<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898</id><updated>2012-02-14T16:46:06.292-05:00</updated><category term='baseball'/><category term='Beach'/><category term='Rice'/><category term='vacation'/><category term='Family'/><category term='Mexican'/><category term='sports'/><category term='Food'/><category term='Dinner'/><category term='Weekend'/><category term='Friends'/><category term='Thanksgiving'/><category term='Recipe'/><category term='Gujarati Cuisine'/><category term='Breakfast'/><category term='Pasta'/><category term='Movies'/><category term='Lunch'/><category term='maine'/><category term='Dips'/><category term='Snacks'/><category term='engagement'/><category term='Biryani'/><title type='text'>Tanvi's Tales....</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>44</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-6550808691038328239</id><published>2010-02-28T15:55:00.011-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-01T09:14:31.968-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Just a weekend in Honolulu..</title><summary type='text'>Started our Hawaii vacation in Honolulu. As my previous post says, I had been in Hawaii for two weeks before Sapan got there. Sapan landed on a rainy Friday evening. It was too late by the time Sapan got there so, we just had some Pizza at the hotel and decided to call it a night.. On Saturday, we woke up really early and decided to go for a run along the beach. After couple miles of the run, we </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/6550808691038328239/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=6550808691038328239' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/6550808691038328239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/6550808691038328239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2010/02/just-weekend-in-honolulu.html' title='Just a weekend in Honolulu..'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/S4rdDxLRi-I/AAAAAAAAFg8/FGYxlAtmvSI/s72-c/IMG_2011.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-8260980722013926304</id><published>2010-02-10T10:38:00.011-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T16:25:38.292-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Working Hard? Hardly Working? In Hawaii....</title><summary type='text'>The next few posts are going to be really LONG!!  Most of you already know that I was in Hawaii for work for a week in December and then for couple weeks in January.. The work involved experimenting with some new technology at the Marine Corp Base in Kaneohe, HI.. Hawaii as you might know is a collection of 6 or so islands. Kaneohe is on the island of Oahu.. The same island that Honolulu is on.. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/8260980722013926304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=8260980722013926304' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/8260980722013926304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/8260980722013926304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2010/02/working-hard-hardly-working-in-hawaii.html' title='Working Hard? Hardly Working? In Hawaii....'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/S3LZKfEZ0HI/AAAAAAAAFas/Bqlwoq092Us/s72-c/IMG_1704.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-295959526510882738</id><published>2009-11-30T12:25:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T10:57:00.581-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thanksgiving'/><title type='text'>Weekend Update</title><summary type='text'>Weekend started on Wednesday night on account of the Thanksgiving holiday.. We had pizza for dinner.. Hadn't had pizza in the longest time.. Was yummy..Thursday - We went to Sital's place in Springfield for Hersh's 1st birthday celebration.. Hersh seemed to be enjoying the party.. Was running around everywhere, picking up everything that was on the floor. Sital tried to capture all this on video.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/295959526510882738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=295959526510882738' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/295959526510882738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/295959526510882738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2009/11/weekend-update.html' title='Weekend Update'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/SxQXJPdkc_I/AAAAAAAAFGA/MzhuKLlE3qs/s72-c/IMG_0012.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-2297570833682585842</id><published>2009-08-03T12:22:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T12:09:58.765-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weekend'/><title type='text'>Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein Bandh Ho.. Aur Chabi Kho Jaye..</title><summary type='text'>Ok.. Nothing that drastic.. But, this is the first weekend since we've gotten married that we didn't have any social engagements.. OK.. We had one on Saturday that we forgot.. And then the one that we had on Sunday got postponed.. So, we spent the weekend just the two of us.. It was great.. And suprisingly enough, other than having ice-cream on saturday evening and onion rings at the beach, we </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/2297570833682585842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=2297570833682585842' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/2297570833682585842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/2297570833682585842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2009/08/hum-tum-ek-kamre-mein-bandh-ho-aur.html' title='Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein Bandh Ho.. Aur Chabi Kho Jaye..'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/SncQjM_Ab-I/AAAAAAAAElM/4leG7qG7F5s/s72-c/mgtownbeach.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-6727758365321066699</id><published>2009-07-17T12:11:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-17T18:20:50.586-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>Kakdi Mag Ni Dal Nu Shaak (Cucumber and Moong Dal)</title><summary type='text'>Couple weekends ago, we had gone to Costco to buy some grapes. We're trying to eat healthy food. While there, I also decided to buy some cucumbers and tomatoes. We're on a big sandwich kick these days so I figured we'd use them all.. Well, that didn't happen. So I needed to figure out what I was going to do with these cucumbers that I had. Growing up, my mom often made "Dudhi mag ni dal" (Bottle </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/6727758365321066699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=6727758365321066699' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/6727758365321066699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/6727758365321066699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2009/07/kakdi-mag-ni-dal-nu-shaak-cucumber-and.html' title='Kakdi Mag Ni Dal Nu Shaak (Cucumber and Moong Dal)'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/SmDzfxQ5hBI/AAAAAAAAEg0/5k6F0Yj9WSU/s72-c/IMG_1581.