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I have eaten every dinner except for last night at my hotel’s restaurant – the Baluchi. The staff have kind of adopted me – they save the same table for me every night. They had promised to feed me the…
I haven’t been here long enough – next time I’ll shoot for another week or two. It was a lovely day after last night’s rain. One of my new friends brought me a string of jasmine – as I had…
On this, my next to last night in the lovely city of Bangalore, my management team took me to dinner at a charming place called Ebony on the 13th floor of the Barton Center just off MG Road. A storm…
Yep — I got “stitched” as they call it here. I posted a picture on Monday of the man doing the beadwork at the Punjabi designer where I’ve been referred to get my skirt made. It’s amazing, really… I ran…
Funny story from my weekend trip to Mysore. About mid-afternoon, we’re motoring along and the driver slows down… and then stops. I can’t figure out why – we’re in the middle of nowhere. And he says – “A cow. You’ve…
An auto-rickshaw, to be more specific. I love these! It’s a small, efficient, open-air cab… and it’s cheap. I took a quick trip to the “stitching place” today and it cost me the equivalent of about thirty cents US. I’m…
Changes of plans often turn out for the best. Remember how I said yesterday that I was having a princess-moment? Well today, I was the princess! My planets were all aligned. (Where the heck’s that King?!) This morning I attended…
I’m petitioning the local government to change the name to My___sore, so we tourists can just fill it in. Myfeetsore (from walking barefoot through the palace), Myheadsore (from all the blaring horns), Mybacksore (from a fits&jerks drive from Bangalore)… The…
If you don’t remember this Peaches & Herb classic, then you’re too young to be reading this adult-only blog. (Just kidding, Jackson and John!) So I’m replacing “Nope, Nyet, Nada” with “Yes! Oui! Si-si! After my first week at the…
Luggage Update – Friday morning, India:Frustration, Amazement, but Still No Luggage Otherwise… one of the local managers showed me around last night to some touristy places here in Bangalore. We went to MG Road – that would be Mahatma Gandhi…
