Pensive Thoughts

Many things have changed since last night but a bottomless cup of coffee still seems to get me through days like today. All of us that have been following this political drama over the last year and a half seem to have taken sides and stood strong for our cause. The divide, as a result, …

Alaska Travel Series – Day 4 and Day 5

We were up at the crack of the dawn and left our hotel by 7:30 am. After a ten min drive, we arrived at the Denali national park visitor center. We picked up our passes at the concierge and settled down in the bus. The bus driver was quite entertaining and helped us spot the …

Urban Hikes in West Seattle

Living in West Seattle for the past two years, I have really come to love this little community that we have here. It is a wonderful hub right across Seattle and a great place for outdoorsy people like me. I enjoy hiking and running on a regular basis and sometimes I just do not want …

Oh, Autumn!

Fall is my favorite season. A season I discovered only a couple of years back. Coming from India where it is warm almost all through the year with an exception of a couple of months in winter, the distinct difference in each of the seasons here was such as lovely change. Fall has forever been …

Alaska Travel Series – Day 3

Seward continued to be drizzly and misty even on day 3 of our stay there. Such is weather in Alaska that it makes you plan your day around it. Initially the plan was to take a glacier cruise to see the wildlife and the glacier but we decided otherwise. I am sure, it would have …

Alaska Travel Series – Day 2 (Harding Icefield)

Seward was our first stop in Alaska. We reached Seward in the evening and spent the rest of the day relaxing. You can read all about it here. Day two in Seward was spent in hiking the Exit glacier (Harding icefield, to be precise). We woke up in the morning and it was already drizzling. The …

Alaska Travel Series – Day 1

Seward was our first destination while traveling in Alaska. We reached Anchorage around 10:15am and took a taxi to the Enterprise car rental place which was located about 5 miles from the airport. The formalities took about half an hour and then we were all set to start our trip. Above is the screenshot of …

First Day of Fall

Today marks the first official day of Fall but it certainly doesn't feel like it in Seattle. The temperatures in the city have been hovering around mid-70s during the day and there has hardly been any rain. Quite uncharacteristic of Seattle, I must say. Though I have quite thoroughly been enjoying what might be the …

Alaska Travel Series -(Part 1) Alaska Itinerary!

Hola, my friends! I have been MIA despite have resolved to put up at least 2 blog posts every week. What can I say? I have been consumed by the fast tracked happenings in my life at the moment. It seems we were getting all excited for the labor day long weekend and the vacation …

Photo Stories – Part 1

This is the beginning of a new series on my blog where I shall post picture stories of my travels or food stories while developing/recreating the recipe. My partner-in-crime is a major photography enthusiast and it also helps that we both enjoy traveling to new places and believe in sampling new experiences. This is the first photo …