Baby Name Sites

We are in search of baby names. Have browsed thru Manika Gandhi’s book and few random sites. But didnot find any interesting names. Would be a great help if KVites can suggest few good sites or other sources.

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Caveat emptor, “let thee buyer beware”

This weekend we got into an interesting discussion about various payment plans on purchase of furniture,etc. One of the purchase plans we often come across is ‘You sleep free on the mattress for the first year’-plans where buyer does not pay anything for the first ‘x’ period and then makes …

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Recycle your stuff on Freecycle

Few days before we found about this group called Freecycle. Its called http://www.freecycle.org/. Its a yahoogroup. You can find one in your city. You can exchange anything you do not need and also can ask for something you need. Something like a barter system but just one way transaction. People …

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Satura Cakes

We tried Satura Cakes on University Avenue Palo Alto. Very nice cafe. Their desserts were just great. We tried their Choclate Cake. It just melted in the mouth. They also have Glutten free desserts….which i saw for the first time. Desserts are a bit expensive but I guess any cafe …

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Airlines Travel Insurance

Has anyone bought Airlines Travel Insurance for family travelling to USA. We have already booked domestic air tickets for my family and need to buy (airlines)travel insurance. Does anyone know what are the options available and what type of coverage is included.

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Tuesday Joke

Here’s distinguishing India’s different cultures by the numbers: MALAYALEES One Malayalee is a narial-pani shop. Two Malayalees is a boat race. Three Malayalees is a Gulf job racket. Four Malayalees is an oilslick. TAMILIANS One Tamilian is a fugitive sandalwood smuggler. Two Tamilians is a suicide-bomb squad. Three Tamilians is …

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Swati Tiffins-Cheap Good South Indian Food

Swathi Tiffins Located at the intersection of Lawrence and Central Expwy West next to Namaste Plaza offers good South Indian Food at reasonable prices…. Its surprising that most KVites who live in Sunnyvale-Santa Clara dont know about this place. This place is one of the few places that is open …

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Days Days and Days-What are we celebrating?

Valentine’s day is on the way…..stores are stuffed with all fancy things….that you need and dont need….gifts,cards, flowers,choclates…….Is this the only day your love needs to be celebrated…or is this a creation of Hallmark to market their goods and increase sales. There was no holiday between New Years and Easters …

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The WII Experience

I am sure most of you know about the new fever WII fever…latest video game available (actually unavailable)in the market…. We played WII at Jeegar n Urmis place…it was lot of fun…and we ended using all the muscles that were not used in past couple years…..The game we enjoyed the …

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Dosa Place

This weekend we visited Dosa Place for a snack. Its a nice joint opened at 2665 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95051 Its at intersection of Keily n El Camino in the Pizza Hut complex….. Food it will be unfair to comment on as we tried just the mysore …

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