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April Springs |
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| April 8, 2003 | |
| It all went
into a plan in an evening. Why not take a day off and visit DC and vicinity.
My wife had never been there to DC and so we planned for a day in DC, a day
in Baltimore and a day Luray Caverns in Virginia.
DC was good visiting the Cherry Blossom - white and pink everywhere. The Tidal Basin looked splendid with Cherry Trees as a border. Cannot forget the evening when we were lost in 495 and had to travel for an hour more to reach the hotel. 495 is always confusing for me :-( Baltimore was another fun watching fishes and whales. The nearby harbor had warships and submarines. Had a chance to see a submarine for the first time. But the best part of the day was the surprise visit of Vishy - my best friend - from Pittsburg. Incidentally it was my birthday and spent in one of my most favorite restaurants - Tara Thai. Wonderful evening! Luray was different seeing nature in its own charms. The formations millions of years old and more than 500 marriages held inside the caverns. The best part was the musical stone play. One person had found that rocks to make sound when stricken and he could play a song even out of that. Thanks to technology, today we can hear well amplified. Can you believe that Luray is the 5th largest caverns in US? I thought it would be the 1st seeing its mammoth size. 1st one is in Switzerland it seems - might have to dig out the deeply formed ice to get in there I guess :-) Paradoxes of life? |
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| April 20, 2003 | |
| I have been
postponing a trip to the outlet malls for 6 months and I could not this
time. In spite of my influencing skills, I could not convince my wife and
brother and so a trip to Smithfield Outlet Mall in NC. Even though I have visited several of them, it was very different to see outlets for two - Bible and Bread. I was wondering what they could sell as we have only two versions of Bible - Old and New Testament. Although I never went inside to see for myself on what all they sell inside, I could imagine. A quick Google search gave me so many. Pepperidge Farms had an outlet for all their products. Although I am fan of these, I could not find anything fresh there. Sell By March 2003 items were there on Sale. Hmmm. But it was a disappointment to see SunGlasses outlet to have less than 10 models of RayBan or Gucci. The best deal was the Timberland shoe - after 60% off it came to $24.99. Decent huh? |
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April 30, 2003 |
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| Halle Berry in Top 50 | |
| MSN had a news
that Halle Berry is one of the top 50 most beautiful people according to
People Magazine. She has got this credit for the seventh consecutive time.
And Julia Roberts is there for the eight consecutive time.
Well, I have not seen many movies to comment about Halle's beauty but the ones I saw are enough; Executive Decision and Monster's Ball. The former for her charms and the latter for her excellent acting. No wonder she won an Oscar for that. Of course, we cannot forget the swimsuit appearance in the James Bond movie 'Die Another Day'. She was just a wow! |
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