10 May
2023
9 May
2023
Ran into two young friends in downtown Alpharetta
Sharmila, Surya and I walked up to downtown Alpharetta and settled by the green. They grabbed some Indian food from Curry Up Now. I was walking to Chiringa to pick up a glass of wine when I thought a young lady sitting at a table outside was waving at my direction.
My instinctive reaction was to look behind me. And then I realized she meant to wave at me. It is then that I recognized that it was Puspita. She was sitting with her friend – Rupkatha – somebody I have talked with but never met.
That chance meeting gave me an opportunity to catch up on their young careers. Was thrilled to learn that Rupkatha is moving to DC (she will be in Federal Reserve Bank). I think Nikita will have a great time getting to know her.
For some reason, we talked about philately, numismatism, phillolumen and vexillology!
Puspita and Rupkatha, do you remember how we got started talking about those things?
9 May
2023
He is sitting at the head of the table like he is going to pick up the check or something
9 May
2023
Why I need to spend more time with people younger and smarter than me
Had a good day out with Surya. We spent a lot of time on the lake and on the shores discussing maths, probability, philosophy, social media and geopolitics. Learned a few new concepts like constructionism and why cars have that extra rear brake light in the middle.
Love how smart the younger generation is always becoming. Being able to defend a point or two in the debates with the younger generation seems to be an worthwhile achievement to the much older myself.
This is the first time I met him. His dad – Debashis – and I went to high school together!! During a birthday call recently, I realized that his son is studying in Georgia Tech!!! Wish I had spent more time discussing and debating with Surya during his stint here in Atlanta.
8 May
2023
Jay Jay catching his forty winks
He was not very happy when I told him we are not going to downtown today. We will sit in the patio and I will read a book and he can watch people. That did not appeal to him. He did not even bother opening his eyes to look at the people and dogs going up and down the street! It was like he was going “I am going to be like this. You just tell me when you are done so we can go inside!”
8 May
2023
Beautiful Alpha Loop
This is the aspect of Atlanta I love the most. The greenery. Also the aspect of the old house I miss the most.
Jay Jay and I went out this morning to walk in the Alpha Loop. It had rained slightly thru the night and the trees were still dripping raindrops as some light breeze wafted thru. That rain drenched green color everywhere was breathtakingly mesmerizing. There were numerous birds chirping and trilling all around us. We stopped many times in the walk so that I could listen to the cacophony of all the bird tweets.
I was expecting many more people this morning in the Loop. I was wondering if there was more rain in the forecast that I might have missed. It eventually dawned upon me that it is a Monday today.
Ah! The bliss of not having to go to office in the morning!!!
7 May
2023
Jay Jay trying a new look at his favorite bar
7 May
2023
History repeats itself
After about three years, John and I went to Helen, GA to grab a lunch again. We went to the same place as we had gone to in 2020. Here is the funny part…
That day, we had gone there riding identical bikes – Honda CTX 700s. Today too, we went in identical bikes – Honda Rebel 1100s.
What is crazy is that the one parking spot that was open for us today – was the exact spot we had that day!! (I realized that while checking the pictures from that trip).
And to cap it off, we again talked about politics and corona virus!!
7 May
2023
Guess who showed up today?
I had faithfully showed up at the Starbucks to meet the Chalupa (Bengali runners) group this morning. What I did not know is that there is a baby shower in the community (I am woefully unaware of these things) – and therefore nobody was going to show up for the run.
As I was waiting, I saw somebody enter the Starbucks who reminded me a lot about my old running buddy from 15 years back – Russell Shaw. He has moved to Durham ever since and we keep in touch once a year on his birthday in April.
My first reaction was to see if I could take a picture of the gentleman and send it to Russell telling him that I had met his doppelgänger. My second reaction (fairly stupid, now that I think about it) was to approach the gentleman and ask “Are you not supposed to be in North Carolina?”
Well, turns out it was indeed Russell!!! He was in the area to sell off his house!!
Eventually, Mrinal-da – who realized that I must have been sitting at Starbucks by myself – decided to show up and give me company too!!
So there you go – two of my runners friends from two different groups … and me – in one frame!
7 May
2023
