http://laurenlavoie.com A blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:05:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’m still roaming around the world on my sabbatical (currently in Thailand), but I was excited to hear from my good friend Aaron today. He and his fellow green startup-ers have officially launched EnergySavvy, a portal for homeowners to get information about making their homes more energy efficient. The site ... http://laurenlavoie.com/seattle/373 Cross-posted from http://lawolf.net. Rating: Next door to the Dunes is a cute little family-run guesthouse and vegetarian restaurant called Ketan. At Rs100 (about $2), their vegetarian thali is the most expensive, but also one of the most delicious, I’ve had in India. It’s also ... http://laurenlavoie.com/food/371 Cross-posted from http://lawolf.net. Rating: After a lazy morning playing cards at home, Archana suggested that we head over to Jayamahal Palace Hotel for brunch. She had been before, and had fond memories of the beautiful garden atmosphere, coupled with an all-you-can-eat brunch with unlimited beer for Rs 500. When we ... http://laurenlavoie.com/food/368 …by marriage, as my husband just became an uncle. Congratulations to Laura and Aaron on the birth of their adorable son Jadon Elijah! I will meet him for the first time on New Year’s Eve in Miami. http://laurenlavoie.com/family/367 Kenny has been reviewing restaurants on his blog for years, and I decided recently to start joining him in this effort on our joint blog. This is my introductory post; I think I’ll start cross-posting the reviews over here as well. My brother also recently blogged his first restaurant ... http://laurenlavoie.com/food/362 Via my monthly Berkeley engineering alum email this week, an interesting article about recent developments with offshore wind farms: Offshore wind farms needed sea legs. But no one knew how to float the platforms way out at sea and keep 300-foot wind turbines steady and ... http://laurenlavoie.com/environment/361 Cross-posted from http://lawolf.net. Rating: Sadly, this is another review with no photos, because we dined at Coconut Grove during the period in which we were PowerShot-less (which we remedied later the same night). We visited Coconut Grove on a Sunday evening in a ... http://laurenlavoie.com/food/363 Cross-posted from http://lawolf.net. Rating: All of the India guidebooks rave about the excellent French food in Pondy. From my experience so far, I’m not quite convinced, as most of the places we’ve checked out seem to offer generic “continental” food that often appears more ... http://laurenlavoie.com/food/364 Kenny and I are on a year-long “sabbatical,” traveling in Asia (and hopefully Africa later on) and doing some volunteer work along the way. We are currently in India. I expect that my blogging on this site will be rather sporadic while we’re away, but Kenny and I are blogging ... http://laurenlavoie.com/travel/360 Sound Transit has a countdown until light rail service begins. As of this writing, fewer than 8 days, 17 hours, and 17 minutes to go (although I imagine that avoiding the first weekend would be prudent, as it will be free and should be extremely crowded). Finally! http://laurenlavoie.com/seattle/358