lazyboy

Scott’s heart is so huge. Today we met some more people that have become instant friends. Caleb, Matt, Marika and her dog Yago were all at the pool this morning when we came out for breakfast. Yago was frolicking in the pool for his first time. Scott had already been up for hours making art […]

sign language

This picture was taken on October 30th at our Narita Airport hotel. We’d just come off a 13+ hour flight via Singapore Airlines sleeper cabins, a necessary luxury that made going to goa possible for Scott. We’ve both traveled extensively in Asia, more than a hundred trips, each independent of even knowing each other at […]

bad hobbits are hard to break

A few days ago we were taking an oceanside walk that unraveled at the end to become a crawl from one shady resting spot to another until we finally made it safely off the hot beach to our waiting taxi. Scott has requested I make up a calendar chart and every other day or so […]

sanjiv arrived in goa

A big part of the reason we are here in Goa is because Scott’s longtime friend and business associate Sanjiv Sangwan has a house here. It is directly behind and up the hill from Sur La Mer. A few years ago he was thinking about converting the property to a B & B. we were […]

12-12-12

LUCKY DAY(0, 00, 12, 21, 25, 36) Katy Allgeyer While we all are beginning to learn that every day is a good day here in Goa, today is a particularly good day. Why? It is 12-12-12. Extremely rare lineup of numbers. Not just any numbers: Scott’s lucky numbers 12 and 36 (add up the three […]

vagator vagabonds

Scott saved up his energy all day Monday December 10th so he could take me to Thalassa aka Mariketty’s Place, the Greek restaurant with the most amazing view, in Vagator last night. High up on a cliff overlooking a pocket beach at the base of a mountain…..palms swaying in the seabreeze that was keeping us […]

dinner in dc

When we were applying for visas for India we found out the only way to expedite them overnight was to go to the Indian embassy in DC. That story remains to be told but at the end of it was a wonderful opportunity to have dinner with Scott ‘s friends and furniture colleagues Teddy Kanter […]