Martini of the Day - Dec 29, 2008 - Melontini

This awesome drink comes loaded with great taste and a lot of punch. The melontini I had contained 1.5 oz Midori, 1oz lime juice, and 2oz Vodka....shaken and garnished with raspberries....

The taste was just out of the world man.... another personal favorite of mine! Here's the pic!

Martini of the day - Dec 28, 2008 - Zentini

This great Martini comes from my favorite hangout spot in San Diego downtown called "Dussini's"

This place has killer drinks and awesome appetizers and is seriously one of the chillest place to hang out in San Diego! The drinks are strong...so go out there and have a couple...be sure to talk to the ever cool Kim...

The martini of the night was called Zentini. It was a solid mix of Vodka, cucumber and lime juice....a real taste for my dry lips...

Pics... hmmm.... I don't have my camera on me, but will try and update them sooon....

Martini of the Day - Dec 27, 2008 - Mangotini

Aight. The saga continues.....with just 4 more days to go, I feel like I lived up to my promise of having a different martini every night until the New year's eve!
The martini of the day comes straight from the heart of Sunset Blvd in the Los Angeles Mondrian hotel bar called Skybar!
It was a Mangotini. Not very strong, but still delicious, it was a refreshing change from the recent series of deadly strong martinis I have been having!

Pic will be updated soon as my friend has the pics!

I bought the perfect pair of Jeans this month!

BUYING A PAIR OF DENIMS THAT LOOK REALLY AWESOME IS SO HARD!!

This is true of in most parts of the country... but people cannot find good stylish jeans in their hometowns anymore. I am talking about denims that rock the house and clear out the competition! I am talking about denims that make people come up to you and ask you, "where the hell did you get those from man?"



I recently ended up going to my friend, who is in the clothing industry and found out some great denims for prices almost unheard of....yes prices almost unheard of!! I bought mine much cheaper (since this guy is a friend doh!), but I think I can manage to get a great pair in $100. If you really think about this....people pay around $250+ to buy jeans from custom boutiques. And these jeans are just marginally good....nothing special...

I was a victim of this system once, but once I made some right friends, I can now tell you, that I will never go back to that "system" again.

So I bought a perfect pair of jeans one for my little brother who lives in Dallas and one for myself.... I buy me a pair every month now.... or have been since I made this friend. My brother told me that everywhere he goes in Dallas, he gets asked. It doesn't matter whether he is in a Starbucks, or in a mall, or in a club.... "HOT is HOT!"

So I think I gave him a good pair of jeans at a very reasonable price....now that's what I call a perfect pair of jeans!

Martini of the Day - Dec 26, 2008 - Lychee Martini Up!

Boy oh boy! Head out over to Bali Hai restaurant and try this Martini... it is by far the roughest martini i have had! This Lychee Martini comes loaded with Vokda and minor amount of Lychee Syrup just for the flavor...

Bali Hai is a great place with a great location. You can see the entire San Diego downtown from this place....and you're sitting right by the water!

Here's a pic of me having my really rough Lychee Martini

Martini of the day - Dec 25, 2008 - Chocolate Latte Martini

Merry Christmas to all you readers out there! Today is Christmas day, so most of the restaurants are closed, but the Casino is always open! We headed out to Viejas Casino in Alpine because my friend Amy oh so loves to gamble! I hate gambling, but I can always sit at the bar waiting for an interesting looking woman to come sit by me :)..... Once that happens, I really don't care how many hours I sit there :).... like Bond, my only weakness is women :)

Back to the story... I hate the fact that I was not able to take a picture of the martini tonight! The bartender literally told me they would take my memory card if I took any pictures in the Casino! I have been to Vegas, Palm Springs etc and have never heard a shitty rule like this....

Anyways, the martini of the night was Chocolate Latte Martini which was surprisingly pretty refreshing and did taste like a mix of Chocolate Mocha and Vodka.... but nicer!

I still wish I had the picture....

