Serendib Travel

Nice time at Foster Beach yesterday — the water was cold, but manageable for swimming, and the weather overall was perfect — 85F, not too windy, just lovely. I read about half of a novel (P. Djeli Clark’s _A Master of Djinn_, a fun romp), the kids read and swim and buried each other in […]

Poet Gowri Koneswaran reading at FeTNA. Learn more about her work here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowri_Koneswaran

Saturday morning at FeTNA was an unexpected treat — Sri Lankan American writer Nayomi Munaweera was in town, staying at a friend’s place in Brooklyn, so I stole a few hours to go over and have breakfast there with her. She even gave me ripe mango, which is the sign of true Sri Lankan love.

Another vendor at FeTNA — I haven’t had a chance to try any of their products, but I did buy a set of the face masks and am looking forward to trying. I wish I’d had time to talk to the vendor more — their design aesthetic is appealing, and I, of course, love the

FeTNA has various booths with vendors selling all kinds of interesting things. In first photo, free samples of chili murukku and a nannari (sarsaparilla) drink. Tasty!

So I wanted to try to have at least one nice meal in a Queens restaurant, and when I looked for recs that were within a mile of my hotel, I found KIN’D THAI Restaurant. Reader, it was PERFECT. If this were my neighborhood Thai joint, I suspect I’d be eating there every week. I

Home safe from the award ceremony in New York, have hugged the children, and Kevin brought me tea and samosas. Talked with Roshani for a little while about the Highland Park shooting (it’s not near me, and I don’t know if I know anyone who lives in Highland Park, though I might). So sad. I

Well, it was a more exciting travel day than I’d anticipated — I was almost all the way to O’Hare this morning when I suddenly realized I didn’t remember putting my wallet in my bag. Dammit! Sure enough, it wasn’t there. I was tight on time, but I thought I could manage to go all