Moo

3

Reviewed Local Trains

Attention all Westerners! Do you want to get to really know your fellow Mumbaikers? Have you tried charming them with cocktails, wooing them with fancy meals atread more...

Bhaji-licious

5

Reviewed Shiv Sagar - Juhu - Mumbai

Okay, it doesn’t have the greatest atmosphere in the world, and the traffic getting there is often nightmarish, but a lot of Mumbaikers know Shiv Sagar as read more...

Intelligent and Infectious Power Pop

5

Reviewed Fountains of Wayne

When I was last in Mumbai (in May), Planet M had (finally) received a stack of Fountains of Wayne’s latest CD, Welcome Interstate Managers. About time, I sread more...

Honeymooner's Paradise

5

Reviewed Brunton Boatyard - Cochin

I visited Cochin (sorry, I like the old name much better than the new--Kochi sounds to me like someone sneezing) last November, during the mini-monsoon. It was read more...

Indian Culture 101

4

Reviewed India: A Million Mutinies Now - V S Naipaul

It has been my goal over the past year to try to get the merest glimpse into Indian thought and culture. I’ve spent seven of the past eleven months in Mumbread more...

5 Desert Island Books

Reviewed 5 Best Books

If I knew that I could only read five books for the rest of my life, I would want books that not only entertain, but inspire, remind me of eternal things, and aread more...

Land of Milk & Chocolate

5

Reviewed Switzerland - General

My first trip to Switzerland was in Fall of 1981. I had been traveling with my friends Mike and Matt (on their dime--thanks eternally, guys!) through Europe andread more...

You'll Come for the Pizza, But Stay for the Beer

5

Reviewed Alfredo's - Juhu - Mumbai

I’ve been to Alfredo several times with coworkers, and have never been disappointed. Of course, that’s probably because I always order the same thing:read more...

If There's a Funnier Website, Let Me Know!

5

Reviewed Theonion

I’m not going to spend a lot of time praising theONION.com. It is absolutely irreverent, non-politically correct, and its targets are anything that moves (read more...

The Best 40-GB MP3 Player

5

Reviewed IRiver Imp-350

Update 17 Dec 2005 With the vast improvements in the iPod over the past year (especially in its former Achilles heel, battery life), and the lack of any real leread more...

The Town So Nice They Named it Twice

5

Reviewed New York

New York, New York I first came to Manhattan in 1974, so I’m in my 30th year of life in The City. Not that I’ve lived here every year since then--in tread more...

Mumbai, We Have a Problem

2

Reviewed Mumbai, India (BOM) - Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

It was 12:30 a.m. in early October 2003. The plane was flying low over the hills of Mumbai, and I was glued to the window, trying to make out a pattern in the uread more...

An Experiment in Hilarity

5

Reviewed Very Good, Jeeves! - P.G.Wodehouse

It has been said of Hilaire Belloc, the great early-20th century British writer, that he spent the last few years of his life reading nothing but the novels of read more...

One Trick Donkey

4

Reviewed Shrek 2

The original Shrek was a real breath of fresh air in the Disneyfication of animated films?smart, very funny, and with a postmodern sensibility that lampooned thread more...

World-Class Airline

5

Reviewed Jet Airways

I’ve had the opportunity to fly a number of different airlines during the past year, Lufthansa, British Airways, American, Delta, etc. Of all the experiencread more...

Peace, Quiet, and What a View!

5

Reviewed Lakeside Chalet - Mumbai

I had been in Mumbai for a couple of months and needed an escape from hotel life and figured the Renaissance Lakeside Chalet in Powai may be what I needed?an exread more...

An Eccentric Old Woman

1

Reviewed Windamere Hotel - Darjeeling

The guidebooks all said that the Windamere is the best place to stay in Darjeeling. ’’Tibetan maids with starched aprons serve afternoon tea; a fire wread more...

Epitome of Cool

4

Reviewed JW Marriott Hotel - Juhu - Mumbai

Review : Yes, it’s cool. It’s where the Bollywood stars hang out. It has the hottest nightclub in Mumbai. But how is it as a place to hang your hat? Iread more...

50 Essential Albums

Reviewed Twenty Best English Music Albums

Granted, this is a highly prejudiced list, leaning towards rock, pop, and singer/songwriters, but I don?t listen to much electronica or any hip-hop or country(aread more...

Let It Be...Naked

5

Reviewed Let It Be - The Beatles

Since there isn’t a category for the new Let It Be?Naked CD by the Beatles, I figured I’d just stick it in under the original album listing. Let It Beread more...