Oct 24, 2008
HELP! I need your help. Calling all creative types!!! I have become pretty obsessed with these sari borders. They are 9 yards of the most beautiful bead work, and embroidery I’ve ever seen. And you know how I feel about these saris!! I need to buy them…but...
Oct 23, 2008
Tuesday morning Meera took us to Humayun’s Tomb, we got up at the crack of dawn to watch the sun come up! Humayun’s Tomb is a grand mausoleum built for an emperor by his queen. It is said to be the inspiration behind the Taj Mahal. It is one of the first...
Oct 23, 2008
Tim and I are lucky lucky lucky…spoiled rotten! The past three days we’ve been hijacked by not only one, but two sets of family friends in New Delhi. Suresh & Meera, and Jagdish & Asha have invited us into their homes, taken us around Delhi,...
Oct 19, 2008
We survived the 17 hour train ride! I’m worn out. For some reason my left hand got bit by something and is swollen like twice the size of the other one. Tim said if he knew my skin would be reacting to so many things on this trip he would have bought a mesh suit...
Oct 18, 2008
Ok, we’re off to Dehli tonight. We’re taking the 17 hour over night train. We went to buy our train ticket from this office: (looks a little drab right?)The lady who sold us our ticket has a daughter getting her PhD at UT in Austin. Typical right? When we...
Oct 18, 2008
I have a new obsession…a serious girl crush on Indian women. I can’t stop staring, at every single one of them. They are drop dead gorgeous, from Bollywood actress, to the lady feeding the cow, even the beggars are dressed to the nines. Their clothes are...