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-3468071231605184074</id><published>2009-07-09T16:34:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T08:35:05.788-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Two Dreams, Two Hearts, Joined Together in Friendship and Love.....</title><summary type='text'>Here are the wedding photos... May 26th, 2009 - Lagna Geet Na Hindola (Wedding Songs while pampering Tanvi) This is a non-traditional event which was held at my aunt's home.. She decorated the swing that she has in her living room with flowers for me to sit on. And, then people sang songs for me and fed me sweets. HindolaJune 1st, 2009 - Tanvi's Mehendi (Bridal Henna) This was at our home. Took </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/3468071231605184074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=3468071231605184074' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/3468071231605184074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/3468071231605184074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2009/07/two-dreams-two-hearts-joined-together.html' title='Two Dreams, Two Hearts, Joined Together in Friendship and Love.....'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/SlYUM3AkrPE/AAAAAAAAEVY/EJuVh53397Q/s72-c/Hindola.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-9097585075087167463</id><published>2009-03-26T10:03:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-26T13:18:38.706-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm Back .....</title><summary type='text'>I'm back after this long hiatus.. Hope you all haven't given up on me.. I promise to do better.. So, lets see.. Here is what has been going on in my life.. Wedding - Its only 69 days to our wedding now. There is so much still left to be done and most of it won't even start till I get to India.. Hope I can get everything done in month.. Can't beleive that in 69 days, ther'll be someone whom I'm </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/9097585075087167463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=9097585075087167463' title='30 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/9097585075087167463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/9097585075087167463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2009/03/im-back.html' title='I&apos;m Back .....'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/ScuUFKaA38I/AAAAAAAAA70/vluebpmUKaQ/s72-c/IMG_0556.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>30</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-4862673998224694197</id><published>2008-08-02T10:43:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-11T16:48:35.720-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Where did july go?</title><summary type='text'>I can't believe its already almost the middle of August. July just flew by. These days, it feels like there is always something or other going on over the weekends.. If its not meeting with my friends or family, then its meeting with Sapan's. OK! So, I'm not really complaining, but, just saying!! Some of the things we did in July.. 1. Get engaged2. Sapan started playing soccer with his buddies, I</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/4862673998224694197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=4862673998224694197' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/4862673998224694197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/4862673998224694197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2008/08/where-did-july-go.html' title='Where did july go?'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/SKClg8AFdcI/AAAAAAAAAis/lZ-BhGj5Irk/s72-c/IMG_0408.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-4161874306010210641</id><published>2008-07-16T10:50:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:31:56.591-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Breakfast'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>Omlette - A satisfying brunch dish for Mein, Meri Patni Aur Woh!</title><summary type='text'>Mein - Ofcourse Me.. Meri Patni - Sital - As most of you readers know, my friend Sital is staying with for a few months.. Her husband works in New Jersey, so for the time being I am her husband.. I tell her that she looks pretty and sometimes I tell her that she looks fat, but then I have to add that she does have that pregnancy glow that everyone talks about :-) .. Woh - Sapan - Last weekend, I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/4161874306010210641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=4161874306010210641' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/4161874306010210641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/4161874306010210641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2008/07/omlette-satisfying-brunch-dish-for-mein.html' title='Omlette - A satisfying brunch dish for Mein, Meri Patni Aur Woh!'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/SH4yqCIV34I/AAAAAAAAAhE/s7Sq51PyEEc/s72-c/IMG_0310.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-4524280849024946547</id><published>2008-07-08T10:23:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:31:57.036-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='maine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='engagement'/><title type='text'>Question - Mujhse Shaadi Karogi? Answer - YES! [Outcome - We're Engaged!!]</title><summary type='text'>Prologue:On Friday June 27th Sapan said to me, lets go to Barmakian Jewellers in Natick to see what kind of rings they have. Its always good to shop around. We decided that we would go on Saturday.. For some reason (Oh, I think its because we went to see the Sex and the City movie) we ended up not going to the jewellers. And, then the rest of the week went by quite quickly as well. On Thursday </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/4524280849024946547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=4524280849024946547' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/4524280849024946547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/4524280849024946547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2008/07/question-mujhse-shaadi-karogi-answer.html' title='Question - Mujhse Shaadi Karogi? Answer - YES! [Outcome - We&apos;re Engaged!!]'