http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/ Weblog from Boston, a small town occupied by big event pretensions, a sort of running backcountry funeral where everyone dresses up and talks in rigid tones about the plot of land that they used to own. en-us john.boddie@gmail.com 2007-08-12T12:19:20-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/archives/001168.html Weekly update (for this week at least): Let's see: The bulk of the week was pretty slow. A lawyer called a few days ago and told me to expect a subpoena related to the work that I was doing in... 1168@http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/ 2007-08-12T12:19:20-05:00 http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/archives/001129.html In Mumbai/ Bombay today, with the two other company people (two of us are permanently in India, the third runs the Innosight Asia and divides his time between India, Singapore, And the United States). Expedia apparently had some ridiculous offer... 1129@http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/ 2007-07-15T12:12:58-05:00 http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/archives/001106.html Saw my first snake today, about 3.5 feet long, moving slowly along the cement trellis in the upper berm of the backyard. It had the gold/brown coloring that matched some cobra photographs I'd found but it was too far away... 1106@http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/ 2007-07-01T10:42:15-05:00 http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/archives/001013.html 1. Leaning over the sink to eat a mango ten minutes after I wake 2. Opening the doors and pulling the curtains aside instead of turning on the lights 3. The luffing sound of the ceiling fan, as opposed to... 1013@http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/ 2007-05-07T22:40:19-05:00 http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/archives/001012.html I slept in the tent last night, on my bed. Well, on three bed frames that I pulled together from two rooms. I set the tent up after switching on the light in one of the house bathrooms and catching... 1012@http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/ Jibber Jabberin 2007-05-07T22:38:22-05:00 http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/archives/001009.html Wow, this is going to be more difficult than I thought.... 1009@http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/ Jibber Jabberin 2007-05-06T09:32:46-05:00 http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/archives/001006.html Found a barbershop (a gents haircut shop) today and got a haircut. The same haircut that I have had since 2002: number four on the sides, scissors on top to even it out. The results vary widely from barbershop to... 1006@http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/ 2007-05-05T14:53:55-05:00 http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/archives/001002.html Pizza corner, over in Spencer's Junction in Trivandrum placed some fliers the front desk of the Ginger hotel. The fliers, about 4x7, show calzones, focaccia, pizza sandwiches and pizza cones. Nowhere do they show an actual pizza. I'm not even... 1002@http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/ 2007-05-05T00:14:31-05:00 http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/archives/001001.html The house came through today, a three bedroom condo in Trivandrum, in Belhaven Gardens. Took an auto rickshaw 30Km back to the hotel room near Technopark. When I first arrived in Trivandrum, I was looking forward to the Technopark. My... 1001@http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/ Jibber Jabberin 2007-05-04T11:15:09-05:00 http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/archives/000996.html 1. This plane needs pillow lined video screens for people who want to rest their head on the back of forward seat 2. I want to set up a fortune telling screen that looks like one of those large announcement/... 996@http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/ Jibber Jabberin 2007-04-30T13:02:02-05:00 http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/archives/000994.html High of 116 or 117 degrees predicted for today. 114/115 yesterday. It has been like this in Gurgaon for the last four days. I spend maybe an hour walking around in the afternoons an then I head back inside.... 994@http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/ 2007-04-30T00:18:20-05:00 http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/archives/000973.html Flew into Kerala yesterday and walked right past the man waving the "Mr. Johnny Poppia" sign, which was understandable because the connection between the Galaxy hotel phone and the Solty taxi service in Kerala was iffy at best. Hari and... 973@http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/ 2007-04-21T23:30:37-05:00 http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/archives/000969.html Aishwrya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan... the wedding is going on, probably right now. This is a big event in India, with lots of news coverage. Everything else is being squeezed for the headlines. The attendees are a who's who of... 969@http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/ 2007-04-20T05:21:21-05:00 http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/archives/000967.html Part of the shocking growth in Gurgaon, India is driven by a 28KM strip of sparkling expressway that starts at Km 14.3 in Delhi near Rao Tularam Marg and ends at Km 42.0 in Gurgaon, bisecting the city in the... 967@http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/ Get on That Plane, fool 2007-04-19T07:16:35-05:00 http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/archives/000952.html So I missed my flight to Delhi again. This time I had the day right but the time wrong. I've just bought another ticket and am hanging out at the airport. That is the third time I've missed a flight... 952@http://fourseasonmartini.bostonblogs.org/ 2007-04-15T09:02:25-05:00