FabIndia

I don’t think that I could wrap up this weblog without some entry on FabIndia. Why, you ask? Well, it’s probably because we’ve spent thousands of dollars there over the past year and ½ on clothing, home furnishings, fabric, you name it. Just speaking for me, of my wardrobe here, probably 90% of it is from Fab. If you factor in all of my clothes (here and in the US), it’ll probably work out to 75% still! In the same way that I became a Uniqlo bitch in Japan, so could be said for our addiction to Fab here in India. When things are $5-10 a pop it is so easy to buy without thinking, even when the aggregate of the various things almost always exceeds $100. The garments are really nice, all hand-made and with natural fibers and just perfect for the Chennai heat and humidity. Even Kaia has a number of kurtas from Fab and he knows the various Fab franchises very well…I don’t think that we’ll need to buy clothes for quite a while in the US!

Why I Love this Time: This strip in Besant Nagar where the new FabIndia is located has become a very regular place for us. The Nilgiris market, Murugan Idli Shop, the Dollar Store, Giorgio restaurant, just to name a few…I’ll miss cruising the street together, dodging poop, drunks, and street vendors with Kaia…