SVL 1.4: The Great Outdoors and Indoors

 Posted on July 29, 2015  |  3 minutes  |  626 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

After I wrote to you the previous time, we went out and went to DeeDees, a Gujarati restaurant for dinner. Just near where we parked, I took these pictures. [Read More]
Amici's pizza  Chaathouse  deedees  food  halfmoon bay  learning to drive  lemos farm  Merit Vegetarian Chinese restaurant  minigolf  mountainview  Nirvanah Icecreams  skyline boulevard  swimming  Wholefoods Japanese rolls and Buritos  writing 

SVL 1.3: Independence

 Posted on July 18, 2015  |  8 minutes  |  1576 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

18th July 2014 Dear family and friends 🙂 How are you? I’ve been happy to hear from more of you recently. Life has taken on more of a normal rhythm now that it’s been ~a month since I landed. [Read More]
4th july  american independence  BART  buddha  Buddhist Monastery  carrom  Embarcadero  fireworks  fremont  Germany  hanuman temple  indian food  library  lombard  mount madonna  pav bhaji  pier 39  public transport  san francisco  vietnamese monastery  world cup 

SVL 1.2: Two weeks in the USA

 Posted on July 2, 2015  |  4 minutes  |  836 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

2nd July 2014 Hello everyone, Today I took the drivers’ written test and passed with flying colours. I got all answers correct! I studied hard for the last couple of days although I was preparing using videos even sometime last week. [Read More]
cabrillo highway  california  drivers rules  drivers test  language  letters  letters home  license  rules  sunnyvale  USA 

Sunnyvale Letters (SVL) 1: Wedding and After

 Posted on June 21, 2015  |  18 minutes  |  3816 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

June 21st 2014 Happy Summer Solstice everyone! 🙂 I woke up at 5am because of jetlag and my husband, Santosh, is still sleeping. I’ve been wanting to write every day of the last month but things have been so busy. [Read More]
bangalore  birds  bison  california  chennai  coimbatore  cousins  elephant  emu  family  friends  honeymoon  kalahasti  langoor  letters  masinagudi  ooty  peacock  sunnyvale  tirumala  tirupati  travel  US visa  wedding