SVL 1.7: Mount Madonna, Davenport Beach, San Francisco, Yosemite

 Posted on September 4, 2015  |  16 minutes  |  3381 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

4th September 2014  Hi, Here is the next update about our recent travels and experiences.  This email is long (‘megalang’) and it’s taken me all day to upload and organise the pictures and write it out. [Read More]
adai  alcatraz  barefoot running  bicycle utopia  bikes  birds  Buddhist Monastery  cabrillo highway  california  chutney  conservatory of flowers  Corona  Davenport Beach  deer  Deneb  diner  drought  forest  fox  ghiradelli chocolates  golden gate bridge  golden gate park  half dome peak  hanuman temple  hike  Key Stone  labor day  lake view lodge  lee vining  lembert dome  Lombard street  marin county  may lake  milky way  mono lake  mount madonna  mystery spot  olmstead point  photography  pitcher plants  rain  ranger talk  san francisco  santa cruz  SLR  Small Dipper  squirrels  star gazing  stars  tenaya lake  Thich Nhat Hanh  tioga lake  toulumne meadows  Toulumne Meadows area  trek  US  Vega  venus flytraps  vietnamese monastery  walk  woodpecker  yosemite 

SVL 1.5: A weekend in Michigan

 Posted on August 11, 2015  |  3 minutes  |  464 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

<p> <img class="aligncenter" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=bc3f134ea3&view=att&th=147c738735f746ac&attid=0.3&disp=emb&realattid=ii_hyqcavj23_147c7125b21f0304&zw&atsh=1" alt="" width="342" height="456" /> </div> <p> <img class="aligncenter" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=bc3f134ea3&view=att&th=147c738735f746ac&attid=0.6&disp=emb&realattid=ii_hyqcavdy2_147c7125b21f0304&zw&atsh=1" alt="" width="342" height="456" /> </div> <p> <img class="aligncenter" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=bc3f134ea3&view=att&th=147c738735f746ac&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=ii_hyqcav8a1_147c7125b21f0304&zw&atsh=1" alt="" width="342" height="456" /> </div> </div> <div class="gmail_default"> This was between meeting a group of Santosh&#8217;s friends for Philz coffee and a walk around the Infinite Loop and meeting more of his friends in Zenny, an Ethiopian restaurant in San Jose. [Read More]
ABCD  advaitam  ann arbor  apple headquarters  Apple's Mothership  avatar: the last airbender  bhakti  Bharatnatyam  boating  california  canoe  chinmaya mission  culture  devotion  dvaitam  english  Ethiopian restaurant  faith  Germany  kayak  language  Michigan  Phoenix  raft  regional language  storm  USA  zenny 

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