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Fashions fade, style is eternal. Yves Saint Laurent Fashion is fleeting, STYLE is forever … I believe that our style should reflect who we are as a person, it is all about taste, lifestyle and choices. Look beyond brands and trends to look for a personal style, colors and things Read More …
15 years ago if you had asked me why I love or rather why I live in Plano – I would have given you just two reasons, good schools and easy to travel from. My Blog is called Outside Suburbia for a reason! We loved getting out of the suburbs…. it Read More …
When we travel I don’t typically seek out Instagrammy locations but seek out experiences. But when we are home in Dallas it is fun to find Instagram spots on weekends when we don’t have baseball games, plans with friends or other commitments. We have vibrant murals, neat architecture and cool Read More …
This year I’m thankful for the amazing safari experiences in East Africa where we got to see the Great Migration and so many other amazing wildlife. Africa has been a big bucketlist destination for us and so excited that we got to check it off this year. Waking up to Read More …
Sun Salutation is probably the most popular Yoga sequence and how I usually start my day. Surya Namaskar or Sun Salutation consists of 12 yoga poses and is best to be practiced in the morning in order to wake up the body and greet the sun. Making a practice of Read More …
Easy and packed with nature’s bounty, green smoothies are how I start my busy days. I change it up with the season, add some mangoes in summer, a persimmon or two in fall, dragon fruit when I find it in the market but this Simple Acai Green Smoothie always a Read More …
This year just whizzed by, it feels like just a couple of months ago that I was writing about our Travel Highlights of 2016! With Miss S starting college this year and D playing for his school team, we found ourselves jugging different responsibilities and emotions. We started the year Read More …
As I popped the last macorna almond and washed it down with some sherry in Seville and pondered – Is it really hard to stick to a vegetarian diet when traveling?! Friends always ask isn’t it hard to find vegan or vegetarian food in a meat predominant culture or offbeat Read More …
If you had walked into my grandparent’s home in India you would have seen copper jugs and cups or tumblers as they were called in different sizes and shapes – little did I know the significance of them or the benefits of copper water bottle till now. While searching for Read More …
My firstborn celebrates a milestone this month and I got all nostalgic looking back at the pictures of her captured over the years. We love taking her to the Dallas Arboretum or stop by at gardens if we are traveling outside to take some photos of her, after all, she Read More …
Last year around this time we were making our way back from Bora Bora, Moorea and Tahiti. Needless to say it was a fabulous familymoon, we spent New Years on air in the Pacific ocean somewhere. This year we just retuned from a much needed relaxing and refreshing trip to Read More …
When you are trying to juggle a few things like project deadlines, kids activities, blog work and travel planning something is left to suffer. In my case it is always the cooking – when we are short on time we end by ordering out or eating out which might not Read More …