The comet NEOWISE was expected to be seen by the naked eye in the northwest sky at about 325 degrees northwest and around 11 degrees above the horizon. Low light pollution was recommended and since we live surrounded by trees and lights, I headed out in the Alfa in the search of darkness. In Ann[…]
Home, Work, Office, Day-care, Fort, Refuge, Restaurant, Park, Prison, Camp, the great Outdoors After being in Germany for a while, Western European parenthood seemed quite well thought out. The mother could be with her child up to a year and the father was allowed to take 3 months off as per his liking, within the[…]
Upside down I find it somewhat ironical that I am not spending vast amount of time documenting a year that is perhaps one of the most significant ones of my life. This further classifies my pervious detailed attempts at chronicling years moot, if not, somewhat narcissistic at best. Yet, between baby’s night time feedings, one[…]
The yearning Although our species tends to question everything, from our existence to if we should further procreate, I was relatively clear about wanting to have kids. In the recent years the trade-off between spontaneity, personal freedom, adult adventure and decade-long child rearing monotony didn’t seem so hard to make. I witnessed enough of my[…]
Flag and four wheels BOM – Mumbai Airport – 15th August 2003 Chicago, Not Detroit Metro Airport University of Michigan A fleeting charmed existence Erie, Pennsylvania and Pseudo depression Ann Arbor, Michigan Part 2 Winter testing First new car followed by the Lotus Elise Change Scene – Germany A glorious existence Life partner found United States of America,[…]
Who among us hasn’t looked up to the stars and wondered if we are alone in this unimaginably large universe? I do that on a regular basis since I almost cannot believe that we are the only planet that can sustain intelligent life. More importantly, I would be completely lost to explain why if we were[…]
you were magnificent I gave away my fifth car today and it felt just as bad the first time I gave my Honda away. It just seems to wrong to part ways with cars you own. Each time I do it, I wish I hadn’t. How would Kelly’s blue book know what the true value[…]
This isn’t really about my first Alfa Romeo. If it was, I would have started with the significance of this brand and worked my way to the specifics of the Stelvio. But instead, this is about how I got here and how that is in some ways perhaps way more significant. My wife thinks I[…]
To the moon and back? That must have been some trip! There is much to be said about the romanticism of road trips. Especially when the lovely wife is an accomplice on the road! I have been fortunate enough to been many road trips and experience the ever present joy of driving into the unknown[…]
I am not sure if it is charming or disturbing that I have been a staunch ‘tifosi’ for decades now. Growing up with Michael Schumacher, I couldn’t have possibly liked anyone else. Seeing him win championship after championship against tough competition, in the rain, from the back, with terrible Bridgestone tires and with relentless pursuit of[…]