Serendib Travel

(I had a couple bites of the steak sandwich, which was only okay, but I mostly ordered that because I thought it would keep reasonably well for breakfast tomorrow.) The fries were delicious. The outdoor hotel pool (Sheraton Crown Center, Kansas City) was lovely and heated enough for lap swimming (a little cool for just …

I really wanted garlic fries with aioli for dinner, but it’s always challenging eating healthy for multiple days of conventions, so I told myself that I could have the garlic fries if I went for a swim afterwards, and so I did. Read More »

(If you wander by, feel free to come say hi – I’m very interruptible right now. I’ll wear headphones if I don’t want to be disturbed.) And yes, that’s a drink – I’m not a heavy drinker, but I have a school board meeting later this evening that I’ll be attending remotely, so I figured …

I’m now ensconced in the hotel bar, where I’m going to try to get through some backlogged e-mail and Slack messages. Read More »

Have a really nice window in my room with a great view. I plan on spending a fair bit of time in that room over the next few days, working on some writing, so that will be nice. I haven’t settled down to writing yet, though. I made a new friend, Jeremy Lassen, and he …

Arrived at the hotel. Read More »

Subtle, simple, effective. (I mean, it’s not the B-to-C corridor in Chicago’s United terminal, but that’s hard to beat. It seems unfair to ask other airports to compete at that level…)

One of my aunts organizes an annual picnic for local Sri Lankans, and it happened to be today. SO MANY short-eats. So tasty. Do I look smug? I felt smug. And stuffed. Rolls, patties, malu pan, cutlets, ribbon sandwiches, love cake, milk toffee, and quite a bit more… And yes, in case you were wondering, …

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I’ve been taking it very easy this morning — slept eight solid hours, lounged in bed watching TV for another hour, just trying to rest and recover from an intense work week. I ventured downstairs eventually to get myself a cup of tea and one of Marina Aunty’s rolls from the fridge. Came back up …

Taking It Easy This Morning Read More »

My dad took us out last night for dinner “Somewhere in Bangkok.” (Actually in Southington.). I really liked the shrimp salad (I love the flavors in a Thai salad, mint and tang and sweet and spicy). The fried calamari with pineapple was also a big hit. But my favorite part was introducing Subenthira to mango-with-sticky-rice, …

Somewhere in Bangkok Read More »