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/SHN5atEiwCI/AAAAAAAAAes/7ILP-YF0WmM/s72-c/IMG_0374.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-5390525098635999069</id><published>2008-06-30T17:24:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:31:57.103-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dinner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mexican'/><title type='text'>Medhakaki's Mexican Rice - Dish 2 of the Mexican Dinner</title><summary type='text'>Like I said in my   Enchiladas ...   post, Dhrumil's parents and sister had come over for dinner. We planned a mexican menu and this is the second dish from that dinner. Now, I had been planning on making this mexican rice for couple years now and just never got around to doing it. The first time I had Medhakaki's mexican rice was the in the first week of my coming to the US in 1996. She had made</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/5390525098635999069/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=5390525098635999069' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/5390525098635999069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/5390525098635999069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2008/06/medhakakis-mexican-rice-dish-2-of.html' title='Medhakaki&apos;s Mexican Rice - Dish 2 of the Mexican Dinner'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/SGl5qXAj84I/AAAAAAAAAdE/KALPM0VsAkE/s72-c/images.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-2018697426433765971</id><published>2008-06-20T13:25:00.011-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:31:57.380-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dinner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mexican'/><title type='text'>Enchiladas with Sital's Special Sauce --- Dish 1 of the Mexican Dinner</title><summary type='text'>We (my mom - who is visiting me and I) had invited Dhrumil's parents and sister, who are visiting from India over for dinner yesterday. My mom was suggesting Indian food cos, she wasn't sure if they would like any other cuisines.. Normally, I would be up for that, but I've had too much Indian food last week, so, I wanted to cook something else.. Now, the closest thing (in my mind) that comes to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/2018697426433765971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=2018697426433765971' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/2018697426433765971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/2018697426433765971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2008/06/enchiladas-with-sitals-special-sauce.html' title='Enchiladas with Sital&apos;s Special Sauce --- Dish 1 of the Mexican Dinner'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/SFv0pg748kI/AAAAAAAAAcE/k0QcL32zxuM/s72-c/enchilada_assembly.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-6836726764421677805</id><published>2008-06-12T12:38:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:31:58.370-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weekend'/><title type='text'>At day at the beach..</title><summary type='text'>Past couple times that my mom visited Boston, she mentioned that she had never been to Cape Cod so, this time around, I figured I shoud take her there... And then this past week, Sapan's sister (Shruti) and brother-in-law (Neelesh) were visiting so, we wanted to have a nice family outing. Also, Shivani and Dhrumil had also been trying to plan a cape trip for a while. The weather report said it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/6836726764421677805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=6836726764421677805' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/6836726764421677805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/6836726764421677805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2008/06/at-day-at-beach.html' title='At day at the beach..'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/SFFX_ApzKCI/AAAAAAAAAac/1b1GP6g7ovw/s72-c/IMG_0321.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-7153072073980887538</id><published>2008-06-09T15:28:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-09T16:01:49.525-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lunch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gujarati Cuisine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Snacks'/><title type='text'>Sabudana - Ni - Khichadi --- Its really not as hard as it looks!</title><summary type='text'>In my previous entry  Whats Been Going On In My Life , I had promised to write about the sabudana ni khichadi. So, over this past Memorial Day weekend, my gradmother had come over for a visit.. We've had a tradition of her teaching me something new to cook everytime she comes over.. This time, it was Sheera, Gol Papdi and Sabudana Ni Khichadi. Sabudana are also known as   Pearl Sago  and are used</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/7153072073980887538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=7153072073980887538' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/7153072073980887538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/7153072073980887538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2008/06/sabudana-ni-khichadi-its-really-not-as.html' title='Sabudana - Ni - Khichadi --- Its really not as hard as it looks!'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-4541587964089162237</id><published>2008-06-03T11:38:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:31:58.494-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Whats been going on in my life....</title><summary type='text'>1. Sapan and I are back together and will be getting married at some point in May 2009.. Stay tuned for updates2. Have way too much work to do3. Learned how to make Gol Papdi, Sheera and   Sabudana-ni-khichdi  . Stay tuned for recipes and pics..</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/4541587964089162237/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=4541587964089162237' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/4541587964089162237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/4541587964089162237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2008/06/whats-been-going-on-in-my-life.html' title='Whats been going on in my life....'