Lots of random stuff...
It has been a really long time since my last update. I have been meaning to blog for the last few weekends, but never got around to it. Since this is going to be a long post, I will go in partial reverse chronological order.
My summer is progressing well. Less than 2 weeks left for my internship in New York to end. The plan is to return to leave for India on Friday, 12th August. Since we are scheduled to be at work only for half a day on Friday, I can take care of packing and moving.
Last weekend, on Sunday I went with a bunch of friends to a pizza joint Grimaldi's. This is in Brooklyn, under the bridge and many say it is New York's best pizza. The pizza was pretty good. After lunch we went to Brooklyn Ice Cream factory, a ice cream shop located on the waterfront. The place has great views of Manhattan as also good ice cream. The previous day, but for a run by the river side, I lazed around for most part. At night, I went to a bachelor party pre-party of a fellow Tuckie. I then went to a Tuck party and caught up with many classmates.
The last week for most part was pretty tame. Nothing noteworthy except for lots of socializing thanks to parties organized at work. The weekend before that was awesome. On Saturday I went for a swim with friends. Completely exhausted, we made our way to Baluchi's, an Indian restaurant chain. After stuffing myself with good food, I slept through the rest of the day.
The next day, we drove down to the Storm King museum. This is an outdoor sculpture museum near WestPoint in New York. After a brunch in a town near by, we spent most of the day walking around the rolling hills with sculptures made of industrial steel.
The weekend before was really fun too. On Saturday we had a cricket event organized by the alumni association of my college. I was amazed by the number of enthusiastic alumni who are there just in the tri state region. This was an event co-hosted with TiE. Almost 200 people (across age groups) came together for a day of cricket. I played a few games, caught with a lot of friends and had a wonderful time. Later that evening, I went over to the Bridgewater temple. My first visit to a temple in the US. The temple was beautiful. I continue to be impressed at how successfully the diaspora has replicated integral parts of the culture and life in India.
posted by Tagad_Tale @ 7:23 PM
