The long-awaited Thanksgiving was taken real easy at our home this year. We have been travelling this year so we decided to take this is a complete stay-at-home break. In the past years, we either invited people to our home or were invited and it always got busy one way or other. Just as a …
The Holiday Season; A Cup of Chai and Togetherness for Desis!
Hello readers– how is November, the cozy, transitional month filled with holiday preparations and fall festivities going for you? Crispy and chilly? Not really that much in Dallas, although the Daylight Time Saving did a good job of giving that impression – slowly, however we are beginning to feel the days getting colder, but the …
Wrath of Allah, losing my loved ones, failures, lizards, maulvis—what’s common among all these? Well, these are my fears—things I am afraid of, things I would rather not deal with, things that keep me up at night – along with a weak bladder. This list is not complete by any stretch of the imagination. One …
When I was a little girl in the 80’s in Pakistan, I had always envisaged that as a grown-up, I would have a fancy “drawing-room” full of crystal, china, rare collectibles etc., brought from around the world, all staged in a curio cabinet. As a nod to my own love of books- and travelling – …
September edition – about summer flings, well-deserved awards, some decor ideas and local businesses!
There are many reasons I like blogging, the joys including, but not limited to ability of creative expression, learning, growth, research that goes behind the writeups, “big reveals” that sometimes make me turn on my proverbial heal 180 degrees, standing exactly opposite to the point of view that I was favoring to pen down. Then …
Spending time watching a movie together is a wonderful way to bond, create lasting memories, and, on special occasions, turn on the films we’ve already loved. Movies have the power to help us relive treasured memories or create new ones. Father’s Day brings a mix of emotions, from joy to nostalgia and this year, we …
Kids – they are always ‘Do it from Scratch.’ They are never pre-fabricated, never come with instructions and manuals, and are never easy to figure out. That’s why God provided handlers for them… the clueless, hapless, unfit, unknowing dudes who overnight don the caps of fatherhood, and are lovingly called dad, abba, baba, papa, abbu, …
