Pictures!!!

Yup, it's definitely official now - it has been ages since I posted!! Thank you Gulshan aunty for politely knock - I know I'm way behind on my postings. Would have loved to do 100 a day (just kidding!!!), but seem to be having trouble doing even one a day!!!

Anyhow, here goes. I did promise that I would upload pictures of our car, so here they are, along with a bunch of bonus pictures. Last weekend, Chinni, Raja, Mahi & I drove down to Napa Valley (famous for it's vineyards and Wineries), Muir Woods (famous for well....the woods & forest), Lake Tahoe which as the name suggests is one huge lake and Reno - a smaller version of Vegas.

In Napa Valley we went to the Rutherford Winery and sampled their excellent wines, as well as dis a tour of the entire facility. Here are some snaps of the entrance to their wine storage area as well as of their barrels and wine bottles.

If you were wondering why I had a photograph of a rose in here - it's because of an interesting thing I learnt. All vineyards and wineries have a lot of rose bushes planted around. While the obvious reason is that they look good, and enhance the natural surroundings, the main reason is that rose plants by nature are very sensitive to the slightest changes. So if the owner notices that there is something wrong with the rose plants - it immediately sends in a warning with the help of which suitable steps can be taken to correct the problem.

These three snaps are from Lake Tahoe. Notice the snow clad mountains in the back - with the icy blue water in the front. We are jacketed as it was pretty chilly at the time of the photograph.












The third snap was later in the afternoon, by when it had considerably warmed up.

As for the rest of the snaps below - they are pretty much a mix-up of the rest - Here are the snaps of the car:

While these are some more of the lake:

A couple of the random shots include the drive to the lake, two dogs in the back of a truck (that's especially for you Karthik), the dense canopy in John Muir woods, moss covered trees, a ladybug in action!! We also saw a Giant Banana Slug as can be seen in the photographs below.

Viva Las Vegas!!

Well it seems like its been ages since I've posted anything here. Lots of stuff happening. Was in Las Vegas last weekfor the Collaborate 2007 tradeshow. While everyone ooooohhhss and aaaahs about Vegas, they never bring up the topic of sore feet. If you ever happen to visit Vegas, remember to carry comfortable footwear along, and be mentally & physically prepared to walk a lot!!!!

Sleeping & not walking on air!!!

Well, to continue further, we have now purchased what is known as an AeroBed here. It's this beautiful electric blue inflatable mattress (2-layered), with an inbuilt pump. As part of our home furnishing exercise, we picked this up from Costco (a large wholesale warehouse store).

All one needs to do is to spread it out on the floor, plug it in, into the wall outlet, and as they say proverbially "let er rip"!!!! The bed takes about 60 seconds to inflate to an optimum level, and the best part is that it comes with a built-in safety valve, which prevents overfilling!!

We also setup our comforter set on it, to give it a homely touch. Chinni & Raja, this is going to be your bed once you come here - so you might as well feast your eyes on it!!!