Martini of the Day - Dec 24, 2008 - Guavatini

I gotta admit one thing... I have new found respect for Vodka.Vodka is the aqua vitae ("water of life") in my book. I have never seen anything that offers so many endless possibilities....I mean if you have something you think you can mix with Vodka, try it and it will do wonders....

As I was browsing through the potential candidates for Martini for the night, I ran into the Guavatini.... it contains 4oz of Vodka (strong!), 1oz of Guava juice, 1oz of lime juice and raspberries to garnish the taste.

The results are absolutely phenomenal.....Guavatini rocks...but was very strong...!

Martini of the Day - Dec 23, 2008 - James Bond Martini

OK, this one comes straight from the one and only James Bond, from the book Casino Royale by Ian Fleming! The Vesper Martini can knock you down like no other :)
To celebrate Christmas Eve Eve I had the rocking solid Vesper Martini also commonly known as the James Bond Martini @ Nunu's where my friend Doug the bartender added 3oz Gin, 1 oz Vodka, a twist of lemon and of course I had it dirty style! If you go to Nunu's get a discount by mentioning my name! LOL!

Here's a pic!

Martini of the Day - Dec 22, 2008 - Peartini

OK! Bad news, I broke my Martini Glass! Sucks! Too much enthusiasm can lead to trouble! Good news... "I have more glasses!" Bad Joke.... Anyways, the martini of the night is Peartini! Enjoyed my drink to the fullest... :)

Here's a nice pic of me wearing one of my favorite T-shirts! :)

Martini of the Day - December 21, 2008 - Grape Escape Martini

Sundays are usually long, drawn out, relaxing... especially after two nights of hard core partying with very little sleep, I felt pretty un-enthusiastic about my Martini tonight.

A great friend of mine once said, "Good things take dedication..." so I got up, and headed out to my neighborhood friendly TGIF! I found out a perfect martini for sunday night.... it was called the Grape Escape Martini.... Grape juice and Vodka blended together....OK I admit it did taste a little like KoolAid.... don't know if I will have this martini again.... !

Here's a pic though!

Martini of the day - Dec 20, 2008 - Orange Ginger Martini

Saturday night was a very fun night. Drove up to LA, hung out at the Standard Hotel and ended up having dinner at the sushi place on the 21st floor of 811 Wilshire Blvd called Takami!
The bartender there made me an Orange Ginger martini! Man that was great!!! a mixture of orange with shades of ginger spice up this martini making it a perfect concoction!

Here's a pic!

Martini of the Day - Dec 19, 2008 - Dirty Martini

Friday nights are dirttty nights! Time to have a Dirty Martini!
Hanging out at our local Irish Pub O Harley's, and having a nice dirty martini.... a perfect beginning to a long night of drunken revelry!
Enjoy the pic!

Martini of the day : Dec 18, 2008 - AcaiTini

The story continues! I decided to utilize the powers of Acai berries in my martini so that I get the strength and the courage to continue on! Acai berries are known for their nutritional value, their healing powers....and ofcourse, their Weight Loss capabilities.... I can say I need all three....

This sensation AcaiTini comes packed with Belvedere Vodka, Peach Schnapps, Acai Juice (doh!), Lime Juice and sugar all blended to perfection and shaken like crazy.... the end result is a treat for your taste buds... mmmm.... I really wanted to have one more.... :(

Here's a pic!

Martini of the Day: Dec 17, 2008 - Appletini!

So this one has a lot of memories...good and bad. I won't go into the bad ones, but the good part is that this is my personal ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE martini!

So turn off those lights, turn on some nice sexy music, and sip this delicious AppleTini as it takes you back into the days so good, so nice....

Doc Yo rightly says, "An Apple(tini) a day, keeps da Doctor Away!!!"

Here's a pic of me enjoying the tangy, twisty sensational delight....called the "Appletini!"


What am I going to have tomorrow? Hmmm... my friend Jenna thought Ginger Martini is good....sounds very interesting......I may have to find a place that serves that....or I can always resort to my personal creative skills!