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/SEVlsYuBTtI/AAAAAAAAAZM/JveEc8xxmkQ/s72-c/tanvi_sapan.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-4587937523685191800</id><published>2008-05-22T12:49:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:31:58.687-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Movies'/><title type='text'>Girls Evening Out!!</title><summary type='text'>Had dinner with Sital and Deepa last night at   Margaritas   in Waltham.. It was so nice seeing Deepa after a long time.. We talked about this and that and everything under the sun.. We also blew off a little steam and ranted for a while and relaxed! It was great.. And, I was finally able tell Deepa that Sital is pregnant!Makes me realize that we need to do this more often.. Lets hope we can all </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/4587937523685191800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=4587937523685191800' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/4587937523685191800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/4587937523685191800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2008/05/girls-evening-out.html' title='Girls Evening Out!!'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/SDXdotPHSEI/AAAAAAAAAYs/gSYHQ73X_5E/s72-c/IMG_0306.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-2558063405955545482</id><published>2008-04-22T17:07:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:31:58.810-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dinner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pasta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>Spaghetti - A justification for having Wine on mondays!</title><summary type='text'>We had some sort of a power surge/failure in my office yesterday, so, I decided to pack up and work from home the rest of the day.. Now, leaving home around 6ish is a pretty rare thing for me.. So, I felt like going home and relaxing for a bit and having some Wine.. And, seeing as it was just Monday (a long way from the weekend, which usually seems to be a good time for alcohol), I felt I need to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/2558063405955545482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=2558063405955545482' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/2558063405955545482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/2558063405955545482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2008/04/spaghetti-justification-for-having-wine.html' title='Spaghetti - A justification for having Wine on mondays!'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/SA5YbuI-iKI/AAAAAAAAAVY/tcsmJeXwnbQ/s72-c/IMG_0125.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-8680693879293381316</id><published>2008-04-08T20:50:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-08T21:02:53.905-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How much is too much money to spend on dinner?</title><summary type='text'>I say, anything over $25 is starting to be an expensive dinner and that includes drinks.. I was watching Phantom Gourmet the other day on TV.. I watch this show to learn about the different restaurants in area.. They had a segment going on "New and Hip" restaurants in Boston and at one point said.. "Drinks for around $10 and Entrees for less than $20, can you beat that deal.. "  Now come on, is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/8680693879293381316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=8680693879293381316' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/8680693879293381316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/8680693879293381316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-much-is-too-much-money-to-spend-on.html' title='How much is too much money to spend on dinner?'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-6670168482122402722</id><published>2008-03-19T18:22:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-22T17:45:50.413-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dips'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Snacks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mexican'/><title type='text'>Guacamole - Raja's recipe</title><summary type='text'>When I was in in california over the winter break, Raja made his signature Guacamole a few times and it was very very yummy.. And, then a few weeks ago, I came to know of Jacquelyn's obsession with avocados.. So, the other day, I brought home some avacados and the necessary supplies for guacamole and decided to give Raja's recipe a try.. It ofcourse wasn't as good as how he makes it, but, I think</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/6670168482122402722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=6670168482122402722' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/6670168482122402722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/6670168482122402722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2008/03/guacamole-rajas-recipe.html' title='Guacamole - Raja&apos;s recipe'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-6752366378527483415</id><published>2008-03-13T00:18:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:31:58.983-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Movies'/><title type='text'>Om Shanti Om</title><summary type='text'>Ok.. So, I watched this movie the other day.. And I must say, it was entertaining.. I definitely wouldn't say it was a good movie, but, I really haven't had this much fun watching a hindi movie. A lot of Hindi movies that I have watched these days have been the ones with a "message" .. This one reminded me of those good old moives, where you could leave your brains at home and go and be just </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/6752366378527483415/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=6752366378527483415' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/6752366378527483415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/6752366378527483415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2008/03/om-shanti-om.html' title='Om Shanti Om'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/R9isWCYoMzI/AAAAAAAAAQg/dDYliH4bHek/s72-c/310200895356PM.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-7127519013286699982</id><published>2008-02-18T20:24:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-24T15:48:34.680-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><title type='text'>My broken foot has taught me.......