Anniversary getaway

This thursday it was our third anniversary .Spent an amazing day in San Francisco city.We started our day at Fort Mason, went for a walk around the fort .The weather was so perfect .... sunny with no wind .. no wind in San Francisco is such a blessing by itself..... we sat and spent some time there watching the crab catchers :) ... the golden gate.. the ferries .. fishes in the water and off course each other :)....Then had a dinner at a Thai restaurant , stuffed ourselves like crazy there .. we were so full that we decided to take a walk at pier 39 just to feel better :) ....In the evening hubby took me to twin peaks to catch the night view of the city and then to treasure island to view the city skyline and the bay bridge ..Gosh it was so amazing and thanks to photography of hubby for capturing the views ...If you are ever visiting san francisco city , don't forget to visit twin peaks .. the city view is amazing both during the day and night....

Beautiful Sonama county

A warm saturday morning was a perfect beginning for the long drive .We have been planning this drive since quite some time and finally made it yesterday . Had lunch at a local restaurant , the place had such a old world charm to it ,authentic american style .
Spent some time roaming around Sonama state park as the sun was too harsh during the day .The
park was in the middle of the historic Sonama downtown . Visited few wineries afterwards and saw some falls colors too .I was so excited to see the falls colors.
Literally trashed my dress with my excitement .By the end of the day the dress had strains from the sun screen ,food ,dirt .I was literally jumping up and down with excitement ,during one such adventure , the lace at the hem of my dress got stuck in my heels and was torn . "owners delight and the dry cleaners nightmare "!

 This is one of my favorite pictures from the entire trip , the image has been cut by the image uploader .‬
‪During the drive from Jaisalmer back to Jodhpur ,we came across this huge herd of camels .The herd was taken care of ,by‬
‪a group of kids .There was this old man who was the in charge[manager ?‬ ‪] of the group . of the All the camels were she-camels domesticated for there‬milk,wool and breeding purpose.the camel milk is supposed to be very nutritious and high in protein .We were so excited to see the herd , the kids were equally excited and curious to see us .Taking advantage of the situation was this baby camel who ran to his mama for some milk .The baby camel was shooed away by the old man and then he started milking the camel.He then gave it to the girl in the picture below .This girl was the youngest one in the group .The old man wanted to know what am I going do with the pictures which I was taking . I was quite unprepared for the question , to which i replied "apne sherhr mein dosto ko dikhayenge yeh " ..
After the little girl finished drinking the milk, her elder sister took the bowl from her and cleaned it with sand(no water ),that was so amazing the bowl was literally squeaky clean .





Jaisalmer is also known as golden city .Jaisalmer Fort is the largest inhabited forts in the world.The fort is not just historic monument but actually inhabited too. How cool is that ,historic monument for a house ,I was so thrilled about this whole concept . We actually caught hold of few locals and enquired about how much a haveli will cost .. haha .. This picture was taken in a haveli called patwon ki haveli.



Picture clicked by Dad in the Thar desert .





The picture is inspired by catalog photo from one of the favorite store of mine .



I kept following the women for the perfect shot .She is a sweeper at the Jaisalmer temple , the rich hues for her dress were
a perfect contrast against the golden walls of the temple .

Carmel-by-the-Sea..

