Two readers this week! Alright, I'm getting there... Well, we've missed four months of exciting updates here, including the fact that my brother got engaged between Christmas and New Years, and the wedding is August 15 back in the 'hood, in Mystic. Chronicling the lead-up to that happy occasion would've made for a great G-rated soap opera. Akhil and I celebrated Christmas here in Pasadena, where we made an entire 12-pound turkey just for him, me and our friend Mai, whose boyfriend couldn't make it because of the flu. I froze a bunch of leftovers. We headed to Boston for New Years weekend, and in the snow and bitter cold, we met up with Todd and his bride-to-be for dinner in the South End. She's lovely.
Between January and now we have been working like fiends, though not as bad as last year, at least for Akhil. We did spend a weekend in San Luis Obispo for my dreaded birthday, and in March, stretched a business trip for Akhil into a long weekend for both of us in La Jolla, after he spoke at a robotics conference there. I took the subway in L.A. for the first time ever, followed by the train, yes the train, also first time ever (this first-time stuff applies only to the west coast; on the east coast I didn't even own a car), to get to San Diego, which was eventful in itself. Once you're underground, you could be anywhere. It wasn't hard, or scary. Nothing compared to say, the C train in NYC. So a friend suggested a San Diego restaurant to us called Cafe Chloe and I just want to sing its praises -- excellent, up there with Sonoma in terms of quality food, wine, and service. Go! On Sunday of that weekend Akhil rode his bike up Mt. Palomar, a badge of honor for those cyclist types. Our garden is off-the-hook this year -- you should see our roses. We got a new President (thank the good lord for that), finished our taxes (not fun), and my mom is, at this moment, recovering from surgery in New Hampshire. That's mostly it for significant events of Q1 '09.
Oh yeah, and Akhil bought a wok. And made fried rice in it. Twice. That, too, is eventful.
