love at first sight

i am a girl.... i love my shoes...

Eating out....on sunday night

Nanking is to chinese in hyderabad, what paradise is to biryani... this is the crowd outside the restaurant on sunday evening, around 9.45 p.m... this despite the restaurant having nearly 40 tables.....i have my own views about their food and non existent service... but i might just get lynched if i say it out loud!!

This is Reshmi's a small little elegant family run restaurant opposite Nanking... i love the food here and also the very simple but elegant decor... the couple who run it, will come around to each table, to personally interact with the customers.... needless to say, their food is top notch... if you are looking for someplace in secunderabad for good punjabi food (of the non greasy variety) then head to Reshmi's. Both restaurants are in the Parklane area

100!!

this is my 100th post...am so glad i made it this far!! a big word of thanks for all the encouragement and comments...it thrills me when i am told by friends and readers/ visitors that they love my pictures... thank you thank you thank you!!

Now come on over and share my cup of tulsi chai....

Can you tell i love happy colours??

yes... i love shopping... but i did really very little of it... this is it!

hey!! don't judge me.... i went to gujarat and rajasthan... its like sending someone to vegas for a holiday and telling them not to gamble!! plus i have friends, who always get me stuff when they travel...and it was all calling out to mama to take them home mostly for gifts...and reasonable...and i came back with no extra piece of baggage cos i stuffed it all into my bags because i didnt buy much in the first place...

my shopping list in the order of when and where i bought it

• assorted chai (at the airport cos the flight was delayed by 3 hrs and i was bored the flavours were unique)
• hand crafted coloured glass jewellery at tara's in ambawadi, ahmd
• one kurti from tara's in ambawadi, ahmd
• small handmade potlis (bags) to gift jewellery and stuff from tara's
• 2 cushion covers from tara's
• 4 kurtis and 2 harem pants from anokhi, ahmedabad
• banana shaped erasers and rainbow hued pencils from pintoo store in ahmd
• cloth covered notebooks with hand made paper from shop near the city palace, udaipur, rajasthan
• wooden and lac thorans with camels and elephants from shop near the city palace, udaipur, rajasthan
• wooden and lac birds and animal decorations from shop near the city palace, udaipur, rajasthan
• 5 pairs of hand embroidered jootis and chappal, shop near the city palace, udaipur, rajasthan
• 5 terracota foot scrubbers from nathdwara enroute to kumbhalgarh fort, rajasthan

the stuff i bought for my SIL and niece is not on the list... this is what i brought back...

back

back home... with a bagful of dirty laundry and very little shopping.... i swear.... very little

adalaj nu vav

this was what made my day yesterday... k and i braved a rickety autorikshaw ride 25 kms out of ahmedabad to visit this beautiful 7 storied step well, built around 1550 AD to provide for water to the villages near by...it has fabulously intricate carvings in sandstone...and perfect symmetry...apparently the uniquely interlocked way in which the steps, stones and pillars have been laid ensured not a single part of it was damaged during the earthquake in ahmedabad....

some silence and some pampering

had a relaxing pedicure yesterday at a spa called kallistaa in ahmedabad... they did a fab job... i never wanted to leave!!