Martini of the Day: Dec 16: Fuzzy Navel Martini

Alright, so I am taking this thing really seriously! It started with a whim but is going to end up with something unique and fun! As long as the drinks keep pouring in, life is fun huh!

To start of, my trustworthy bartender Amy made me a Fuzzy Navel Martini. For all those who know Amy, should also know that her Martinis can knock you down in a couple of sips at the most if not in the first one....!

Boy this delicious martini with Peach Schnapps and Orange Juice did tickle my taste buds and made me fuzzy in no time!

Till tomorrow, here's a pic of me enjoying my Fuzzy Navel Martini....

Martini of the Day - A New Way To Get A Little Fun In Life

Well, 'tis the time to be merry, 'tis the season to love and enjoy.
So I thought I would make things a little interesting by having a different Martini every day of the night until the new years eve. On the New Years Eve, I will end up having my favorite martini from the many I tried over that period!

Things are going to get very interesting.... keep you posted!

2008 - A Year In Review - Auto Industry Bailout

THE DETROIT BAILOUT

Before I boarded my much delayed flight from Kansas City, I got a chance to check in on the news.

The big 3 Auto bailout in Detroit was turning into reality. This is the by far the most disappointing thing I have heard in 2008.

The car companies like Ford, Chrysler and GM have single-handedly embarassed the nation and ruined the great city of Detroit. This is something that should not be taken lightly.

In a time when European and Japanese counterparts are producing cars that excel in quality, our "proud to be American" car companies are actually going backwards in the "excellence" curve. Would you be surprised if I told you that a Ford car provided more miles/gallon in 1908 than it does now?

Would you be surprised that China (yes China!) actually has the technology ready to produce cars that are more eco-friendly and superior in technology that our "proud to be American" car companies?!

This is no laughing matter.

We are a nation where we strive to be "excellent". We pride in being the best of the best, the smartest in the pack and yet we allow our car companies to produce what has been called time and again, "a backward product."

Year after year, we push to excel in every area, we achieve technological innovations, we identify cure for diseases previously incurable and yet we leave these car companies unchecked despite a common and very prevalent agreement that "American cars suck."

Why do we want to live in a country where people want to live with a false pride. Why are we so "American" that we let these few companies ruin our nation in front of our very eyes.

Our commitment to excellence is broken.

Not only that, these car companies that are notorious for suing the Govt. are now asking for help from the Govt! Whoa! Did I just say that? Hell Yea. Look back into history and you will see....

Why Detroit is so proud of these companies, I will never understand. I think for companies like these, it's time to close shop until they excel and innovate. Detroit, wake up! Kick them out. Move out and find jobs elsewhere. A little struggle now will save us years and years of misery.

This bailout is just going to delay the dying of these companies that have resisted change for about 40yrs or so now.

The principles, the fundamentals and the ethics that these companies are based on are "flawed".

They deserve to die, and die they will. The question is, how much of your tax payer money are they going to take with you before they die.

Wake up! Question your Government. Ask them why would they want to invest in typewriters in this world of the Internet (cited from a very good article in NY Times)

In my next post, I will tackle the once so easy to make $$, the Mortgage Industry. I want the millions of Mortgage professionals that tricked unknowing people into buying homes they could not afford go down with these companies. I want these quick buck earners to go bankrupt as well.

I want Fannie and Freddie to pay and their CEO's dealt with the highest punishment possible. If I was the President, I would call for immediate jail sentences for these CEO's. They deserve to be jailed. In a country where people cannot afford to live in their own homes anymore, something is really WRONG.

Next I want to tackle the Healthcare industry. In a country where people pay $50+ for medicines that cost 10cents across the border, something is really WRONG. If people cannot afford healthcare, what nation are we building.

My final question is, "If you are a proud American, what are you doing about this?"