</title><summary type='text'>1. My brother Raja is absolutely amazing.. He took me to the Grammys, inspite of my foot.. Hung out with me, carried my crutches, held my hand, stood in line at the after party for food and drinks and didn't make me feel like I was spoiling his fun.. Thanks! 2. Its really really realy good to have doctors in the family.. The day I broke my foot, I was in Bombay and were thankfully in Deepakmama's</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/7127519013286699982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=7127519013286699982' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/7127519013286699982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/7127519013286699982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2008/02/my-broken-foot-has-taught-me.html' title='My broken foot has taught me.......'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-33848855237607007</id><published>2008-01-26T09:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-24T15:48:34.681-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><title type='text'>Chilling with cousins!!!</title><summary type='text'>So, here I am in Mumbai at Bhanumasi's house, immobilized because I fractured my foot yesterday.. Yeah, it is a silly story.. I twisted my ankle walking down a step, and apparently, I'm sooooooo heavy that I actually broke the fifth metatarsal of my right foot.. Now, breaking the right foot is a big pain, cos, now I can't drive.. oh well, we'll figure something out.. I was supposed to leave for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/33848855237607007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=33848855237607007' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/33848855237607007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/33848855237607007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2008/01/chilling-with-cousins.html' title='Chilling with cousins!!!'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-3218185132237419028</id><published>2007-11-26T15:14:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:31:59.741-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dinner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lunch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Biryani'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>Vegetable Biryani - Oh the possibilities</title><summary type='text'>The wonderful thing about this dish to me is that I can make it with whatever vegetables I have on hand. Now, there is probably some official way to make it, but, I will tell you about my way.. Now, I often don't keep a lot of vegetables in the house. I don't end up cooking a lot and things tend to go bad, even if they are in the fridge ;-).. So, on a cold saturday afternoon, (the temperature was</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/3218185132237419028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=3218185132237419028' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/3218185132237419028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/3218185132237419028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/11/vegetable-biryani-oh-possibilities.html' title='Vegetable Biryani - Oh the possibilities'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/R0syxTd9SWI/AAAAAAAAAME/JFy8KTXhPX8/s72-c/IMG_5970.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-1622522294960200792</id><published>2007-10-29T01:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:31:59.847-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Boston Red Sox - 2007 World Series Champs!!!!!</title><summary type='text'>OMG!! OMG!! OMG!!! They are the world series champs again.. And what an awesome game it was.. Its amazing that all 4 starting pitchers got the win in their games! OK.. there is sooooooooo much to write, and I'm way too excited right now.. I think I'll write some more later in the week..Can't wait to go to the parade.. Hope its on the weekend.......</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/1622522294960200792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=1622522294960200792' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/1622522294960200792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/1622522294960200792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/10/boston-red-sox-2007-world-series-champs.html' title='Boston Red Sox - 2007 World Series Champs!!!!!'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/RyVqZMG5OaI/AAAAAAAAAKc/_h7q3zokTOA/s72-c/ws1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-5427989624580140035</id><published>2007-09-24T22:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:32:00.003-05:00</updated><title type='text'>BBN Fest Poster</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/5427989624580140035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=5427989624580140035' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/5427989624580140035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/5427989624580140035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/09/bbn-fest-poster.html' title='BBN Fest Poster'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/RziqLYSOIEI/AAAAAAAAALE/mt8elU0BKF4/s72-c/bbn_fest_final_test.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-9110095429876061632</id><published>2007-09-23T22:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:32:00.072-05:00</updated><title type='text'>BBNFest Schedule</title><summary type='text'>When - Thursday, Sept. 27th 2007Where - BBN CafeteriaTime - 5:00 pm</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/9110095429876061632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=9110095429876061632' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/9110095429876061632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/9110095429876061632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/09/bbnfest-schedule.html' title='BBNFest Schedule'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/RvcgtN9BkCI/AAAAAAAAAJc/vRHebUQoaOc/s72-c/Talentshow.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-8018248195534765230</id><published>2007-09-10T13:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-10T13:25:26.635-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What has been going on in my world...</title><summary type='text'>1. Too much work2. Too many telecons3. Talent Show practice4. Roommates moving in5. Thinking about a new car</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/8018248195534765230/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=8018248195534765230' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/8018248195534765230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/8018248195534765230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-has-been-going-on-in-my-world.html' title='What has been going on in my world...'