Fleetwood Mac

The Fleetwood Mac concert was good old fun. I took my parents. I think they were originally slightly insulted that I invited them to it. They kept referring to it as a "senior citizen event." As we stood in line to get into the stadium, they kept making jokes on how old "everyone else," was and how the local paramedics must be on call for the event. I didn't have the heart to tell them that I think the band is younger than them. Once the band started it was clear that they could still rock like they did in their 20s. I think Lindsey Buckingham was a little surprised himself. Lindsey Buckingham, the lead guitarist, was ecstatic after each long solo. He looked astonished that he had made it through it. He kept jumping up and down ecstatic after each long guitar set. It was like watching a little kid do something challenging for the first time. It was exactly how I envisioned my nephew looking when he took his first real steps around the living room. I was living in D.C at the time, but my dad described it to me step by step. He said my nephew had his arms in the air overjoyed and shocked that he was walking all over. He kept looking to looking at everyone making sure he had witnesses to his break through. This is exactly how Lindsey Buckingham looked after his long sets.

All the songs Fleetwood Mac sang were the old ones that I have memories of growing up. This and the fact that the Lindsey and Stevie Nick so clearly enjoyed themselves made the concert a hit for me.

Chaya Cocktails

Monday nite I tried Chaya's Happy Hour. I recommend the Basil and Cucumber gimlet and the Bloody Clementine. The Bloody Clementine has Elderflower Liqueur in it. You cannot go wrong with Elderflower Liqueur in any drink or possible anything. It is so delicious. You can mix it up in so many ways. Here are some great recipes. I could drink the bottle like water in one day which is why I don't buy it.

Bay 2 Breakers

This Sunday was Bay to Breakers in San Francisco. If you have not had the fortune to actually see this event in the past, then you are truly missing out because it is really one of a kind. It is in true San Francisco fashion - insanely crazy but full of energy.. It started in 1912 as a way to lift the city's spirits after the disastrous 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and it really does lift the cities spirits literally. People are insanely drunk on alcohol or life during the the longest consecutively run footrace in the world. A lot of people dress up for the event and create floats. There were a ton of flamingos this year. I am still not sure. One of the other notorious costumes were the Swine Fluzees. There were a lot of variations of this costume that made fun of the recent Swine Flu outbreak.

Tourist Goggles

I haven’t posted since I have been back to San Francisco because I thought that I didn’t have much to share. I am back to the routine of my old life, work, friends, family, challenges all these things haven’t changed much. Living in India for the last three months, everything was a new experience and an adventure. There was also a sense that it was transient. You enjoyed everything more because you didn’t know whether it was the last time you got to do it. I think this is how most people feel on vacations. If only we can learn to go through life with tourist goggles and experience it as if everything is new and fleeting. This is how I want to embrace San Francisco- through Tourist Goggles

Dubai Under Construction

I spent two days in Dubai and I left with just one thought "Dubai is under construction." When you look out the skyline all you see is a bunch of building with cranes. I was told 17% of the population has left since the winter of last year. I wonder who is going to live in all these new buildings. I had a good time while I was there but it is a strange place. Seems like it is still trying to construct its identity.