India Night

It was a long week getting caught up at work (we've added five new people to the team and are now 20 strong), and it was time for midyear reviews and developmental statuses among other things in addition to the usual post-vacation catch-up and so on and so on. And my very best friend and mentor was nowhere to be found, having decided to take a "work" trip to Minneapolis to eat tacos and drink good wine...or something like that. Did I mention it was a long week?
So it was most welcome when India Night came along on Saturday. It is just the sort of unique experience surrounded by good friends to pick up the spirits. Oh, and starting the day with a good haircut at the Leela, lunch with a great friend at Fiorano's, and jewelry shopping on Commercial Street didn't hurt either. We went with Michele's driver, which was funny (sort of) because he follows us around the whole time...perhaps he's a little protective of her. :)
But anyhow, we had a good time and got ready at Michele's with a little help from her maid...and then made our way to the Grand Ashok in the torrential rain...but it didn't dampen our spirits.And the food, from all over India was also pretty good. Wade and I don't always get out much either, and we enjoyed it very much.It really is the people that make living abroad even possible. And here are two more of the best...Gerald and Petra. The event also featured a couple Bollywood dance numbers. And during the raffle ticket drawing, one of our new friends Chandra won some lessons. I can't wait to hear how that turns out!
Naturally, we retired to the Hookah lounge for some R&R after all that fun... We left the event and headed home. Only there was the call, followed by the text message, to come out for "one more" and I have to tell you...partying until 2am is hard...and fun.
The Target visitors arrived that night, and I was to be up at 7am to head out to meet them...this glamorous life is exhausting...and fun.