yay for aunt being very fair! I love that story. now , however I have to go look up pav bhaji.

great pictures Laura! esp our new superhero - underwear boy.

rest well everyone, wake up strong and healthy .

rest well everyone, wake up strong and healthy

Yes, that can be said again.

Yay for nice family dinners. Now ya see why I'm always quick to cook. Doing dishes is my least favorite chore.

off to google pav bhaji - which appears to be named for the spice - plans to sniff some next time I visit an Indian grocery - grateful to live where visiting an Indian grocery is an option

Morning. The rental place hasn't gotten back to me yet today, so it looks like I am stuck in the house again. I probably wouldn't have gone anywhere anyway(other than the grocery store), but I hate being stuck in.

grateful to live where visiting an Indian grocery is an option

Wrod. Thessaly and I found a fabulous one a few weeks ago.

I was glad to hear the better news last night, Beverly. I was thinking about you and your family all day yesterday.

Everybody stay safe and healthy today, okay?

I'm taking tomorrow off to hang out at the quarry with some friends. I haven't spent nearly enough time floating around in water this summer.

Googling seems to indicate that pav bhaji is a spicy mashed vegetable sandwich. Is that right, P-C?

I live right next to what they're starting to call "Little India," and I don't take enough advantage of it.

I thought of PC when I read about the All-Gujarati Hindu Matrimonial Convention that was here last weekend. [ [link] , requires registration]

The convention turns the Indian tradition of arranged marriages partly on its head. It's part speed-dating, but it's also part old-school matrimony —- where "candidates" not only have to list their educational qualifications and hobbies, but their parents' backgrounds.

I don't like August. It's only 8 days in and already been a bad month. Not only are my Buffistas having problems but so are my co workers. Then today I found my glasses on the floor and broken. Evidentally I took them off and laid them on the bed when I was reading and not on my night stand. Then knocked them off the bed and stepped on them when I got up.

One ear piece is snapped off right before the hinge and the other was severely bent. I don't have a back up pair but I managed to manipulate the ear piece that's left so I could wear them. I don't remember how much they cost but I'm hoping I'll go to the store where I got them and I'll be able to buy a replacement pair to put the new lenses in.

Beverly! Much healing and peace to your family my dear. I'm sorry for the circumstance but glad for the improvement. All the ~ma in the world.

And? You are a GODDESS among women. After, I think, 5 years of searching, you have found the elusive deck I've wanted so badly. I can't believe it! What will I do with myself now that this quest is at end?

Okay, I'll keep looking for "Sinbad and Me" by Kin Platt in something less than a $300 first edition. That's the new (ongoing) quest.

But thank you so much. What a wonderful resource! I've ordered the deck from Amazon.

teehee.

I got to Ginger's link without registering. Amusing tidbit:

But Nitu Shukla —- or rather, her mother —- came with a few [expectations]. It was the family's second trip to the convention from Jacksonville, and Shukla's mother was hoping for better luck this time for her 31-year-old banker daughter. Outside the ballroom —- parents are barred from going in —- the mother, Asha Shukla, made her own list from participant profiles and had it delivered by a messenger to her daughter.

"Why can't she find someone?" the mother asked. "I'll tell you why. She's too picky."

Then she rattled off her own list of must-haves in a son-in-law: He has to be educated. Has to be a Gujarati. A vegetarian, if possible.

Nitu Shukla's expectations were a little more modest: an "Americanized guy who's Indian at heart."

Some types of parents are universal....

Oh, dear askye. i hope getting replacement glasses is cheap and easy.

Those birthday happies I wished at Katerina yesterday? I meant that for today. Happy birthday, Katie Bee!

parents are barred from going in

The Matrimonial Con sounds good already! P-C, start talking this up to your mom and planning your costume.