Posted in Entertainment, Friends, tagged Entertainment, Fireworks, Fourth of July on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For the 4th of July festivities, we went to Tustin High School. In order to get parking and field level seating, we got there around 6:30. We had Subway sandwiches for dinner along with crackers, hummus and white peach sangria. Thanks to Bobby Flay for the sangria recipe!
About an hour before the fireworks started, the [...]
Posted in Friends, Vacation, tagged hiking, Subway, Vacation, Zion on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On the second day of our Zion trip, Doug, Denis and I took a hike along the lower Subway route. This is about a 10 mile hike that took us a little over 7 hours round trip with a lot of climbing in and out of the canyon.
Here we are at the start of [...]
Posted in Friends, tagged Charity, Dinner, Friends on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, Anjali and I attended a black tie charity dinner for the Roosters Foundation. This is a non-profit serving the needs of children’s charities in Orange County.
Our good friend Mohan sponsored a table and we all got to enjoy a night out and a fabulous dinner cooked specially for our table from [...]
Posted in Friends, tagged Friends, Vacation on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Anjali’s friend Vaishali, from college came from the east coast to visit California. They started in San Diego and as they were passing thru to LA and eventually San Francisco, they stopped by to visit.
Vaishali, Shahid and their baby daughter Aleena and a couple of their friends stayed for one night.
The baby on the [...]
Posted in Friends, tagged Family, Friends, New Year's, party on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We went to the King’s for New Year’s Eve. The kids all stayed up till midnight and toasted champagne (or apple cider).
(click on the pic to see the whole thing)
At midnight they went out and banged on some pots and pans to bring in the new year and wake up all the neighbors!
Posted in Friends, tagged Christmas, Friends, Gifts, Holiday, Life, party on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We had our annual gift exchange this Sunday in our neighborhood. Here are some pictures from the afternoon party!
Here is Miss Annika with her friend Emma.
Here are Vikram and Nikhil with their friends Jordan and Andrew proudly displaying their gift cards to Target!
Here is the whole gang of kids!
Last but not least, here I [...]
Posted in Events, Friends, tagged Diwali, Family, Friends, Holiday, party on November 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We had a little Diwali dinner on Friday night complete with fireworks for the kids.
Posted in Friends, tagged Friends on August 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On Sunday evening the Aithals came over for dinner. You can see Asit’s post here along with a small video.
We made homemade pizza and had White Peach sangria for dinner.
Posted in Beach, Friends, Kids, tagged Beach, Friends, Kids on July 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This week, Anjali took the kids to Newport Beach for the day. They went with their friends, Zach, Belle, Sam, Brandon, Ryan, Andrew and Adam.
The beach is about 20 minutes from our house and the waves are perfect for their favorite activity “Boogey boarding”. This is almost like surfing except with a foam [...]
Posted in Friends, School on July 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, Anjali and I went to Ayushee’s graduation from Oxford Academy. She graduated with distinction and received several scholarships to the school of her choice, the USC Medical Program.
After the graduation ceremonies, we went to The Melting Pot for dinner.
Congratulations to Ayushee!
Posted in Friends, Kids, tagged dogs, Kids, pets on June 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend we went to a puppy birthday party for one of Annika’s friends. There were 8 puppies and about 20 little girls. Annika had a great time and wanted to bring one of the puppies home.
My College Roommate Nabby
Posted in Commentary, Friends, Random, tagged business, CNBC, MEMC Electronics, Nabeel Gareeb, Random, WFR on February 21, 2008 | 19 Comments »
I was watching TV this morning and saw my old college roommate Nabeel Gareeb on CNBC. He is now the CEO of MEMC Electronics which is a $2B manufacturer of wafers.
Check out his interview below.
http://www.cnbc.com
When the rest of us were in college partying, he was up studying or working. His only vices were cars [...]
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