what a weekend!

so after all the soul-searching and angst that marked the end of last week, we ended up having one of the best weekends ever!! saturday we went on a road trip to pittsburgh, and sunday we went to letchworth park to see the fall colours. see the sidebar for the fall pictures.

pittsburgh was awesome, a great american city. it was nice to see a big city again, after the relatively small size of buffalo. sank, nats, arul and i went.. went to the Sri Venkateshwara temple there, and then we pigged out at the Udipi there. the Udipi was following in the tradition of the rest, simple decor, highly appetising and relatively cheap south indian food. lots of dosas, uttapams, avial, sambar, rasam, payasam, coffee and various ites we had no idea about later.. we were stuffed silly, and all we could think of was lying down and falling asleep!

in the late afternoon we went to the duquesne incline overlooking the city and had an amazing view of the pittsburgh downtown. we took the cable car ride there and hung out, then sadly, we had to leave for the drive back home.

we got home pretty late, and whacked out.. so plans of going bowling were knocked down like nine-pins.. vip and i went to 87M.. they'd got the video projector from the lab.. and we were watching Saving Private Ryan, Gone In 60 Seconds & Pink Floyd's Pulse on the ceiling, all smoked up and lying flat on our backs!! :-))

sunday early morning we were up and about again, going to letchworth park.. it was a beautiful warm day to boot, so we had a really great time. we took a short hike, cos we had to get back before the football game at 1.

the colours were brown and orange, stark and clear in the fuzzy sunlight..

we followed the gennessee river valley, up to the waterfalls.. which was awesome..

i have been in a more contemplative mood the last couple of days.. and going to the temple, then spending some time with nature was a great help too..

i am at peace again, for some time at least :-)) if anyone remembers the time in Ace Ventura - When Nature Calls, and ace's chant.. a-aa-alrighty then!! may peace be with you all too.