2008 - A Year In Review (Epilogue) - Part 1

I am writing this article on a long journey from Kansas City to San Diego which involved a delayed take off from Kansas City resulting in late arrival to Houston giving me no time for lunch (did I say I couldn't eat breakfast either), not to mention that I won't be reaching San Diego until 3:45pm.

Anyone who has changed planes in Houston (IAH) knows that the terminal assignment is outrageous. Just to get from Continental Express to Continental takes about 20mins for a young person like me. Think what would happen to a single woman with 2 kids, or our elderly who desperately want to catch their flight so that they don't get re-routed to Alaska and back before they finally get to their destination. Trust me, if we don't take action against our Airline Industry right now, 3 yrs from now, you will be bailing these idiots out as well.

When I am hungry, I tend to forget all my personal worries and focus on our world issues. It's good to miss meals sometimes; reminds you of the fact that there are atleast a billion people on this planet that cannot afford a single meal/day.

We are the privileged....and look what we have done.....


Life right now is a pretty sad state of affairs. From a 30 foot view, we are responsible for this mess. We are responsible for allowing out leaders to continue lowering the standards that were once set so high by our forefathers. We are letting this nation, and therefore the entire world sink into a very sorry state that will be impossible to pull out of, if it gets too late. We need to wake up before it is too late.

The pessimist in me tells me it is already too late. We have the highest debt ever. Our banking, mortgage, insurance, health care, automobile and airline industries are all falling apart, all at the same time! I call these the "AXIS OF EVIL" in our country.

Each of these industries require MANUAL INTERVENTION and triple/quadruple review system so that we never get ourselves into what we have right now.

We need "whistle-blowers." We need someone to say "Time Out. Close Shop"

These companies and their quarterly goal meeting criteria have ruined the quality of life in this nation. I would love to pass a law that provides maximum jail time for CEO's that knowingly took their companies and this nation down a path we cannot come back from.

The optimist in me says that there is still some time and that we need to really start thinking out of the box if we want to remember this as a great nation and a great world it once really was. We have to CHANGE if we want to pass on to our kids and grand kids a world that is safe to live in, a world that is free of terror, epidemics, natural and corporate disasters.

I have had a lot of opportunity to think about the year 2008, which in history may go down as a year of bailouts, or a year of "things this country should've looked into a long time ago", or a year of "I can't believe our leaders are taking our tax-payer money and pouring it into a bottomless abyss."

The smarty pants in me can come up with 100 such one liners for this, but I don't want to digress to much from the topic at hand.

Let's rewind back through last year and recap some of the poor decisions this country made to save "the average American."

I want to start with the most disappointing.....

To be continued...

Constitution to NOT VOTE FOR CORRUPT POLITICIANS

Found this email....and surprisingly...it is true!

Did you know?
> Section 49-O of the Constitution
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> Did you know that there is a system in our constitution, as per the 1969 act, in section '49-O' that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked, and convey the presiding election officer that he / she doesn't want to vote anyone!
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> Yes, such a feature is available, but obviously these seemingly notorious leaders have never disclosed it. This is called '49-O'.
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> Why should you go and say 'I VOTE NOBODY'? ... Because, in a ward, if a candidate wins, say by 123 votes, and that particular ward has received '49-O' votes more than 123, then that polling will be cancelled and will have to be re-polled. Not only that, but the candidate of the contestants will be removed and they cannot contest the re-polling, since people had already expressed their decision on them.
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> This would bring fear into parties and hence look for genuine candidates for their parties for election. This would change the way, of our whole political system... it is seemingly surprising why the election commission has not revealed such a feature to the public.... Please spread this news to as many as you know... Seems to be a wonderful weapon against corrupt parties in India... show your power, expressing your desire not to vote for anybody, is even more powerful than voting... so don't miss your chance.
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> So either vote, or vote not to vote (vote '49-O') and pass on this info...
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> Please forward this mail to as many as possible, so that we, the People of India, can really use this power to save our nation.
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> Use your voting right for a better INDIA.
> Jago India .!!!