I would surely recommend this wine for all wine lovers. I am not a wine guy but when I tried this, I felt it was much smoother compared to other ones and a real value for money. Contadino makes two versions of pinot grigio available at Trader Joe’s - the one I would recommend is the Frizzante version (the label says frizzante on it). The frizzante is the taller, thin bottle screw top and cost 4.99$.

Had a wonderful time taking pictures of the snow storm yesterday. I learnt that it left around 10 - 14 ” of snow in our area. I believed it after getting to see my parking garage! It almost took me two full hours to clean up the mess…

A view from our deck…

Looking for a new start on old habits. Happy New Year 2011!

To know more about this temple, click Darasuram.

The temple has been taken over by ASI. Nice to see the wonderful arc being preserved and renovated.

After few months of struggle, I finally managed to delete all the spam comments from my server. I installed a commenting plugin (Spam Karma) after doing a quick search. After setting up the feature, I don’t see my old comments. I remember having more 200+ wonderful comments tied to my posts. It looks like they are all gone now… I am not sure what went wrong!!!

Following are the recent pictures I took in my Canon. I didn’t select a location for the pictures. The very purpose was to try out the quality of pics.

Pictures from my recent Madurai trip. To know more about Madurai, please visit http://www.madurai.com/

 

  

I have decided to buy a Canon Rebel XTI with 18-55mm II Lens. I also made sure I spend a little more to buy a 4GB CF Card and 75-300mm III Lens. In the process, I also learnt Sony H9 is doing well. If you are looking at a bridge digital camera (somewhere in between normal digital and SLR), this should be a good pick. Please feel free to share your comments about my pick.

My Pick:

Bridge Digital Camera:

Just felt like going around Nanganallur with my camera to figure out if there was anything interesting to capture. I have not gone around this temple town for quite sometime due to hectic work schedule. The important purpose was to figure out an outlet for breakfast. Few pics…

I am not sure how many have tried this fast food in Nanganallur. I have been here good number of times for my breakfast. The food is good… minus hygiene. The owner/the person in the cash counter doesn’t buy my arguement on waiters wearing plastic gloves. With a little eye on hygiene, I am sure this restaurant can be a big hit in Nanganallur else I don’t think they can be in business for long.

Updated 10/01/2009: I don’t see this fast food functioning in Nanganallur.

The note “Itharku verayengum Kilaigal Ellai” is too much for this fast food.

I have seen this person in Nanganallur for more than 15 years. I remember this person and his road-side shop from my school days. He used to charge Re 1 for a glass of sugarcane juice and now (after 10years) its Rs 6. 

Manual cable pulling still existing…

Time for breakfast - looks like I got to feed my car too…

This restaurant is pretty new to Nanganallur. This restaurant has replaced Maruthi Bavan but doing okay.

This subway sucks for soo many reasons. Reasons: 1) Poor maintenance 2) Night time safety 3) DRAINAGE water

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