On Family Reunions

Meeting family members away from home is magickal to say the least...it provides just the right mix of nostalgia, molly-coddling and fun. Whoa! I almost missed mentioning gossip!

I recently traveled to the West coast to meet up with my aunts and umcles...Trips like these are never complete without the much awaited potti-thirakardhu or the gift exchanging galatta :)

Since this is my first time on the coast my aunt made it her business to cram all touristy things in a day! A visit to the Golden Gate Bridge was the top item in the list and was ticked off to everyone's delight and satisfaction with oodles of pictures and souvenirs ;) A quick lunch en route and onward to the Crooked Road aka Lombard Road in downtown SFO...Maneuvering a suburban through the windy road was indeed a skill my cousin brother seems to have mastered! Pier 39 then greeted us with its mix of attractions from roadside drummers gently demanding money to daredevil performers and a fair bit of bored painters and streaming pedestrians thrown in. Wandering through the crowded street with the Alcatraz in the background I sampled a taste of SFO!

On the search for a lost identity

What happens to a woman who decides to leave her successful career behind and takes a huge leap of faith into unknown realms? After the initial excitement of a wedding and migration wears off all that's left of this former career woman is a brittle shell of a once strong personality. At least that is the solace I offer myself whenever distress corners me.