explained why I did not have a suitcase).
It turns out that I had put my car and my mind in autopilot mode while driving to meet an executive at a hotel near the airport. I was so lost in my thoughts that I simply followed my every week pattern and showed up inside the airport parking lot!!!
“Now I am going to be late for the breakfast meeting and I am behind on coffee”, I thought as I got back into the car.
It sure beat missing a suitcase on a trip though 🙂