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Happy New Year

August 8, 2010
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Each birthday is a new beginning, full of promise and opportunity; today is the first day of the last year celebrating my 30’s, I keep calling it the big one before the BIG ONE! I always look at my birthday as my “New Year” and this year will be about letting go and [...]

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Tea Time

June 23, 2010
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Tea Plucker in Munnar~ Photo by yours truly

In India Tea is much more than a drink: it is an experience steeped in history, rich with tradition and filled with health benefits. “Tea Time” is serious business right from starting the day by making our own Masala Chai tea (infused with spices, fresh ginger, cardamom, milk [...]

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Masala Chai

June 23, 2010
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Masala Chai @ the Tea Pot, Ft Cochin, Kerala~Photo by yours truly
I love a good cup of chai and this recipe taken from my friend Laura Silverman’s Blog Glutton for Life is yummy. In my recent travels to India, I had the pleasure of enjoying a masala chai daily -actually several times a day. See [...]

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Keralan Fish Moilee

June 22, 2010
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Fresh catch of the day! Photo taken near the Chinese Fishing Nets-Ft. Cochin, Kerala

The recipe I’m about to give you is from Kerala- and I love the food from this region. It is such a refined cuisine, in the best sense: the spices are used delicately to produce food that is aromatic rather than cough-inducingly [...]

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Eat Pray Shop

June 18, 2010
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I had always dreamed that visiting India at some point in my life would be a pilgrimage and it turned out to be exactly that – my own version of “Eat, Pray, Love” and a pilgrimage of fun!
When my friend Sabrina asked me to travel with her and her husband to India to attend their [...]

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Aquamarine Jewel Full Of Hope & Tranquility

April 20, 2010
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This was my experience every day for one week at The Sivananda Ashram YogaRetreat. It was a true sanctuary of peace and natural beauty located on a paradise-like island with crystal clear water and pure white sand just across the bay from Nassau.
My adventure began on a Saturday morning as I arrived on the island [...]

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