My Family has spoken....

Here's how my sister-in-law, Ruchi describes Axe:

He loves to eat good food
he loves to blog
he loves to play video games and loves comics
he is a total New Yorker loves NY
travels around the world (piar jameen pe nahi rehte, hawa main udta rehta hai)
sends flowers to namu a lot
he loves to watch movies (but mostly English)
he loves superman ;) and cartoons
calls Namu "The Lady"

hmmmm....in a nutshell...that's him I guess...

What the....

Now I don't mean to sound like a teenage girl in a boy band concert, but this weekend on Madison Ave (in New York), the Abercrombie & Fitch store had a special treat for all women, and I must add - what a treat it was, if you could get past all the teenage girls screaming to take a pic!

This was a "modern day" 300 spectacle....THIS IS A&F...

Kiss and Tell...

I am not one to kiss and tell, but this is getting ridiculous...say wot??

my crib...

In recent times, a lot of folks have been asking me about my new (well, ok its been 8 months now) apartment in Downtown Boston...here are some pics...you can see the living, the bedroom and my building lobby..its about a 1000 sq ft. with an attached study...

Happy Viewing....

The Final Countdown

The final countdown to my wedding day begins right here....yes! I am very very excited

Play that Funky Music.....

It was a balmy 75 degrees in New York this weekend - a light breeze and a gorgeous bright sun after three days of non-stop rain. So we set out to central Park for a long walk...all of Manhattan was probably in the Park that afternoon....it was that crowded!!! as always, where there are crowds, there are music artists/bands vying for our attention...one particular band was soo good, we decided to spend almost 2 hours listening to them - Break Of Reality..a band of three cellists and one drummmer...now their music is what I'd label new age fusion...it was a classical - metal/rock feel...almost like Apcalyptica's version of Metallica's "Nothing else matters". It started off soulful and progressed onto a wonderfullly eclectic version of drums and the chello....vibrant, energetic and passionate. Axe and I were almost mesmerised by the music and promptly picked up the CD...apart from a couple of talkative teengaers, this was the perfect sunset for a wonderful start to Spring...

Check the band out here...they are from Rochester, NY and if you are ever in the area, they play at local bars...

The Origin of Lady Namu....

There are two reasons why Lady Namu is the choicest title for this blogger...
Reason 1:
almost 2 years ago, my party hopping, guitar playing, entrepreneurial "cousin/uncle" Nithin decided to stop by and pay his most "fun cousin" a visit - aka ME.....and after a night of partying, decided to sober up the next day by seeing "Pride and prejudice" - yes, Keira Knightley and some other dull characters who really managed to screw up the beautiful novel I treasured as a teenager! But enough ranting about the disappointing depiction of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet's fairytale romance....Nithin and I were soo bored in the movie that we decided to entertain oursleves by speaking to each other in the same language used in the movie...Lady, will you join me in this dance...or "Forgive me, madam, for taking up so much of your time"....and that's the origin of Lady Namu...so before every sentence, Nithin would forcefully insert a Lady Namu....even to this day, every time he's in town or we chat, he says..."lady namu, how u doing"...

Reason 2:
Axe thought it would be very clever and a lot of fun concealing my name on his blog...and began referring to me as the "lady"...and since everyone at home calls me "namu"...yes Namu!!!! the name on my blog hence has been Lady Namu...

There, thus the name Lady Namu and all shall now witness the day this name was born...

Ok! I think its time for bed....my blog is beginning to make no sense:)

Le fromage....

Axe and I booked into a wine and cheese class this weekend at the Artisanal Cheese Center to learn about what kinds of cheese pair with which kind of wine....truth be told, we just went to try some yummy cheese and drink a lot of wine on the house:-) kidding!!! Axe and I have been exploring different kinds of wine and cheese for the last few months as we are both foodies!!! we also learnt that wine and cheese parties are the easiest kind for lazy folks like us:-)

the class was taught by what we thought was an extremely knowledgeable "cheese guy" - that's what he called himself....we went though the cheese making process, 8 rounds of different types of cheese (such as blue, goat and sheep cheese from France, Portugal, etc) and 4 different types of wine...2 whites and 2 reds....and we were asked to taste these together to determine which pairing was the best...we really liked the Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand (Marlborough Reserve) and the Clacbitou cheese from Bourgogne in France....Axe and my ultimate takeaway was that the best wine on the list made even the worst cheese taste good and vice versa....

Axe, of course, had almost a bottle of wine in total and was very "happy" at the end of it...so was the "cheese guy", who kept promoting his new book and talked about how he ate a lot of cheese for breakfast so he had enough energy for a long day of....ahem ahem....with some pretty ladies....

But despite the many glasses of wine, it was quite an interesting class....we acted like true students and even got our notes home...its fascinating to learn about the origins of different types of cheese and why they pair with certain wines the best....some factors are the terrain, the "personality" of the cheese, and even the sweet-salt balance...we might take another class..but till then here's hoping we put out new knowledge to practice and have a wine and cheese party...