Serendib Travel

Home. Couldn’t sleep at all last night for no good reason, so super tired and yucky travel day, but Kevin greeted me with rice and my favorite curry, which was lovely, and now I’m going to take a bath and go to bed for twelve hours. Okay, probably not twelve hours. But at least eight […]

Morningside Park, New York. Was pleased with that first photo — note the kids on the swings. 🙂

Very conveniently, the #kweli24 conference is a 20-minute walk from my sister’s place in Harlem, and to make it even nicer, it’s mostly a walk through Morningside Park. There’s a huge elevation change from one side to the other, so I’ve either been going down a lot of steps (going home to her place in

Scenes from a delicious dinner last night at my sister Mir Mo Ga’s place in Harlem. My brother-in-law, Gian Gandhi, makes excellent cocktails.

Made it to the Kweli conference, with a bit of confusion, because I thought it was at Barnard College, and it’s actually at the Teacher’s College at Columbia University, which is just around the corner; I must have seen Barnard on something of theirs, but I made it, it’s all fine. They definitely have a

Arrived in New York — lovely and productive Amtrak ride. On to Barnard College.

Left my parents’ house, on the train from Berlin, CT to New York. I splurged an extra $20 for business class, which I never do, and you know, it’s a nice indulgence. (Daddy, next time you take the train to D.C. to visit Sharms, I think you should consider business class.) I’m planning to work

Here we go again…

And that’s it for Miami — I’d go back. The weather was perfect (we got lucky), and beach was beautiful, and it was really nice to spend some relaxed time with the kids. We did more chatting in five days than we typically do in 2-3 weeks, I think. Pics from the airport cafe; I’m