The Dramatic Hollywood Rabbit

1.     I love you.  Three little words that can make life worth living when meant; three daggers to the heart when said as a lie.  Too often these words are said by a guy to get a girl in bed.  Real love is proven with actions over time.  If said too quickly they lose all meaning. 2.     If you love me you will sleep with me.  The statement should be: If you love me you will wait until I’m ready to have sex.  Just because you love someone doesn’t entitle them to your body. 3.     I’m/you’re on the pill, you/I don’t need a condom .  If the girl is on the pill you have to remember no contraceptive is 100% effective and even if the girl doesn’t get pregnant the pill doesn’t protect against HIV and other venereal diseases.  If the girl is not on the pill then you should plan on buying diapers in about 9 months, and have the doctors check both of you for STDs. 4.     I’ll Pull Out.   There are a lot of people walking around today because of that lie.  When a guy is about to c

    Puris, potato and chickpea mixture in tamarand chutney, pani puri water with cilantro and boondis. The first time I ever heard of Bengali Sweet House was at my then boyfriend’s room at college.   One of his relatives had gone to the US and his mother had sent a care package.    Such a little thing, a cloth draw string bag filled with peanuts in a spicey crunchy coating.   I now know those were besan moong phali, but then it was something new and exotic, just like the boyfriend.   Over the next few years as we dated I’d eagerly await the next care package and those little fiery peanuts.    The boyfriend turned into a fiancé and eventually a husband.  One of the little food items that I could never accurately picture were pani puris, little puffy crisp bread that you dip in flavored water.  I thought the man was insane, until we came to India for our Indian Wedding.  He takes me to this little quaint market near Connaught Place called Bengali Market and directs me to this open