Spent a beautiful saturday in Carmal by the sea . I was literally dying to go to this place
ever since I returned from India . Saturday morning and i couldn't wait to go there as soon as possible .
Off i went to kitchen to make a lovely breakfast ,the not so perfect doses to go with perfect coconut chutney ….
a battle of my unruly hair ,setting up the sewing machine to make a imperfect dress perfect !!!and checking on vasu, every 10 mins ,to see if he is up .Ahh he looks so darn adorable while sleeping
just don't feel like waking him up , he might as well be in the middle of perfect dream (about me ? lol ) . Quarter past 10 and we were on our way to Carmel , unobvious of fact that the best weather ever in Carmel was awaiting us . Once in Carmel we decided to roam around the ocean avenue offering one of the most unique shopping experience in bay area with its stone paved alleyways and a French country side feel to it and off i went to one of my favorite stores ever !!! ahhh ….. felt like a home away from home .. lol ….. spotted this really awesome bedroom set up there and told Vasu how much i loved that wanted to do something like that in our bedroom . Then off I went to explore the wonderland of textures ,dreamy drapes,happy ruffles ,whimsical prints ,quirky style ,artsy elegance while Vasu found himself some comfortable seating and a nice book :) .
When i was back Vasu told me that there was a little 5 years old there some time back who wanted that very same bedding and everything around it as a Birthday gift from her grandfather :) .After that we hopped on to the beach only to find that it was too hot and returned back to ocean avenue . Then stumbled upon this store oh my … there they had all the shoes which are in my wishlist and waiting my "save for list " /cart .. haha …Then wewent for a little drive around and then to the beach spent the rest of time there till sunset wave watching and dog watching . Once in a while these little fella kept coming to us .Finished the day with some good Italian food .
Here is a model shot of what i wore and did i mention that i received quite a few compliments on my dress .

Aisha -My take

Loved the movie Aisha .. bollywood got a fashionista finally .. the movie was such a visual treat ... loved loved loved Sonam kapoor's
wardrobe in the movie ..hands down to the movie's stylist .. kind of styling never seen in Bollywood movies ...such vintage inspired styling ...vintage dresses - check ,vintage inspired dresses -check ,retro dresses - check ,big bows-check ,feminine fedora's - check , a lace overdose - double check ,vintage inspired updo's -check ,vintage jwellery ,statement necklaces check .... read somewhere that few of the vintage dresses for the movie where from a vintage boutique in NYC where Sara Jessica shops too .. wow ...I had no clue that the movie was so much fashion forward .. not that I didnt know that it was a movie
about fashion and stuff .. but then Bollywood fashion is a whole lot different thing .. no complaints about Indian clothes but Western styling is just plain clueless clueless clueless ....... where sporting high end designer labels is considered fashionable .. they let the label wear them , rather than wearing the label .... there is no concept of mix and match what so ever ....There is one female lead of the Aisha who wears a Dior handbag with her Janpath flip flops
how cool is that ..... where skin show is considered anonymous with feminity ,designer labels ,LBD's and peep toes and crap load of bling pretty much define fashion forwardness.. haha Sonam Kapoor looks very fresh and feminine in the movie .Loved her high waisted pants ,flowy dresses ,hair,antique finish jewellery ,lady like hand bags ,ballet flats ,silk chiffon tops ,delicate prints,kitschy belts .. everything was just fab fab fab ....My only grip about the movie is the footware section ,it was still dominated by certain Mr Choo and Mr Louboutins , those feminie dresses were literally begging for some feminity rather sexiness in the shoe department .. something like Mary janes or so .

Bobby Deol did manage to stand out in the chick flick .I used to adore him before this movie now he is my favorite .Btw not sure about the movie plot I was so busy watching the other details lol .. Vasu said it sucked big time lol ...

Vasu take on the movie :
Dragging and Blahh.. lol

Backyard Blogging

I love journeys no matter how long or short ,weather land,air or sea (not that I have done this one though !!!.Just love the exctment of going to a new place .
It has been 3 days since I left US and it was quite a experince already .Let me sum it up daywise .
Day 1 when i left US : was quite a busy day ,the ususal packing till last moment,freinds dropping in to say bye,a bit of cooking for dear hubby ,the India calls and to top it all ,a mail from the airlines requesting a early check-in.Result we landed up in airport with no printout of the tickets and hardly any cash with us !!! Did I say jitters !!!!