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-7507212526479474540</id><published>2007-08-21T11:49:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:32:00.194-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Snacks'/><title type='text'>Batata Poha - An Easy Emergency Snack</title><summary type='text'>This past saturday, Shivani, Dhrumil and little Viraj came over to my place. Initially I was thinking, that we would go out shopping for stuff for them and then just eat out. So, I hadn't planned on making anything at home. When I said this to my mom, she suggested that I make some Batata Poha just as a snack, so that there would be somethng for them to eat. At first, it seemed like too much work</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/7507212526479474540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=7507212526479474540' title='65 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/7507212526479474540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/7507212526479474540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/08/batata-poha-easy-emergency-snack.html' title='Batata Poha - An Easy Emergency Snack'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/RssSJvoVzJI/AAAAAAAAAIM/Jnn3TfwiZEI/s72-c/IMG_5924.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>65</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-4223770859478128712</id><published>2007-07-30T15:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-30T15:23:48.444-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>Basbousa</title><summary type='text'>Last saturday, I had this craving for dessert and I wasn't sure what I wanted.. I knew that I didn't want ice cream. First we decided to go to L.A.Burdicks, but, it was closed. So, we ended up going to Algiers Cafe in Harvard Square. There I had this wonderful sweet semolina cake called Basbousa.. Oh it was just heavenly, with the honey and syrup. Very very sweet, but, amazing. I think I have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/4223770859478128712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=4223770859478128712' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/4223770859478128712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/4223770859478128712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/07/basbousa.html' title='Basbousa'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-5767172145879022503</id><published>2007-07-11T11:31:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:32:00.532-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sports'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baseball'/><title type='text'>AL wins the MLB All Star Game</title><summary type='text'>After the nerve racking 9th inning the American League won the 2007 MLB All Star Game yesterday (5-4). This is the 10th year in row that AL has won the game. This is definitely good news for the RedSox if they do make it to the world series, cos they get the homefield advantage. And Ichiro with his inside the park home run rightfully deserved the MVP award. This was the first All Star Game with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/5767172145879022503/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=5767172145879022503' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/5767172145879022503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/5767172145879022503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/07/al-wins-mlb-all-star-game.html' title='AL wins the MLB All Star Game'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/RpUkHkOXwfI/AAAAAAAAAHI/fd8zmIqgaXo/s72-c/all.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-6417359177258064597</id><published>2007-07-06T11:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:32:01.526-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Snacks'/><title type='text'>Sev Batata Puri  (SBP) - A reason to go to the gym</title><summary type='text'>There are some foods, whose mere thought makes my mouth water. Sev Batata Puri (SBP) is one of those things. Even now, as, I write this blog, I'm thinking of the awesome taste of this dish. Yesterday evening as I was thinking about what to have for dinner, I remembered that a couple weeks ago, I had bought some puris from New Apna Bazar, an indian store in Waltham,MA. So, I decided that I was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/6417359177258064597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=6417359177258064597' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/6417359177258064597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/6417359177258064597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/07/sev-batata-puri-sbp-reason-to-go-to-gym.html' title='Sev Batata Puri  (SBP) - A reason to go to the gym'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Ro5mpEOXwVI/AAAAAAAAAF0/LUOvhYd3Z-c/s72-c/SBP_Final.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-5413295596974518292</id><published>2007-07-02T11:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-02T12:04:28.931-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Stay Tuned</title><summary type='text'>I know I haven't blogged for a while now.. I need to write about my Puerto Rico trip and my CA trip.. Both of which were lots and lots of fun. I'm just waiting to collect all the pictures so, I can post a nice visual blog. Please stay tuned.Meanwhile, the Red-Sox need to start winning again. Ortiz and Manny need to start getting their bats clicking.What is up with this weather? Its 65 degrees in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/5413295596974518292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=5413295596974518292' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/5413295596974518292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/5413295596974518292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/07/stay-tuned.html' title='Stay Tuned'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-7134914961285186834</id><published>2007-06-05T11:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:32:02.597-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gujarati Cuisine'/><title type='text'>Panki (Rice Flour Pancake)</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday evening, as I wrapping up work and thinking about what to have for dinner, I had this sudden craving for Panki. Panki as my mom makes it is this savory rice flour pancake with lots of pepper. So, I promptly called my mom and got the recipe, got home and tried making it. It was actually pretty yummy!! Here is the recipe.. Ingredients:1   Cup Rice Flour 1   Cup Yogurt2   Tsp Salt1   Tsp </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/7134914961285186834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=7134914961285186834' title='36 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/7134914961285186834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/7134914961285186834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/06/panki-rice-flour-pancake.html' title='Panki (Rice Flour Pancake)'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/RmWGCDrucqI/AAAAAAAAAEM/9OukEEffg58/s72-c/Panki_Ingredients.