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My many Indias. Part 2: Mysore
My kids and I took off from Bangalore for a 3-day trip to Mysore. Mention Mysore and you either hear about Mysore Palace or Mysore Bondas. I sketched both. Mysore Palace is a mad hodgepodge of Hindu, Muslim, Rajput and … Continue reading
Posted in Food, India, people, Travel
Tagged family, location drawings, mysore, mysore bonda, mysore palace, people, temple, Travel, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch
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Milk Pail Market, Mountain View
I love this little market in Mountain View. It’s narrow aisles, it’s collection of fantastic cheeses (and generous samplers), the tables and boxes all overflowing with produce, the handlettered cardboard signs, and the people who come here and carefully select … Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Food, Silicon Valley
Tagged california, food, fruit vegetable, location drawings, market, milk pail market, people, suhita, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch
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Finger-painting, Ed Emberley-style
Don’t know how it happened, but last week I found myself without a paintbrush in my bag. Paints, pens, water, sketchbook: yes. paintbrush: No. Oops. I wasn’t going to miss the opportunity to sketch, so fingerpainting it was. Here are … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Food
Tagged almaden, family, finger painting, food, in-n-out, kids, location drawings, soccer, suburbia, urban sketchers
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Flowers at Filoli
If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area and haven’t heard of Filoli Gardens, google it now. Better still go right now, because the daffodils, the tulips, the magnolis, and many, many more flowers that I don’t know the … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Food, Silicon Valley
Tagged california, clocktower, filoli, filoli gardens, flowers, foo, location drawings, people, redwood city, urban sketchers, woodside
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More Moveable Feast!
If you follow this blog, you know I LOVE the food trucks at Moveable Feast. So when they added 2 new locations, both within 10 minutes of home, I was thrilled. I’m going to have to visit regularly, not just … Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Food, Silicon Valley
Tagged food, food trucks, location drawings, moveable feast, people, urban sketchers
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Moveable Feast!
I suspect I am going to be at Moveable Feast a LOT on Fridays, now that they’re in Willow Glen on Friday evenings! What a lineup of foods from all over the world it was. And how lovely to see … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Food
Tagged food, location drawings, moveable feast, san jose, urban sketchers, willow glen
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Farmer’s Markets
Sketching at Farmers Markets always poses a dilemma: should I just capture the stalls full of fresh fruits and veges? Or try and build in the sea of humanity that walks through too quickly? If I build in the people, … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Food
Tagged almaden, california, farmer, farmers market, fruit, local, location drawings, market, summer vegetables
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Another random cafe
in Berkeley. And a pouty Kavya in the forground
Posted in Close to home, Food, people
Tagged berkeley, cafe, california, family, kids, location drawings, people
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Downtown Gilroy
A quiet corner at the taqueria. and a view of the Old Town Hall, downtown Gilroy.
Posted in Food, people, Travel
Tagged california, gilroy, location drawings, people, suburbia
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Red and White
My 2 favorite fast food places…
