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#ramantik Wedding

written by Parita 6 Comments

Annnnd we are back in Miami after an amazing weekend in Houston celebrating the wedding of our friends Rathna and Kartik!  And what a fun weekend it was.

As I mentioned in my last post, Vishnu and I flew to Houston on Thursday morning.  Thankfully, our flight was on time and uneventful.  We got to the hotel, checked in, and got ready for the first event…HOLI!  Rathna organized a holi event at a local park for those who wanted to participate.  If you aren’t familiar with Holi, it’s sort of like the color run but with everyone throwing colored powder at each other while running around randomly.  So much fun!

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The Sangeet was later that night – a pre-wedding event where guests eat and dance the night away.  Remember how I mentioned that Vishnu was dancing at this wedding?  Well, he did a great job!  I’ll try to share a video or two on my Facebook page when I get my hands on some!

After the Sangeet we practiced the reception dances a few times and headed to bed.  The wedding started at 7:00 am the next morning, and I wanted to get as much sleep as possible.

This was the first Tamil wedding I’d ever been to, and I loved it!  Indian weddings in general are so full of tradition, family involvement, and love, and all of that could be seen and felt on Kartik and Rathna’s big day!

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After the wedding was lunch and after lunch was nap time!  And nap we did…for almost 3 hours!  It was glorious!

And then, before we knew it, it was reception time!

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I can’t even describe how fun the reception was – everything from the program, food, dancing, etc.  I think it’s safe to say good times were had by all!

Congratulations, Kartik and Rathna!  I hope your wedding weekend was all that you dreamed it would be.  So glad we were able to end the 2014 wedding season with a huge bang!

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How many weddings did you attend in 2014?  This was our 8th and final wedding (or wedding related event)!

Written on December 1, 2014 Related:Friends, Indian culture

Three Things Thursday (3) – Thanksgiving Edition

written by Parita 6 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope each of you, whether you’re officially celebrating or not, is spending some time today (or this weekend) with loved ones, creating fun memories and eating delicious food.

And now, on to my random three things from the week!

1.  We are headed to Houston today for our friend’s wedding.  And with that comes an end to the 2014 marathon wedding season.  A little bittersweet I must admit.

Kartik was Vishnu’s roommate his freshman year of college, and they’ve been friends ever since.  I actually met Kartik 1.5 years before I met Vishnu.  In fact, Kartik was one of the main players in mine and Vishnu’s love story!  And now we get to celebrate his big bad Bollywood wedding to Rathna!  I can’t wait.

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While I won’t be blogging the rest of the weekend, I will be sharing pics via Instagram.  Follow along if you want!

2. Speaking of Bollywood, Vishnu and I had a few dances to learn for this wedding.  It’s a tradition (at least with our group of friends) to have people perform choreographed dances to popular Bollywood songs during the Sangeet (pre-wedding event) and reception.

Personally, I love it because I grew up dancing to Bollywood songs. Vishnu, on the other hand, isn’t the biggest fan because it takes him longer to learn each dance.  And for this wedding, since he’s a groomsmen, he had to learn four dances.

And while I know he’s a little nervous, I can’t wait to see him shake his bootay to some Bollywood!  I keep telling him he’s my own personal Shah Rukh Khan (to which he just stares at me)!  Haha.

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3. And the last thing I have to mention today is my newest obsession – Serial.

Serial is a podcast where we unfold one nonfiction story, week by week, over the course of a season. We’ll stay with each story for as long as it takes to get to the bottom of it.

I’m only two episodes in and absolutely hooked.  This season’s story is a murder mystery dating back to 1999.  The host of the podcast, Sarah Koenig, goes back in time and tries to make sense of the complicated story by revisiting all the details, including those that the jury and public didn’t get to hear.

Trust me on this one – it’s SO good!

With that, I hope you have a wonderful rest of the week and weekend!  I’ll be back on Monday!

Written on November 27, 2014 Related:Bollywood, Friends, random

Time to Play Catch-up

written by Parita 10 Comments

After yet another week away, I’m home!  And now it’s time to play catch-up.

1. The wedding we attended in North Carolina was an absolute blast.  From the minute we got to the hotel on Saturday to the minute we left on Monday, it was one big non-stop party.  I wish all of our close friends lived next door.  How great would that be!

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2. My work trip to Chicago was a lot of fun.  I don’t get to see many of my coworkers all that often, so it was nice to reconnect.  More often than not, we were reconnecting over food…and lots of it.  I didn’t take many pictures of my meals, but trust me when I say that we pretty much ate all the food.  Every meal included glasses of wine, a variety of appetizers, our main meal, and dessert.  The best thing I ate was definitely the turtle brownie sundae at Bridge House Tavern.  Yum. 

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3. I am happy to report that this past weekend was full of nothingness.  On Saturday, we slept in, watched four episodes of Boy Meets World, watched the Dawgs win (!!!), and lounged until dinnertime.  Around 8:00 pm, we met up with our friends Andy and Robin for dinner and fro-yo.  Our outing also included celebrity sightings.  Vishnu and Andy spotted Greg Oden and Shane Battier (Miami Heat players) walking to dinner with a group of friends.  Even though I had no idea who these two were, it was fun to see the guys so excited!

Since no one had any major post-dinner plans, we decided to make it a Taboo game night.  We ended up playing for 2.5 hours!  Unfortunately, Robin and I lost by one point.  I blame the wine.

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Sunday included a lot of the usual – cleaning, grocery shopping, and football watching.

4. Best Body Bootcamp started today…thank goodness.  I am ready to buckle down and get my workouts and eating habits back on track.  Wish me luck!

5. I highly recommend that everyone watch this TED talk about The power of vulnerability by Brene Brown.  I also recommend that everyone read this article about the human body’s physiological response to exercise.  And finally, I recommend that everyone read this article about living a life of purpose. 

I think all of the above brings us to the present day.  With that being said, have a great Monday!

Written on September 9, 2013 Related:Food, Indian culture, Miami, Travel, Workout

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