Valley of Flowers in South India.. !!

Kaas Valley in Maharashtra is famous as the valley of flowers down south..

Here is a short snippet

Crystal Cove beach state park

Close to LA enroute to San diego -

http://www.crystalcovebeachcottages.org/

A very good site from Chinmaya Mission on Child upbringing, tradition, culture , sanskrit etc..

http://cmtots.blogspot.com/

Orchid farms'!!!!

I didn't know that Santa Barbara was famous for Orchid farms
Since I stay close by I'm going to visit one of these :)
check out Gallup and Stribling Orchids at calorchid.com

Joshua Tree National Monument

Joshua Tree..

Olive Garden Minestrone soup

Who doesnt like the yummy Minestrone soup served at Olive Garden.?

Here are the 3 best links for the recipe -

Best One

Second Best One- I liked the part about adding red wine to taste.

Wine Tasting

Its my Dream to do wine tasting.. Any pickers around LA.?

Point Reyes Seashore - for Solitude

Limantour Beach near Point Reyes Seashore is known for its Solitude..

Check out more details here

Some of the best sunset in the world.. right here near our home..!

Sunset magazine described the sunset at El Matador Beach near Malibu some of the best for sunset...

One more addition to a place in and around Los Angeles

The place is called Chatsworth peak. The view of Sen fernando Valley from here is fabulous.

Visit to LA Natural History Museum

This week , it was LA Natural History Museum visit for us.

Its a museum of Animals, American History and Art.

Here are some photos from the museum -

10 fabulous pit stops between Los Angeles and San Francisco

I read this article in Los Angeles times today.
We want to hit all these places ..!!!

http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-topten-20100613,0,2191188.story

Welcome to our Blog

This is our place on the internet.
We will try to capture some of our best moments together, the places we visit, the people we meet and in general our thoughts on some things that interest us.
of course, lots of photos and videos for sure.. :)

Welcome again..!!
Anand, Parimala