Postcard from Life....

its been 2 weeks since we moved to New York. and  ever since we've been looking for an apartment. we have seen a few, contacted some owners but nothing concrete has come off of all that...  with the apartment hunt still on... my job hunt has currently taken a back seat... also on various accounts our much awaited trip to India had to be postponed... so here i am... living in one of the most happening cities of the world.. and brooding about all the things that haven't worked according to plans...

on the sunny side... the temporary apartment that we are living in right now has a cute little park close by, just a stone's throw away.. and Pradyot and I have been relishing the swings, slides and toy-car rides every morning, afternoon and evening... also P is growing up to be Mamma's best friend and most charming companion... so in all we are really doing great and i guess its just a matter of time before we become  a bunch of happy and contended New Yorkers....

to failures... so on and so forth.....

this poster has been making its round in facebook for a while.

and in times like this... when nothing seems to fall in place... i definitely need a dose of these....

so cheers to past failures and grand big hug to the days to come... hope you have happy surprises and a   pretty apartment with huge windows in store for us :)

30th Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix

thought i'll share with you few photographs from the final day of PVGP, 2012. 

why just a handful of pictures you ask ? 

that is because intimidated by the deafening-roar of the racing vintage cars, our boy decided to call it a day early enough

also the battery of our digital ditched us on the spot and much to his delight Nishi had to shoot the rest of the pictures in film... so here is just a sneak peek of the pictures from the final day of PVGP, 2012.

Our first Camping party...

the other Saturday when we got invited to Madison/Pittsburgh S.E KOA campground to celebrate Archana's birthday...  we were a little hesitant wheather to say yes or no... rains were predicted and we weren't sure if it would be a good idea to drag Pradyot out into swampy grounds on such a day... but i have never camped in all my life and was really curious  about the whole thing... so we finally decided to go..... and i am so glad that we went.... we really had a good time there...

Archana with little Lenna..

even though Pradyot had skipped his afternoon nap that day ... enthused by the whole setup he was all happy and cheery. he made new friends, engaged with the elders in little peek-a-boo games... and even finished his dinner without much fuss. I think Little Lenna had a lot to do with P's cheerfulness. she kept planting little kisses on our baby and even offered him some potato chips which made our boy very happy...

Nishi and I also made a lot of new friends and were glad that we had not gone with our initial instincts.. 

There was a lot of food, chess and chatting ....

and a whole lot of amazing people around which made the evening so pleasant... inspite of all the heat and humidity... 

in all it was a fun evening which finally wrapped up with hula hooping by a pretty lady (who was camping on the adjacent grounds with her family) and a much awaited shower which prompted us to pack up quickly and drive home before it was too late...

KOA camping grounds, Pittsburgh, 7/15/2012