Las Vegas Girls Trip 2026

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Neera, Vani, Tejal + Lachmi. The girl group we didn’t know we needed.


2.5 days in Vegas filled with dancing, amazing food, nonstop laughs, and one unforgettable night at the Sphere watching No Doubt. We stayed at the Cosmopolitan, ate our way through Gymkhana, LAVO, and Momofuku, and somehow still ended up at Secret Pizza two nights in a row. Add in hidden speakeasies, way too many selfies, and the perfect amount of Vegas chaos — and it turned into one of those trips we’ll be talking about forever. read more

Pismo Getaway 2026

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Nick and I managed a quick weekend getaway to Pismo Beach, San Louis Obispo with a stops in Santa Barbara & Solvang. It was a lovely, chill, relaxing weekend with cliff seaside views, beautiful dinners, some champagne cake at the Madonna Inn, Cookies at Solvang, Yummy Matcha & Drinks in Malibu and and evening of cocktails and pizza at Giuseppe’s. Can’t wait to do it again!

Santa Barbara Stop – We had matchas, coffee and something called a Higgey Bun!

Had a lovely lunch at a local Brewery in the town of Orcutt. read more

Christmas 2025

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Christmas 2025 was a little tough this year. Jatin and I came down with colds after the Gilmore Girls WB Tour and we don’t typically have a lot of help with Aanika on major holidays so we were home for a few days just resting and trying to make the most of it. I captured a few sweet memories in the midst of a mostly chaotic few days 🙂 We went very simple for the gift giving this year. Aanika unboxed 1 Princess Aurora Doll and we gifted Jatin a Stranger Things Vintage Book along with some musical equipment he requested. Oh and Billy and Brownie got new matching holiday bandanas! The boys got to spend some time relaxing and playing Civ on their PC and Nick and I managed to get out on the 26th for some much needed hot Korean Soup at Jin Cook. read more

Gilmore Girls WB Tour

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Gilmore Girls celebrated their 25th Anniversary this year and in honor of that the studio tour expanded the back-lot to open up more attractions such as Luke’s’ Diner, Trivia Sessions, etc… Nick and Jatin were troopers and attended the very long day of events with me and even waited in an almost 3 hour line to get a photo in the original Luke’s Diner Set. The food overall wasn’t great but the scenes, lights and photo ops were awesome. I loved the light show they did in the evening projecting all the beautiful scenes set to the famous Luke & Lorelai song. Bonus – we got to see the Harry Potter and DC Exhibits on the way out. read more

Christmas Hangouts 2025

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It’s been a quieter holiday season this year but we did manage to have some lovely hangouts throughout the season. Pritpal came to visit from Bakersfield, Mommy and Daddy hung out with us throughout the season. We had a lovely brunch at Castaways, Nick attended the Boy’s Annual Holiday Party and I participated in our Annual Holiday Zumba Dance!

Girls Holiday Hangout 2025

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Hosted my neighborhood friends for our annual holiday hangout at the house. We kept it small and it was PERFECT. The indulged me and took the viral holiday box pictures. They turned out so cute 🙂

Photographed Below in order: Vani | Mina | Maria | Esther | Gehan | Nancy

Thanksgiving 2025

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Thanksgiving and Shriya’s wedding week are all in one this year. Aanika was thrilled to see Jatin come out of the train arriving home! The photos below cover Brunch at mom and dad’s house the day before Thanksgiving to welcome the out of town family, then the evening of Thanksgiving which was a quiet and lovely hangout at home (just the 4 of us and Billy and Brownie) followed by the premier of the much anticipated Stranger Things 5 Final Season Part 1. I even tried to put the Demogoran shape into the burnt pumpkin pie! (total fail – but a funny memory). read more

Fall 2025

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There’s always a variety of fun stuff going on (memories being made) that aren’t necessarily attached to a special occasion. Below are some memories I would like persevered from Fall 2025. We’re getting used to Jatin living at UC Irvine, and enjoying our time with him on weekends when he comes home and our precious Facetime Video Calls. Daddy was inspired by the lighting job Nick did on our house so they have started to install lighting throughout Mom & Dad’s home as well. Mommy and Daddy hosted Diwali Dinner. Aanika was very excited to see the holiday decorations come out before Thanksgiving! I’m continuing to play with all the fun stuff Ai has to offer (you’ll see a vintage Bollywood poster of Nick and I down below). Jatin’s Nana & Nani came to his dorm and treated him to a lovely meal out in Newport. Reunited with Jwalin & Sonal from Cardservice Intl, and we ran into the Stovall family after so many years at the movie theater! And, I started to rock the beautiful Slytherin purse Neeru gifted to me. All in all a lovely, blessed Fall. Continuing to have lunch and coffee dates with girlfriends (Wanda and Aiysha) this month 🙂 We also discovered old Town Newhall. read more