My Life, A Cocktail

It’s time for Halloween! Keeping with our yearly tradition, the spooky ghouls have been brought out, the spider lights have been wired and we have a nice and orange pumpkin carved to be a cute little monster. But this time, I also dared to try something new. Mini pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. They were an absolute treat, and an instant hit with my nieces.  Happy Halloween everyone!

Peeling old walls need repainting. To gain a fresh perspective and rid yourself of single mindedness. As Steve Jobs stated, "The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything*". Strive to be beginners, time and again. A splash of cold water. To stay hungry, stay foolish*. * Quotes from Steve Jobs' speech at Stanford

It was one of those days when I was able to get off work a little earlier than usual. I knew the Giants were playing and the traffic was going to be bad. In order to make it to the train station in time, I decided to take a cab. Boarded the cab and as expected, as soon as I uttered the magical words of “Caltrain station please!” I received a slight sigh from the African American driver. Being the suspicious person I am, I am always wary of cab drivers. Through the 2 mile drive, my mind is usually crafting intelligent rescue plans in the event something unforeseen were to happen. He drove like a cab driver should, he was fast, sharp on turns and cut people in the middle all the time. It took very little time for us to sprint through Market, through some random apartment complex, onto Brannan. I had only started to relax a bit as I alternated between checking a few emails on my phone to watching the wet streets after the rain and the sky grow darker, when I noticed him eye