Autumn is fast becoming my favorite season. The falling leaves, the golden-yellow and rapturous red trees, pumpkins everywhere, and the crisp air fill me with warmth and coziness. Not to mention hot apple cider doughnuts - my belly is full of about a dozen of these, and counting (hey no judgment, they’re delicious!). This time of year is also perfect for visiting orchards to go apple picking, taking photos in a pumpkin patch, and screaming your butt off as you run wildly through a spooky corn maze - while dressed in plaid prints. All of which I’ve done.

Every year, I promise myself that I’ll decorate our condo for Ramadan. And every year, I get bogged down with making samosas, patties, and kabobs instead. Miraculously, this year I managed to do both freezer prep and a little artsy fartsy decorating. In this post, I’m sharing a few simple ways I decorated our home for Ramadan, the holiest month of the Islamic calendar.

A few weeks ago, we had another big fat Bollywood wedding in the family! My older brother-in-law tied the knot, and it was a beautiful, emotional event (mashAllah) full of bhangra, delicious food, and moving speeches. South Asian weddings are not one or two-day events. Oh no - our weddings are weeks-long celebrations that include duas (communal prayers for the couple) and dholkis (dance parties at aunties’ houses) that lead up to the main wedding events.