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Destination: Adventure 11k – Bumper Boats

For all posts about the adventures and one of a kind bucket list items, click here. Cruising on a Go-Kart was not all the new stuff I tried the week I spent with my brother’s family when they were here for spring break. My first time sitting and actually working a Bumper Boat. Woo! Hoo!.Continue reading “Destination: Adventure 11k – Bumper Boats”

Holidays & Observances: Akshaya Tritiya

For all the posts in this Holidays & Observances series, go here. Prologue: I have been meaning to write a series about Holidays and Observances that we (my family and friends) follow in both India (my birth country) and USA (my adopted country). This series is dedicated to those. On a side note, perhaps IContinue reading “Holidays & Observances: Akshaya Tritiya”

Destination: Adventure 11j – Go-Karts on Raceway

For all posts about the adventures and one of a kind bucket list items, click here. When my brother’s family was here a couple weeks ago for spring break, we went to this activity place close to my home. One of the activity we participated in was Go-Karting. This was my very first time inContinue reading “Destination: Adventure 11j – Go-Karts on Raceway”

Strange Oddities and Peculiar Pretties: 100 plus years Vintage Bushnell Carousel

For all posts about the wonderful and weird surprising stuff I did or saw, click here. Built in 1914, this vintage Carousel in Bushnell Park, Hartford, Connecticut is a treasure and a surprise find. It houses 48 hand-carved wooden horses and two lovers’ chariots that swirl around a booming Wurlitzer band organ. This is onlyContinue reading “Strange Oddities and Peculiar Pretties: 100 plus years Vintage Bushnell Carousel”

Holidays & Observances: Ramadan

For all the posts in this Holidays & Observances series, go here. Prologue: I have been meaning to write a series about Holidays and Observances that we (my family and friends) follow in both India (my birth country) and USA (my adopted country). This series is dedicated to those. On a side note, perhaps IContinue reading “Holidays & Observances: Ramadan”

Holidays & Observances: Varudhini Ekadasi

For all the posts in this Holidays & Observances series, go here. For prologue on Ekadasi, go to the very first post here. Prologue: I have been meaning to write a series about Holidays and Observances that we (my family and friends) follow in both India (my birth country) and USA (my adopted country). ThisContinue reading “Holidays & Observances: Varudhini Ekadasi”

Wild Paradise: Cherry Tree or Serviceberry Tree

For all the posts in the Wild Paradise Series, go here. Either this is a Cherry Tree or a Serviceberry Tree in full bloom. Coming back from the UCONN Men’s College Basketball Championship Parade a few weeks ago, we saw these lined up on the edges of Bushnell Park, in full white glory and pretty.

Holidays & Observances: Puthandu / Baisakhi / Vishu / Pohela Boisakh

For all the posts in this Holidays & Observances series, go here. Prologue: I have been meaning to write a series about Holidays and Observances that we (my family and friends) follow in both India (my birth country) and USA (my adopted country). This series is dedicated to those. On a side note, perhaps IContinue reading “Holidays & Observances: Puthandu / Baisakhi / Vishu / Pohela Boisakh”

Destination: Adventure 7c – Championship Parade

For all posts about the adventures and one of a kind bucket list items, click here. UCONN Huskies Men’s College Basketball team won the championship this year (2023), the fifth time they have won (last time was in 2014). As an alum of UCONN myself, I was proud to witness the boys/men walk their championshipContinue reading “Destination: Adventure 7c – Championship Parade”