Deepta And Rajiv

Mid Summer’s Night Dream…

Hi everyone.  Once again, its been much to far and few between since the last time we blogged, but we’ve been busy making the most of the summertime with traveling, barbequeing, seeing friends and family and enjoying the couple of rare heatwaves we’ve had through the ubiquitous SF fog.  We also moved into a new apartment :) 

We rounded up the month of May with a surprise trip for Rajiv’s 27th birthday to Vegas!!  It was a complete surprise to him, and I did a great job, if I have to say so myself.  We celebrated with friends the night before (perhaps a little TOO much celebrating) and headed off in the morning to Vegas! We stayed at the Palazzo, the new sister hotel attached to the Venetian, which was fabulous.  Having stayed at both, I definitely think Palazzo is my new favorite hotel on the strip as far as amenities go—I mean, the blinds on the windows were remote control!  We ate at some of our faves including the Wynn buffet, Todd English’s Olives and our NY favorite, Dos Caminos.  We gambled (won big at CASINO ROYALE of all places) and saw “O”, the Cirque du Soleil show made of water!  If you guys haven’t seen it, it is truly a  must see.

Aside from Vegas, we also made a trip to Tahoe over the 4th of July.  It was Rajiv’s first trip there and I hadn’t been there in a long while.  We stayed at Plump Jack Inn, owned by the Newsom Family Restaurant group who also owns Jack Falstaff here in the city.  Absolutely gorgeous, right at the foot of Squaw peak.  We rafted, biked, hiked and jet skiied.  Another highlight was meeting the wine makers at Crinella Vineyards located in the Russian River Valley.  Ramona, the owner, send us a couple glasses of their wine and we were immediate fans!

The other major thing we’ve done is move out of our old apartment :(  We absolutely loved our apt (especially our view!) at Avalon Mission Bay, but they increased the rent and we needed more space (for all our junk!) so we made the move—about 2 blocks down from there.  It was hard saying goodbye to our old apartment—it will always have a special place in our hearts as our FIRST apartment together after getting married.  But…we LOVE our new apartment.  Very different—its a 3 story loft with TONS of room and light, albeit no view.  Best of all, my friend Jena from work lives across the hall and we walk to and from work together.  Still getting things together as far as organizing, but I know it will look great once we finish putting everything in place (including our ikea furniture….anyone handy with a hammer?). 

It’s a little bit sad to know that July is almost coming to an end and we’re hitting August, but we do have one major milestone to look forward to—our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY? I can’t believe it.  We are going to Cabo San Lucas to celebrate.

Anyway, will post some pictures of summer shortly but hope everyone is making the most of good weather, food and fun!! 

Springtime

Hi everyone! It’s been a while since we last posted because we’ve been up to a lot!  Since our last post, we watched Mary get married in NY, started our dining club and most recently found a new apartment!!!!!  Let’s start off with Mary’s wedding.  First, it was an awesome reunion with all my NY friends and especially great to hang out with our good friend Katie who is London calling! We are so happy for her, she has been wanting to go to London for a while and she’s moving in about a month!  Can’t wait to go visit her.  Mary’s wedding was beautiful (especially since I was not the one getting married….in a good way!) It was great just being a guest, sitting back and relaxing.  Some highlights include some run ins with some real life wedding crashers and Gerard jumping on staged at the end singing along to some Guns N Roses classics (for anyone who knows them both, you will understand why that HAD to be a part of their wedding).  We spent the rest of the weekend with Rajiv’s parents, doing a hike in Long Island and eating hibachi.  After we came back, we started dinner club with Victor and Tracie at Jardieniere where Tracie works and had one of the best meals we’ve had in our lives—which is good considering the bill we got later :) Most exciting of all, we secured an apartment for when our lease is over in June! Moving is always a pain but we are SO EXCITED about our new place.  It’s just a couple blocks down from where we live, and its a two bedroom, 3 bathroom loft—with a fireplace!!  Best of all— we are living across the hall from JENA!!!! In the meantime, we are trying to enjoy all our Avalon perks while we still can, including having my fam over for dinner on Saturday (we’ll see how the food prep goes for that, its quite an undertaking!) and having a potluck bbq in a few weeks. - Deepta