It has been a long while or
probably for first time in my life that my weekend starts with a 4.40am alarm!!
Thanks to some enthusiastic friends, I have got into this routine of hiking
every weekend. And I intend to turn it into a habit. It has been 4 weekends of
going up Camelback Mountain around sunrise, taking in the beautiful views of the
city of Phoenix (the Valley of the Sun) and then drive back for the other fun
part of this routine; Coffee and Bagels and a couple of hours of chitchatting.
Our hangout is Einstein Bros
Bagels. Do try it if you have never been there. Some really good bagels they
have, especially their gourmet bagels. As soon as we settle down at our table
the chatter begins. Regular topics include movies, books, personal stories, office gossip, weekend plans AND some trivia every time.
Somehow, unfailingly, in our
discussions some topic comes up where no one really has any idea what it’s all
about, but the enlightened ones that we all are, we keep dishing out our
opinions. It could be as varied as ‘what is the difference between a chapel and
a cathedral?’ to ‘what is the difference between jams, jellies and marmalade?’.
And then enters the savior, old faithful Google!! It is usually me who does the
honors. It is said that Google is one of the biggest conversation killers, but
trust me, there comes a time in such discussions when it is better to know the
facts rather than going nowhere with so many experts.
And after this Trivia check,
eldest in the group that I am, I end with these words, “So kids, what have we
learnt today?” J
