Selling Souls to Santa

Posted on January 26, 2012 by nadodi

Just saw a hilarious bumper sticker:

Dyslexic devil worshippers
Sell their souls to Santa

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A Few DC Restaurant Concepts & Recommendations

Posted on January 11, 2012 by nadodi
Cholayil Sanjeevanam, Bangalore

Cholayil Sanjeevanam, Bangalore

A cousin recently asked for ideas for restaurant concepts in the Washington, DC area. As you probably are already aware, I am a foodie. Like most foodies worth their salt (pun intended), I occasionally dream of restaurants that I will open one day. However, since the only person who would be the chef (my mom :-) ) is getting old, this is one idea that is destined for the “wishful thinking” folder.

All that said, I did promise an email with a few links to great restaurant concepts that I had come across. Continue reading →

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On Giving

Posted on December 21, 2011 by nadodi

From Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet

Then said a rich man, “Speak to us of Giving.”
And he answered:
You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Continue reading →

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Start on the Way

Posted on December 16, 2011 by nadodi

As you start on the way, the way appears.
When you cease to be, real being comes.

– Jalal ad-Din Rumi

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Mother of Exiles

Posted on October 31, 2011 by nadodi
Statue of Liberty (cc) Wikimedia Commons

Statue of Liberty (cc) Wikimedia Commons

Happy 125th birthday to Lady Liberty.

“The New Colossus” (1883) by Emma Lazarus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Continue reading →

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Hurt & Love

Posted on October 29, 2011 by nadodi

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts,
there can be no more hurt, only more love.

– Mother Teresa

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