October 2011
12 posts
Freddie Mercury To Be Honoured At The 2011 Asian Awards
The Queen star will be given a special Founders Award…
16:46, Friday, 30 September 2011
Paying tribute to Freddie Mercury on what would have been his 65th Birthday this year,The Asian Awards will honour Freddie’s life and outstanding contribution to music on 18th October, at the Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London.
Farrokh Bulsara,...
September 2011
18 posts
visited about 2 months ago on a trip to london...
The British Museum Reading Room was the main reading room of the British Library until 1997. There is a new British Library now, but the Reading Room remains in its original form inside the new British Museum. It was opened to the public in 2000.
india's version of "not my job"
this was from sf chron in sept 2, 2001, over 10...
WHITE ON WHITE: What’s white and white and white all over? Emporio Armani’s two new perfumes — White for him and White for her. The fragrance launch party, hosted at the San Francisco store with Esquire magazine Aug. 21, gave guests the full sensory experience: black and white clothing for the eyes, martinis for the taste buds and scratch-and-sniff cards (white, natch) for guests...
and now u no
Cutis
Meaning: Screw you and your whole family Used in: India, Pakistan
Should you find yourself in India or Pakistan, wishing to insult not just your host but your host’s entire family, look no further than the Cutis gesture. Its origins are unknown, but its effect is swift and severe. Simply make a fist then flick the thumb off the front teeth while exclaiming “cutta!” (“Screw...
went to yesterday .... what a great location and...
ACRE/SF is now open: Acrimony’s newest location. Men’s & women’s progressive fashion set up inside a 94yr old Italian deli. Serving Blue Bottle Coffee and fresh baked pastries alongside housewares and jewelry. Make the hike to the top of the city to enjoy the view, do some shopping and just relax. It’s nice over here. 301 Union Street // San Francisco. Or all day...
i just love this new technology
playing a lot of tennis these days ... so...
”Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain
i was at a dinner 2 years ago where this was...
World’s Biggest Aviary Built So World’s Oldest Religions Can Feed Corpses To Vultures
Updated: Wednesday, 14 Sep 2011, 7:53 AM EDT Published : Wednesday, 14 Sep 2011, 7:53 AM EDT
MUMBAI - The biggest aviary in the world is set to be built in Mumbai so that followers of one of the world’s oldest religions can have their corpses fed to vultures after their deaths.
The...
i now make these blue cheese eggs that r just...
missing mumbai
Britannia Restaurant in Mumbai Serves Up Nostalgia on a Plate
For Nowruz, the Parsi New Year, which this year fell on August 19, a particularly long queue spilled out of Britannia Café’s doors and onto the wide boulevard of Mumbai’s elegant Ballard Estate. A cheery red and white sign offered clues to explain the patience and persistence of the hungry Sunday lunch: “There is no greater love than...
have gone here over the years. soo many falls in a...
Multnomah Falls, Oregon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multnomah_Falls
i visited this when i was in HK for a month in Oct...
Tehran, Iran — A Zoroastrian priest performs a ritual at a fire temple. Zoroastrians are recognized in the Iranian constitution as religious minorities who have their own lawmaker in parliament. Zoroastrianism lost popularity in Iran after Muslim Arabs conquered Persia in the 7th century.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: ASSOCIATED PRESS
Feroze was a fellow Parsi, for the most part...
Speed SlowMediumFastHere’s a look at some of the wedding ceremonies of India’s leading political family - The ‘Gandhis’: Indira fell in love with Feroze Gandhi, who was a student of the London School of Economics, when she was studying at the Oxford. Indira liked Feroze’s openness, sense of humour and self- confidence. The two got married in a Vedic ceremony at the...
how cute is this? for a fellow Parsi / Zoro
just had dinner there tonite w my friend AT
Park Tavern Opens Its Doors In North Beach Today
By Jessica Velez
View SlideshowWant to impress your friends with your intel on just-opened eateries? Look no further than North Beach, a ‘hood that’s recently become ground zero for several brand-new restaurants, not to mention adorable little shops. Naturally, today marks the opening of another lush North Beach haunt, the eagerly...