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For the New Kids on the Bay Area Block

I’ve been in the Bay Area for the past 5 years, and prior to that I moved here from India when I was two, so in sum I’ve lived here a little over 9 years (yes I’m counting childhood because I claim to be precocious).  I’m not too savvy when it comes to SF, because [ READ MORE ]

Charming Los Gatos

Tired of the peninsula and SF startup scene and eager to meet new clients in other parts of the Bay Area, I left rainy Palo Alto, and high-tailed it down 85-S and then 17-S to work in Los Gatos, and was pleasantly greeted by blue skies.  Los Gatos downtown is a neighborhood that despite being [ READ MORE ]

A Femgineer’s Adventures in Italia: Part V – Ischia

  • December 25th, 2009
  • Posted in Travel

Day 5: Up to this point we had only headed east toward Amalfi and Salerno.  Jason and I were curious what lie to the west of Positano.  I pulled out my guidebook and read up on an island called Ischia, which is more than twice the size of Capri and to its west, and southeast of [ READ MORE ]

A Femgineer’s Adventures in Italia: Part IV – Amalfi Coast

  • December 25th, 2009
  • Posted in Travel

Day 4: After our trip to Salerno we were jonesing for a boat and beach day.  The heat of the coast was too much to bear without air conditioning and escaping to the water would be our only way of cooling ourselves off. So we went to one of the small huts at the Spiagga Grande [ READ MORE ]

A Femgineer’s Adventures in Italia: Part III – Salerno

  • October 14th, 2009
  • Posted in Travel

Day 3: We awoke determined to not fall prey to jet lag. I had looked at the ferry schedule the night before, and decided that I wanted to take the earliest ferry to Salerno so that we would have plenty of time to sightsee, go to the beach, and make it back to the last [ READ MORE ]

A Femgineer’s Adventures in Italia: Part II – Arriving on the Amalfi Coast

  • October 8th, 2009
  • Posted in Travel

Day 1: We arrived in Rome sleep deprived and overheated.  We hadn’t bothered to check the forecast before leaving.  I was sweating the moment I got off the plane, it was in the 90s.  We quickly headed for the train station Roma Termini, which is about 30 minutes away from the airport.  My Italian was rusty, [ READ MORE ]

A Femgineer’s Adventures in Italia: Part I – Trip Planning

  • September 13th, 2009
  • Posted in Travel

I spent the last two weeks traveling to Italy, and when I got back there was a fervor amongst my friends and co-workers to know more about my trip, see pictures, and even start a travel blog!  I’ve decided to do a series of posts to satisfy every one’s curiosity Over three years ago [ READ MORE ]