Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Do You Know the Way to Chico, CA?

2013-08-14 Thread Bhairitu
Many Gujaratis who came to the US bought and run hotels and motels. They, for some reason, are particularly good at it. Another friend, who is Gujarati, has a bunch of Indian restaurants in the Bay Area as well as producing a lot of the Bollywood concerts here. On 08/13/2013 07:47 PM, John

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do You Know the Way to Chico, CA?

2013-08-14 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Many Gujaratis who came to the US bought and run hotels and motels. They, for some reason, are particularly good at it. Sounds like dharma... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patel

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do You Know the Way to Chico, CA?

2013-08-14 Thread obbajeeba
That is why they are known as, Patel Hotel. There is loaning within the family name which allows for many Gurjaratis to buy motels. I knew a Patel, who was not qualifying and it upset him to no end. haha. He owned a small restaurant instead. Would share with me some of the dirty details. It

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do You Know the Way to Chico, CA?

2013-08-14 Thread John
Obba, I heard of that family name. They own several hotels here in San Francisco, CA. It must be their caste trade. That's why they're good at it. I could say the same thing for some Italian families who run the restaurants at the Fisherman's Wharf. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do You Know the Way to Chico, CA?

2013-08-13 Thread John
Share, The stones at the abbey are still a work-in-progress. The monks inherited the stones from the City of San Francisco, which got the stones from Randolph Hearst, a very rich man from California's past, who had the stones dismantled from an abbey in France and shipped to San Francisco,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do You Know the Way to Chico, CA?

2013-08-13 Thread John
Bhairitu, Yes, the weather was excellent over there as compared to foggy San Francisco, CA. I don't know if it means anything. But when I checked in to a budget motel in town, I found out that the motel was owned by a family from India. It was rather surprising to see a picture of a guru at