October 20th, 2007

Thirsty Atlanta

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My friends in Atlanta might be having a little less water to splash around. Georgia is experiencing its worst drought and the city’s primary water source, Lake Lanier is at historic low levels. The water scarcity [...]

March 20th, 2006

Hey, I can’t do any wrong…I am a minority!

The former Atlanta mayor, Bill Campbell has been convicted of tax evasion. Of course, this may have been the least of his crimes as he was acquitted of other charges of racketeering and bribery. He was the epitome of a corrupt mayor who was in office from 1994 to 2002 including the period when Atlanta [...]

July 26th, 2005

Different Travel Times

I will be driving down to College Station from Atlanta. Since it isn’t possible to make (for a sane person) that journey in one day, I plan to stop at New Orleans.
Google Maps expects us to travel between Atlanta and New Orleans within 9 hours 40 minutes. But cross-check the same route at Mapquest, the [...]

April 12th, 2005

Face Painting at Dogwood Festival

One of Atlanta’s prime events to usher in the summery weather is the Dogwood Festival. Technically, it marks the coming of spring when the dogwood blossoms in the “Central Park of Atlanta” Piedmont Park bloom. It is one of the reasons that make Atlanta so livable. Piedmont Parks wears a festive look through the three [...]

March 11th, 2005

Coffee full of suprises

Whilst returning from Piedmont Park, Ash and I decided to have coffee at a nicely lit coffee shop at the street corner. Books, coffee, and nice comfortable environs decorated with low hanging lights beckoned us inside. The coffee was surprisingly cheaper than Starbucks as I looked around to see a nice collection of books and [...]

March 10th, 2005

Walk in a cold park

Yesterday Ash and I had a leisurely stroll in Piedmont Park, a Central Park-esque open green in Atlanta midtown. The quaint balconies on the street side apartments, people with dogs out for a walk (even a mom doing her jogging routine while pushing her kid’s stroller), ducks gliding leisurely (while paddling furiously underwater) on the [...]

February 10th, 2005

Finding Loopholes: A Personal Rant

In a single day, one desi tried to con me while other tried to help me make a few bucks; both using dubious means.
It reminded me of the days in India, grappling with small businesses with a small mind attitude. The day started with a cargo rental van I had to book to move some [...]

January 23rd, 2005

Go Falcons!

It is time for the Falcons to up their game. They play the Philadelphia Eagles in the playoffs for a chance to play in the Super Bowl (the semi-finals of the NFL) today. Michael Vick, the most
exciting quarterback since…errr..I started following football can be easily compared to apna Tendulkar both for star power and raw [...]

December 19th, 2004

Foot in the Mouth

On Friday, I was at the Atlanta airport to drop off a friend and was walking around the terminal when I made an absolutely distasteful and mean remark which I regretted almost instantly. I saw many soldiers of different ranks, all bundled up to go off to war to Iraq. I just looked at them [...]

October 18th, 2004

House Warmed

This Saturday, I was invited to a friend’s housewarming party. Actually it was a townhouse warming party but what the heck it is a piece of real-estate you own in upscale suburbia. She came to Atlanta three years back and is nicely settled with an IT job; happily married to a guy who is in [...]


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