Settling In.
Wednesday – 16-June, 2pmSqueals and gulab jamons. My first day in the office was a real treat, as always. The day was busy with a revolving door of people stopping by… wedding invites were delivered (from my staff, NOT the…
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Wednesday – 16-June, 2pmSqueals and gulab jamons. My first day in the office was a real treat, as always. The day was busy with a revolving door of people stopping by… wedding invites were delivered (from my staff, NOT the…
Wednesday – 16-June, 8am I don’t know quite how to articulate this, but I love being some place SOOOOO different than home… and yet it being so much like home that I fall right back into old comfortable routines. Deepak…
Tuesday – 15-June, 11pm What’s the old saying about “coming in like a lamb or a lion”? Well, honey… my Mama didn’t raise no lamb! 🙂 I arrived home-home tonight at the LaLit Ashok. I swear it looked and sounded…
Tuesday – 15-June, 2pm No, literally! I arrived last night. Little flight connection delay/drama… followed by a sixteen hour flight and then an excruciating wait at baggage claim. Yes, my luggage arrived. I think the ground crew was holding it…
(This one is for Mom & Dad.)People often ask if I feel safe travelling alone outside the States, and I often respond that I’d have to try REALLY hard to get into trouble because I have so many handlers watching…
I am exhausted. I don’t feel well. My lead guy in India told me to take a long lunch and go rejuvenate myself on Commercial Street. (He’s practically a newlywed and therefore still appreciates that the way to soothe an…
It’s no surprise to any of you that my first complete sentence was “I do it myself”… However, in Bangalore that has been difficult to put into practice. I have an extensive set of well-intended ‘handlers’ here and every move…
I know, I know… it’s all about me. But, heck – that’s all there is right now. Me and the road… and my peeps who take succccccccch good care of me. I got up this morning, put on my yoga…
Plane landed around 2am. A few luggage challenges (don’t ask – all that matters is that I got home with ALL of it!), and I was to the hotel by 4am. I believe I have achieved some sort of ‘platinum…
To cap off the end of a perfect weekend, we took a drive around Bangalore after dinner. Traffic had somewhat settled down (as much as traffic ever settles down in Bangalore) and the night air was pleasant. We drove around…