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>36</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-5453735721139974517</id><published>2007-06-04T12:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:32:02.788-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weekend'/><title type='text'>Weekend Update</title><summary type='text'>This was the first weekend in a long time that I didn't even have to THINK about work.. Friday - Watched a tamil movie Nayakan.. Was good, people say its the Indian equivalent of Godfather, Kamal Hassan's acting is amazing as usual. A recent movie that you could compare it to is Sanjay Datt's VaastavSaturday - Went to the mall looking for inspiration to buy something, but, everything out is all </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/5453735721139974517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=5453735721139974517' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/5453735721139974517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/5453735721139974517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/06/weekend-update.html' title='Weekend Update'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/RmSFIr6vJ8I/AAAAAAAAADk/nXZs4p9zgdk/s72-c/bike4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-7037593445258575548</id><published>2007-05-21T00:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-21T00:27:36.810-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tolerance</title><summary type='text'>Today as I was walking to Harvard Square from home, listening to my i-pod (the one that raja gave me as my graduation gift last year), I realized that I was singing along quite loudly. Now, everyone knows that I can't carry a tune. So, when I realized that I was being loud, I looked around quite embarrased, hoping that no one had seen me, thankfully I didn't recognize anyone in my vicinity .. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/7037593445258575548/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=7037593445258575548' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/7037593445258575548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/7037593445258575548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/05/tolerance.html' title='Tolerance'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-8654680879485608888</id><published>2007-05-14T14:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-14T14:09:21.637-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Motivation</title><summary type='text'>What motivates people? Is it the promise of the joy felt when you succeed at something? Is it doing something new? Are people motivated by a deadline / goal? The reason I ask this, is that I've been feeling pretty unmotivated these days.. And, I've been feeling like this for the past month or so.. So much so, that I haven't even calculated the expenses from my VT trip about a month ago, and I'm </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/8654680879485608888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=8654680879485608888' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/8654680879485608888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/8654680879485608888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/05/motivation.html' title='Motivation'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-9058187741990712890</id><published>2007-04-23T11:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:32:02.896-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What did I do all weekend?</title><summary type='text'> Red Sox 7, Yankees 6A Red Sox fan held up a sign reading "sweep" in Japanese and English. (Reuters Photo)Friday - Watched the Red Sox beat the Yankees. It was a nice come from behind victory for the Sox. This would be considered a good day for the Sox fansSaturday - I was supposed to go shopping for cleaning supplies.. But, it was too good a day to be wasted inside a store, so I decided to go to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/9058187741990712890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=9058187741990712890' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/9058187741990712890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/9058187741990712890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/04/what-did-i-do-all-weekend.html' title='What did I do all weekend?'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/RizavvjGdyI/AAAAAAAAADQ/7iMs9ZY5iIU/s72-c/untitled.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-3041300193192686711</id><published>2007-04-17T10:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:32:03.174-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Birthday Weekend</title><summary type='text'>I spent my birthday in Waterbury, VT with two of my friends Prithwish and Arun. Click Here to check out the pictures from the trip.Day 1, Fri Apr. 13th - The weekend started on Friday evening. We finally got out of Boston around 7ish and started driving north towards Vermont. Fortunately there was no traffic. Once we were in NH, Prithwish took over driving. This is the first time that Prithwish </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/3041300193192686711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=3041300193192686711' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/3041300193192686711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/3041300193192686711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/04/birthday-weekend-day-1.html' title='Birthday Weekend'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/RiTnPP4Z7DI/AAAAAAAAAC4/9ZddfRfVoV8/s72-c/IMG_5507.