I quite managed to convince myself and Vasu( hopefully lol ) that it was all his fault and Vasu kept restraining himself from the blame game (war ? lol ),since
he didnt want to upset me before my travel .I hate such "super cute" kind of behavior ,it only made things difficult for me .while in the queue for check-in at the airport I was so hoping that the flight was over booked or something and kicking myself for the fact that I could have booked my tickets with Vasu itself .Finaally after check-in we sat down to talk and I had to tak about the "holding back " ,, the 'tied down " kind of feeling and Vasu was like I was acting like a little birdie with her newly developed wings unable to decide between her








Blogged on 16th Aug ...Location one of of the most lush backyards in Hyderabad city !!!

Santa clara Adobe

This was our home in Santa Clara ,pictures taken a year back or so .

Our Nest !!!!

I wanted to share the pictures of my house for quite some time now .. to be precise 2 1/2 years ...especially some
of my friends in India too have been asking .. so here there are finally .. This is my present house in Fremont , though the
pictures were taken last Aug . Its still missing the pictures of the living area though .

THE Trip !!!!!

I am all set and excited for our vacation . Only if my sweetheart had come along , I would have been super excited ..going gaga over the trip .. haha .. like I always do .He will be joining me in two weeks and I have slew of things to keep me busy during time !!!! Had a super busy week with all the shopping and packing stuff ,with ton of packages arriving daily in mail and packages as tall as me and the UPS guys using Dolly to deliver those ..phew !!! But all set finally !!!

Berkeley

Spent a day roaming around Collage Ave and Telegraph avenue in Berkeley .
I just love this city, the bohemian vibe , the food ,shopping and everything about it .
Got this lovely print from one of the art shops there ,loved it so much , the picture does no
justice too it .Planning a makeover around it :)
Got the picture from the artist website .



Went to Emeryville later in the day to catch sunset , but decided against it as it
was too cold by the bay side .
Spent the rest of the weekend running errands and shopping for our coming up trip .

A tale of two girls day out !!

Had a awesome day roaming around Santana row with my friend Vani .The day started with awesome dosas and chutney for breakfast ... dosa on a weekday = Heaven !!!haha
Spent the rest of the day roaming around the row and talking about fashion,clothes and clothes and more clothes !!bak bak-bak-bak bak-bak-bak bak and ton of gossip in between . Refueling at Straits Restaurant in between to continue on bak bak-bak-bak bak-bak-bak bak haha . In the evening saw the movie Ravan . Few of the pictures which I clicked at the Anthropologie store .


The awesome food at Straits

Birthday celebration ... the best Bday ever !!!

This was one of the best Birthdays of my life .A special celebration .. which i am still in a fix whether to blog about or not !!!

Weekend before the long weekend :)

BBQ is one of our favorite sunday activity ,if we have nothing else to do we BBQing !

The Baja Vacation !!!

Our first summer vacation this year .. and loved it to death :).
The sunny San Deigo was such a relief from the cold and gloomy weather of bay area then .
The beaches were warm and sunny .This was our first road trip through the beautiful CA 1 route .This route is supposed to be one of the most beautiful drives in US and it sure didn't disappoint .It was beautiful all throughout .Our first stop of the trip was , at the Bixby bridge,we just couldn't pass without stopping .Then the Peiffer state beach ,finally we found it ,we made a couple of unsuccessful attempts before to go there but never found the place .I took some picture of the white horse from the car at a farm near the beach ,it has such a soulful eyes .. gosh !!!We stopped at few of the vista points and headed towards Pismo beach .
We couldn't get parking , so had to pass the place .Stopped again at couple of places in LA like Malibue and Santa Barbara .We stayed over night in LA in this Spanish inspired hotel and loved the places , included a couple of pictures from the same here .Next day headed towards San Deigo .Loved the Balboa park there ,San Deigo version of the central park ! and sunset cliffs and Torry pines state reserve .We had planned to Snorkel in La Jolla but couldn't find parking there ... duh !!!We never even made it to the beach itself !!!Did i mention our memorial day BBQ lunch ,loved loved loved it .....That was just the glimpse of our vacation .. i simply do not have the patience to go into the details .. lol

I heart this picture of Vasu , he kept telling me then how much he loved this vacation :)



Such soulful eyes