Blogs from Lewiston, Maine, United States, North America

Geo: 44.0985, -70.2184Once again we are venturing out to discover new places and have new experiences, all while escaping the hottest part of the summer in Florida. So, northward we go. The plan this year is to head NE into Canada's provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Although we lived our lives in Maine, we have never visited this part of Canada, even though it was relatively close by and The Cat was cruising out of Portland regularly on overnight trips to Halifax. We just never thought about doing it. So, there is no time like the present. Then we will head west in Canada and visit the two remaining southern provinces we have not been to, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Check, check. As I do every year, I give myself a pep ... read more

Anita Prabhu and Aaron Fluellen got married today. Yesterday was the Mehendi meet-and-greet followed by a pizza dinner (and carrot cake)at an Italian restaurant. The Mehendi artist was talented and quite versatile drawing a dragon, a dolphin and other requests by little kids. Good spread of assorted cheeses, fruit(strawberries, blueberries, plums,watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew,pineapple with blueberry and peach yogurt on the side),bruschetta, hummus with pita chips, donuts,coffee and soda. Met Lalitakka and family- Mokki, Yuthika, Prachetas, Tanavi, Rithvik,; Manu, Vaishali; Kavitha and Anita. Anita wore a nice light green sari. It was nice to meet Lalitakka's friends and family members that we had heard of and never seen before. P. J. Nayak and Sunanda were there as also Prabha and Sheshagiri Prabhu. It was so good to see and talk with our friends from Lubbock who had ... read more