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-4998120020094615685</id><published>2007-04-13T13:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-13T13:44:19.037-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Off to Vermont</title><summary type='text'>This will be my first *don't have anything planned to do* vacation trip to a destination that I have already been to.. Its been snowing in Vermont, so, we might get to go skiiing.. Can't wait..</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/4998120020094615685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=4998120020094615685' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/4998120020094615685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/4998120020094615685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/04/off-to-vermont.html' title='Off to Vermont'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-6839261686176118660</id><published>2007-03-28T12:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-28T12:18:44.617-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Taxes</title><summary type='text'>All done filing the returns!! Yea!! I used TaxActOnline for the federal taxes and then filled out the MA tax forms. They can be downloaded from MaTaxFormsLooking forward to spending the return money!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/6839261686176118660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=6839261686176118660' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/6839261686176118660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/6839261686176118660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/03/taxes.html' title='Taxes'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-6461733339916382830</id><published>2007-03-22T00:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T00:45:11.656-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Who teaches you faith and religion?</title><summary type='text'>I was having a discussion with my friend Arun who believes that faith and religion is something that the society teaches you. I kinda disagree with it. I believe that though the society has an influence over your life, faith and religion is something that your parents teach you. I feel like the faith that has been instilled in me about God, is something that my mom is responsible for. Oh, those </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/6461733339916382830/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=6461733339916382830' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/6461733339916382830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/6461733339916382830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/03/who-teaches-you-faith-and-religion.html' title='Who teaches you faith and religion?'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-8949573506857806298</id><published>2007-03-21T03:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-21T03:18:32.768-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Where to go for my birthday weekend?</title><summary type='text'>I am thinking someplace nice and warm...Options are..1. Corpus Christi, TX -- Why TX you ask?, Its one of the states I've never visited2. Myrtle Beach, SC -- SC , also another state I haven't been to.. Maybe you see a pattern here.3. Puerto Rico -- Only because, Non US Citizens don't need a visa to visit4. NYC -- See a Broadway Play..I've been to Miami and San Diego, and don't want to go there </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/8949573506857806298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=8949573506857806298' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/8949573506857806298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/8949573506857806298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/03/where-to-go-for-my-birthday-weekend.html' title='Where to go for my birthday weekend?'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-7201435649169638252</id><published>2007-03-21T01:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:32:03.319-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hong Kong and Beijing</title><summary type='text'>Last year (March '06) my brother, Jay (or Raja as we call him..) was taking a class at Stanford that involved a trip to HongKong.. Not wanting to be left behind, I tagged along as well.. Here is what I thought of the trip.. Hong Kong feels like a nice "asian - british" city.. Feels very much like Bombay only way more advanced and clean.. Its very "Hi-Tech".. Their subway system is amazingly well </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/7201435649169638252/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=7201435649169638252' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/7201435649169638252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/7201435649169638252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/03/hong-kong-and-beijing.html' title='Hong Kong and Beijing'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/RgDIMFaIqPI/AAAAAAAAACg/mYc4dBSolSQ/s72-c/HK_Beijing_2006_Raja+229.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548292793486257898.post-4733396496690903983</id><published>2007-03-20T15:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:32:03.547-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Business Trips</title><summary type='text'>What is the optimal duration for a business trip? I think 1 day is too short and 1 month is too long..I just got back from a month and half long, way too hectic, work 20 hours a day, trip.. We were working at the Keyport, WA division of NUWC.The area was very picturesque.. I had a nice beach view out of my hotel room. I ate out every day on an expense account, and missed the snow storm here. I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/feeds/4733396496690903983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8548292793486257898&amp;postID=4733396496690903983' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/4733396496690903983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548292793486257898/posts/default/4733396496690903983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tanviakkad.blogspot.com/2007/03/business-trips.html' title='Business Trips'/><author><name>Tanvi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08202157575656428123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/Sltgw118gvI/AAAAAAAAEeI/Jb4Xweh_VT8/S220/DSC_0123.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ULin5x7qJuM/RgDJNFaIqRI/AAAAAAAAACw/ip1LnPomdwk/s72-c/IMG_5386.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
