-
Join 133 other subscribers
-
Recent Posts
Top Posts & Pages
Posts
December 2025 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 - © aLawrence and KittiesVindaloo.com, 2013. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to KittiesVindaloo.com, with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
Author Archives: Kitty Vindaloo
I tolerate the Vespa a bit more than a month ago. It’s a nifty tool to visit places that would otherwise be hard to reach. It is easy to tell the driver “Take us to the Bangalore Palace” but it’s … Continue reading
India is known for its natural remedies, its connection to nature. Ayurvedic and holistic medicine is big here. You find a lot of ayurvedic products in stores, such as cosmetics, medicine, and see many clinics ranging from a 30-acre luxury … Continue reading
On scooters and padded bras
Since Sir bought himself a scooter, Sir has to get a driver’s license. Our international driver’s licenses only allow us to drive cars, not two wheelers. After studying the one long sheet of paper with all the road signs, Sir … Continue reading
Posted in Adapting
Tagged administration, Bangalore, bribe, clothes, dress, driver license, expat, India, license, scooter
10 Comments
Fake it, just fake it
We spend most of our time not having a clue what we are doing. Would you like papdi chaat* or “something something” chaat? Here, you have several options. You can say papdi chaat because 1, you know what it is … Continue reading
A few days in Chennai, in a magnificent hotel, with an old friend from my days in Savannah was a nice way to almost end 2013. We were back in Bangalore for New Year’s Eve. True to ourselves, we didn’t … Continue reading
T’was the night before Christmas
… and I have a sore throat! It’s cold at night these days. I know you guys in the North East of the U.S. are laughing at me since you’re in the midst of the nth blizzard of the decade, … Continue reading
Posted in Adapting, Street photography
Tagged Bangalore, blanket, cat, Christmas, cold, haggling, heater, India, sore throat, weather
Leave a comment
The simple act of grocery shopping
No more getting a seat at the dinner table and being served. We now have to go grocery shopping if we don’t want to starve. A hundred years ago, it was “you eat what you kill”, it has become “you … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Bangalore, Big bazaar, BigBasket.com, confusion, culture shock, expat, fenugreek, food, frustration, grocery store, India, kindness, milk, oil, packaging
Leave a comment
A Vespa and Christmas lights
While I was gone… He got a Vespa. I had left for two weeks knowing something was going to be bought “behind my back”, and I was right, we now have a shiny scooter standing next to the bicycles in … Continue reading
Where’s the kitchen?
Last night was our first in our new home. It’s been a cornucopia of emotions! Sometimes I would look in awe at our garden, with hibiscus, squirrels, palms and unidentified plants. Yet, in the middle of the night I was … Continue reading
Eight years’ salary
I went to settle our bill tonight, or at least the charges we have accrued until now. The people at the front desk had kindly informed me that we were over the allowed limit, and although they trust their customers, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged A Fine Balance, absolute deprivation, Bangalore, Dominique Lapierre, dumpster, expat, Flash, foreigner, hotel, India, Indian politics, Jeet Thayil, Necropolis, onion, politics, pollution, poverty, price, Rohinton Mistry, Salaam Bombay, Slumdog Millionaire, slums, The City of Joy, tomato, traffic, tuk tuk
2 Comments
KittiesVindaloo 