Simple Yet Modern

How incredibly genius! Love - loove - the design, the simplicity and modernity of the concept. Truly unique.

The design firm behind this creation is BBB emmebonacina - Italian pioneers of contemporary furniture manufacturing. They have been in this business for over 50 years and pride themselves in using in-depth technology and new materials in all their designs. And, yes, they have been doing this since 1960's wayyy before when computers were housed in 2000 sq ft area and were only used by the government - not in furniture design

Feel free to visit their website to explore more at: http://www.bbbemmebonacina.com/



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Oh, wow and now a festival

So, in the previous blog, I yapped away about my my coffee cravings going on and off and about some cool coffee art with you. Well, hello, look what I came across today:



woohoo!!! If you are in NYC - please make sure to go for this festival. I mean,  I am sure I don't have to ask if you are either a coffee or a tea enthusiast or both because I know you are!
Oh, and there will also be chocolates and other sweet treats to mesmerize your palate and ofcourse, tons of variety of coffee and tea. Not to be missed.

More information here.

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Just two sips

As I walked by this cafe bistro near my house, the aroma of coffee beans being crushed and morphed into coffee started playing games with my mind. And, right then and there, I wanted to treat myself to coffee sooo badly just so I could quieten my aroma infused antsy mind. But, when I bought myself one, I could only have two sips. Yes, just two sips, and that was it for me! Seriously.
Doesn't it happen usually that the thing we want most, when becomes ours, we kinda' lose interest in it or it loses its importance or crave-satisfying power? Why? I wonder...

But, look, how cute are these cups loaded with coffee art....now, I really need to treat myself to one of these...and NOW! :)










{these lovely images courtesy: words4mind.blogspot.com}

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The luggage saga

So, how frustrating is to have your laptop stolen by airport or airline staff while you are traveling? Very...

That's exactly what happened to my dad. He was traveling to Houston from JFK and when he reached Houston, and wanted to use his laptop for some research, he could not even find the ghost of the stolen laptop in his suitcase, plus, some of his new shirts were missing too!

Now, this is wrong at so many levels. You think you're stuff is safe at least in the confines of a world-class international airport or a reputed airlines. But, no! You are mistaken!

We tried in vain to contact JetBlue time and again and it felt like chasing a tail. We kept coming back to the original number we dialed and it had zero capacity for voicemail.

Finally, tired of the chase game, I wrote to jfklostandfound@jetblue.com and got an "out of office" reply saying that they are looking into the matter, and if no response, the email submission would be deleted in 50 days. Weird! But, they had a number listed below and I dialed it. Somebody must be smoking something there because they ended up picking up the phone and I actually got to speak to a live person! Without wasting too much time, I gave her the whole spiel and she asked me to file a "courtesy" complaint with baggage services. And, that's what I did next.

SO, WHAT"S THE STATUS: Still waiting for any response from JetBlue or JFK to respond, investigate and apologize for this theft. If you know of a better way to handle this, please comment or email - would love to get any suggestions! Thank you!

To humor...{image courtesy: flickr/fuffer}

For the love of Sushi

  I love food. Ok, so whats new, you may roll your eyes and comment. Well, its a bold statement, don't you think?  The words love and food together? 
Ok, so I am not picky about what I eat, I mean, within the range of things that I can eat (which means no beef, ox tails, and other weird sounding things), I don't usually bisect and dissect the concoctions presented in front of me. And one such cuisine that I find very simple yet beautifully complex is Japanese. Its full of texture and color and taste and I love how it all comes together in tiny specimens of circular delights. 
Yesterday, while hunting for a place to eat after my doctor's appointment (trust me waiting for a doctor can make you really really hungry), I came across this little cubical space that had Japanese fonts all over it. I couldn't   wait to get inside and try out their sushis. You know what they say - that the best food comes from "hole in the wall" type places. So, I ordered some edamame, kani salad, dragon roll, a boston roll (again, waiting makes you really really hungry people) and some green tea. I was super excited and I could almost hear my stomach growl with excitement. 
Hmm, edamame were good (I mean, how could you go wrong with them), and so was the kani salad. The rolls were good except that when I was chewing on the boston roll, something crunched between my teeth a bit. I was surprised because usually Japanese food is the cleanest, and I've never had that experience below. I spit the hard stuff and noticed it was a shell or something. Eww... I am mad now. But, I decide to carry on because my stomach growls are not ceasing. I take another roll into my mouth and when I am chewing, another crunch. Now, I am really really mad. But, guess what? I don't say anything to the chef/host. I just don't! Not sure why, but I sit there tight lipped sipping on my green tea. Maybe its 2 'o' clock in the afternoon and I am just not in the mood to argue. Maybe I should give the chefs a little break because they are working non-stop on the take out orders that are buzzing in. But, then I was just sad that they got Japanese food wrong!


And, then all  these questions start popping up in my head as I watch the waiter shout the order on the phone, the chefs sprinting from the kitchen to the sushi station with refills of things. Why do people compromise on quality? Why do they prefer quantity? Is it always about the money? If it is, then customers will always see through the business's "monetary" objective and will not be interested in their goods and services. Will they be comfortable with that? Then, how would they justify quantity when there are no buyers? See...its a self-feeding cycle, and therefore quality and value should be top priorities in any business in order to retain clients (you see,  I am never going to that restaurant again).


Oh, but I still love Japanese food, and therefore I present to thee some awesome concoctions of this simple yet complex food that are out there...waiting for me to taste them :)

Yummm!!


{images courtesy: japanesefoodcatering.com}