Ep. 29: Postcard from London: an international childhood, romance, and motherhood with my college friend Piya Kochhar
And now for something completely different …
I’ve wanted to start this “Postcard from Afar” series for a while and thanks to my funny and charming friend Piya Kochhar, can finally kick it off with this lovely chat. Piya and I met more than twenty (!) years ago when we attended Vassar College together, and although we see each other only about every five years now, she remains one of the few people I have these types of conversations with. She has a writer’s way of observing and understanding the world, can turn anything into a love story, and is an all-around delight! I’m hoping she can come back regularly with dispatches from her life as a writer and Mum of two in London - what do you think?
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Piya at her “absolute favorite place in London” Quince Tree Cafe at Clifton Nurseries, where we last met (sadly all the way back in 2015)!
SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 29:
Quince Tree Cafe at Clifton Nurseries - so gorgeous if you’re ever in London
BOOKS and SHOWS we discussed:
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Succession on HBO
Catastrophe on Amazon Prime
Mozart in the Jungle on Amazon Prime
Sex Education on Netflix
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Special thanks to Aman Moroney @ Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!
