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The week gone by was a crazy one, right since the time I got back to Pune last Sunday, what with meeting three sets of friends that evening, then some shoe shopping at Shoppers Stop, Wakdewadi (going there after ages) the next day, a visit to Kiva’s, then SGS Mall, McD et al. In short, [...]

Have been meaning to write about my recent visit to Bangalore (I know I know.. Bangalore again !! ), par kya karein, it is always wonderful to see my nephew and in fact this time we all went to celebrate his second birthday.

A friend and I were out for a drive earlier in the week, and as the morning gave way to afternoon, we started feeling hungry. After fixing on the area (Koregaon Park), the next thing was to decide the place.

Hadn’t met up with a good friend of mine for a pretty long time, as each of us was busy with work and travel schedules. We decided to meet up for lunch today and as usual, there was a BIG discussion about where to go and more importantly, whether it was gonna be lunch or snacks on the [...]

Woke up to a lazy Sunday morning and plans of driving down towards Mysore Road for breakfast with some friends. However, schedules were not matching, and we eventually decided on The Egg Factory.

Yay ! Back in Bangalore after my last visit in June.
Flew Kingfisher Red this time, and I was informed before that there would be no in-flight entertainment, no blankets or pillows, and no choice of cuisine. Well… the person telling me this was out of touch with reality coz I watched the Autocar show and [...]

It all started with an inocuous message saying that a South African band called Prime Circle were to play at the Hard Rock Cafe in Pune on Sunday (09-Aug) night.

Just returned to Pune… and already feeling like taking the first flight back to Bangalore !!

A friend was coming from Mumbai to Pune on a rare trip ever since she got married a year ago. Naturally, there was a good deal of enthusiasm among all of us and there was a flurry of activity with multiple emails being sent back and forth about a get together. Finally it was decided we’d all [...]