An attempt to compile a list of things that I have genuinely used and loved so much for many years.
Daily Stuff
Water bottle (Hydroflask)
My god I love my hydroflask. Call me a basic girl but it keeps things cold and it is quite durable. I also love a good Nalgene.
Pens (Muji)
The 0.5 Muji pens really changed the game. They make my handwriting better!
Crossword (The New York Times)
I do the mini pretty much every day. …
A series where I get out all my thoughts and feelings about this wild world we live in.
I wrote one of these a couple months ago and I have more thoughts so here goes nothing.
Dear World (or whoever is reading this),
I need to get off my phone. I’m on it too much. My phone screen time used to average out to 2 or 3 hours…
Inspired by my recent reading of The Ensemble, by Aja Gabel
Caught In-between is a series of stories highlighting and explaining my memories of growing up as an Indian-American in the United States.
Last week, I finished reading The Ensemble, by Aja Gabel, a cute book about a quartet of string players and their lives throughout the years. The book mentioned…
One year, and a whole lot of affirmations later…
In January of 2020, I wrote an article about what writing daily affirmations for a month taught me. Yesterday, I filled up my daily affirmation & gratitude journal and wanted to reflect on my experience.
I started writing daily affirmations and things that I was grateful for because I wanted…
Over the past few months, I’ve tried quite a few of these meal delivery kits, and it’s time to review them.
I want to preface this by saying that I don’t think I would order any of these meal delivery kits if I didn’t receive a discount code. However, these delivery kits are extremely convenient, especially if you are coming back from a trip and don’t have time to run to…
A creative writing adventure.
I’ve recently become interested in doing more creative writing prompts. Here’s one that I decided to try out.
A favorite memory at the beach.
They all call me sandy Rucha. I am covered head to toe in sand. I’ve somehow managed to dig every inch of my body into the sand at Crane’s beach. All the…
I’ve been watching Youtube for over 10 years now. Here are a couple of my favorite people to watch.
As probably expected, most of the people I watch regularly on Youtube are in their mid-20’s and produce lifestyle, beauty & travel content. These are in no particular order, but most of these content creators create quality content regularly, and I watch pretty much every one of their uploads. The…
Sometimes, I ❤ the suburbs.
I wrote a similar love letter to Boston, MA not too long ago. As someone who has spent a decent amount of time in New York City over the past months, I’ve realized how much I love and miss Concord, MA.
Dear Concord,
Historic, beautiful, Concord. This is going to be a…
Starting another series where I get out all my thoughts and feelings about this wild world we live in.
Dear World (or whoever is reading this),
I’m tired. Every hour I let out a large sigh while I’m working. This next paragraph is all the stuff I’m sighing about.
I am sick and tired of this pandemic. I’m tired of indefinitely working from home and being nervous about a…
My favorite places to eat in the East Village after living here for a short 5 months.
Breakfast, Brunch, Coffee & Juice
Tompkins Square Bagels
A classic East Village breakfast spot. Perfect for a Sunday morning, post night out bagel. They have basically anything you could ever want to put on a bagel. I like their sun-dried tomato cream cheese, birthday cake cream cheese, as well as their chicken sausage and caramelized onions. You really…
