Curryland Chronicles: Still Life With Rishikesh
A baby cow nearly peed on us while we were seated in a cement cove near a chai stall playing Scrabble (or “exhibitionist Scrabble” as my boyfriend has recently been calling it, since whenever we play a whole flock of Indians- usually men and boys- gather around closely, gaping and observing our every slow and...
Curryland Chronicles: A Skeptic Among Us
I love music festivals. I was raised by Deadheads. I enjoy road trips and camping. I definitely don’t wash my hair every day. I believe in the power of intention. When serendipitous, synchronistic events occur, I get all warm and fuzzy inside. Coincidences are my favorite. I believe in “soul circles,” a phrase coined by...
Curryland Chronicles: Sign, Sign, Anywhere a Sign?
India needs a good sign guy. Nothing too crazy. No elaborate graphic design or stylish fonts. Basic words and arrows. And perhaps a sign-placement consultant. That would do the trick. The Goa airport is a small and relatively easy place to maneuver about. But it lacks the basic quintessential things that maximize airport efficiency and...
Curryland Chronicles: A Musical Interlude
India has gone and proven me wrong. Quite literally right after I had published my last post which rambled on and on about the “end of the season” and how quiet everything in Arambol has become, I closed the laptop and glanced up at the beach to see the last few minutes of the fiery...
Curryland Chronicles: Burning Down the House
Down the street there is a tiny bakery. There is no sign out front and I am not sure if it even has a name. It is a modest store front with two steps up to get inside. The place is immaculate. There is always at least one pair of sandals out front- sort of...
Sintertainment: Spiegelworld’s Absinthe is a Winning Formula
When it comes to luring traveling entertainment seekers, Vegas has a lot of tricks up its sleeve. Pipes, skin, acrobatics and laughs are some of the most prominent. Absinthe might unite these ingredients better than ever before. Christened after a green, arguably hallucinogenic alcoholic beverage and housed in a white sideshow tent pitched at Caesar’s...
Curryland Chronicles: Visiting the Banyan Baba
Nearby in Arambol, there is a fresh water “sweet lake.” Set amongst a small grove of palm trees on the backside of the beach, the still water mirrors the rippling ocean. The lake provides a neat cove with lounge chairs hidden under low hanging fronds in dark sand. Sad eyed feral beach dogs take refuge...
Curryland Chronicles: A Quick Clarification
In my previous post, a friend of mine from Colorado had been visiting on a business trip. After reading my past few articles on India, he called my writing “scathing.” At first I took this as a compliment. “Scathing!” What a colorful adjective. Then he went on to casually accuse me of sounding “just like...
Curryland Chronicles: A Note on Manners
When it comes to civility as we know it, India is opposite land. Chivalry is dead in India- because it never existed in the first place. No one is going to hold a door for you (accept the occasional courteous and well-trained taxi driver) and no one is going to give up their seat on...
Curryland Chronicles: Eventual Arrival in Arambol
I know, I know. It has been about two months since I had allegedly “intended to return” to Mother India. Yeah, well that’s the way it goes. It only took an additional six weeks after I had originally thought to leave to actually get on a plane. Then there was another six hour delay in...
What Makes Australia So Alluring To Immigrants?
For the past two to three decades, Australia has been the stronghold for anyone wanting to change their life, work for the summer, or simply travel the world. With the recent announcement that over 26,000 visas had been granted to Irish people in 2012 alone, it is perhaps time to take a look at just...
Tips: What To Wear To The Casino
Televised poker has given many people the wrong idea about how to dress when they go to the casino. Many think that the grunge look is in and that it is totally acceptable to go to the casino in sweats or shorts and a t-shirt. The reality is that poker players are the exception rather...
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