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Relaxing times at the nail salon
I blame it on the Spring weather today. but on my way home from work today I had the sudden urge to get my nails done. This thought is as alien as a kid calling out for more kale with a side of broccoli. The last time I had a pedicure was in 2010 for…
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Asha’s 2nd Birthday!
It’s hard to imagine that my little baby is already two. I’m sure that I will say the same when Asha is three, four, five … thirty, because even though as parents we expect our kids to learn and grow each day, the act itself seems so surprising and sudden at these milestones. How time…
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The no-recipe receipe for pancakes
When it comes to pancakes, I seem to have found the middle path – the one between the quick boxed mix versus the more time-consuming made-from-scratch mix. It’s all the righteous ingredients combined with speed and ease of putting it together while still blurry eyed on a weekday or weekend morning.
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The second haircut
This weekend things finally started thawing around town. The sun felt so crisp and refreshing, and hearing the constant dripping of water was a good reminder that the dirty snow is disappearing and Spring is near! Besides being all sorts of productive, I took Asha to get her second ever hair-cut. She did so well,…
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Smoothies
We have owned a Vitamix blender for a little over two years. Dev bought it as my birthday present when I was pregnant with Asha because, well, I would not stop talking about it. My grand plans included meal replacement smoothies, hot soups, and healthy desserts everyday.
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City Guide: Chicago in the winter
For a girl from the South (and the tropical motherland of India), I am not entirely sold on the Midwest winter. There are days when the wind seems to pierce through my skin and into my bones no matter how many layers of clothes I am wearing. Thankfully this happens only a handful of times…



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