A place where history and culture are in abundance, time is always tea o’clock and where today and past walk hand in hand could easily define England. Add elegance, style and bustling energy to all this and you will have the wonderful city of London! We took a very short (one-week) family trip to this …
A trip to New Orleans is no less than an exclusive rendezvous with history and culture. The glory of age-old buildings, variety of melodious dialects, sweeter than honey accents make you feel you are not only out of your town or city but out of country and on many events, misplaced in time – ironically …
Before I came to the US, I thought everyone in the world drank tea or in other words I was oblivious of the fact that not everyone in the world drank tea. Although still hard to believe, the truth dawned on me soon after my arrival. Twenty years ago, when Owais and I had just …
Eid is so around the corner and so is the spirit of celebration, joy and love! Best way to express the happiness is to give gifts to those around you and celebrate the occasion! There is no shortage of gift guides and party décor ideas on internet. This post however is not your run-of-the-mill resource; …
After my Jimmy Burger’s blogpost last month, I got various requests from food businesses to do a write-up for them and one that stood out most was from Shumaila at Old Town Creamery, a specialty ice cream shop. Ice cream!! Now that was really different! I have been so out of touch with this world …
When we landed in Dallas a year ago to make it our home, we were invited by our very dear friends to Jimmy’s Burger & Grill for iftar. Our boys love anything with the name “burger” associated to it so of course they got excited. The menu, being predominantly burgers was not my idea of …
As we continue to celebrate and enjoy Ramadan, the anticipation for Eid slowly begins to surf in Muslim homes. Eid is the Big Celebratory Day following the conclusion of the holy fasting month. A much-awaited holiday for Muslims, it is all about enjoying the day with family, friends and food. From hot and cold servings …
I love living in the US, that’s why I live here!! But with Ramadan here, many beats in my heart feel the absence of the excitement and gaiety that we experience back home during this religious time. The obsession of traditional sweets and savory snacks paired with tea specially comes back in Ramadan. I can …
