aheli wanders

Hello There,

Happy May. I’m a bit behind in posting but I promise I have a good excuse. I finally invested some couch time to updating the blog. Expect some cool new changes to the website coming…soon? ** crosses fingers** So life lately has been a series of highs and lows. In the highs category, I had the best weekend with my college best friends. This is one of the first girl’s* only trips I’ve taken in a long time. This may not seem unique, but given I spent four years in an awesome — some might say the BEST– all women’s college, I am so used to being surrounded by incredible and inspiring women. Flash forward ten years, and I’m working in an all-male industry where the “F-word” is not a four letter word. The weekend was obviously incredible, not just because of our 1 minute proximity to the beach, but for the mental stimulation and energy that these wonderful women provide. I came back to work on Monday, refreshed and ready to tackle the world…of data centers.

For the lows, it’s almost the one year anniversary of my aunt’s (mom’s sister) passing. She was an incredible life-force- witty, salty, brilliant. I came up to my parent’s house on Thursday for the one year memorial. It was both wonderful and sad. My mom made an elaborate 7 course Bengali vegetarian meal with some incredibly close family friends. Despite the reason for our reunion, it was a great reminder that family is not necessarily formed by blood.  Anyways, spring is here. The mood is definitely lifted.

Besos, Aheli

Life Lately: April 2018

Currently Eating: Fluke Crudo, aji dulce & radish at Metta

Currently Craving: Daal + Baath

Currently Drinking: 19 Crimes Wine.

Currently Reading: Odysseus Abroad

Currently Recommending:  Pachinko

Currently Watching: Silicon Valley

Currently Podcastin’ to: Fresh Air

Currently Sweating to: the Fight classes at  Rise by We

Currently Playing: Settlers of Catan

Currently Traveling to: South Africa- Durban and Cape Town

Currently Dreaming about: A weekend at home in Brooklyn

In case you missed it:

• Need a simple 20 minute lunch recipe- try Garlic Butter Shrimp & Zoodles
• Quick recap into life in mid- April- long reads, cheap groceries, and some photos from my San Antonio trip.