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Swiss Alps: Happiest Place on Earth?
THE SHORT: Skip Interlaken. Pick Murren. Schilthorn. Grindlewald, First Clif Walk, Playgrounds. THE LONG: If there is only one thing you take away from all of what I have to say about Switzerland, it should be GO SEE THE ALPS! It is hard to put into words how beautiful and majectic they are. In hindsight…
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24 hours in Lucerne, Switzerland
THE SHORT: Hotel Central + Chapel Bridge + Carnival + Lake Lucerne Boat Cruise + Sammlung Rosengart museum + Old Town + Pizza La Bestia THE LONG: We landed at Zurich’s Flughafen International airport at 9:00am. And even though Devand and I didn’t get our beauty sleep, we were extrememly happy that the kids had…
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Girl’s Weekend: NYC
I am back from my annual weekend trip to NYC with some of my best girlfriends, and I feel so happy and invigorated. I am convienced that nothing recharges the soul quite like getting together with old friends. The tradition – which started back in Chicago when we all called the Windy City our home…
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Mini Travel Guide: Asheville, NC
Some of my best travel memories as a kid who grew up in the unrelenting summer heat of India, are of visiting the hill stations near my hometown of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The trips were usually planned haphazardly with my parents’ sudden announcement during dinner that it was just too hot to be in the city.…
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Life Lately: In the Kitchen
Breaking my blogging fast with this realization that I’ve been spending a lot of time in the kitchen, which is truly insance because most of it has been spent baking things, and it’s like a million degrees to be turning on the oven, especially around three wiggly kids, and hey, is this the longest run-on…
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Baking Profiteroles
Do you know about profiteroles? If not, then you’ve definitely heard of eclairs, right? It’s one of my favorite french desserts where hallow pastry is stuffed with cream and then drizzled with a rich chocolate sauce. Yumm-aa! Asha, Arjun, and I cranked out a few profiteroles recently to surprise Devang for his brithday. This is…