temporary Delhi Socialite
This was the first weekend I did not go to Ghaziabad, so, to stave off boredom, I way overbooked myself. And it was quite fun. The following is a brief synopsis:
Friday night I ran 5 miles after work and kelley and I dropped our plan to go shopping. Her friend Tim came over and we chatted for a while about his recent travels across North India and back. Around 9 or 10pm or so, Shakti and karthik (shakti's friend, non-embassy) came over and we got ready to go to that embassy party at Decibel at Hotel Samrat. But first we had a gin & tonic each and watched Desperate Housewives. It was not too far from the previous evening's Sex & the City and Margeuritas.
Frinding a rickshaw at 11pm was difficult, but after 10 minutes of standing on the road someone picked us up and actually went by the meter. We got to Decebel and on the entry-level floor the only people there were the DCM (#2) and his wife having the times of their lives dancing. We went upstairs and the party was looking pretty slow. but eventually everyone moved to the dancefloor and we left around 2:30am, dropped home by someone's driver.
Saturday Kelley and I went shopping during the day. we went to GK-II and to Fab India. I got some "Indo-western" wear and soy milk. after that we went back to the house and I made dinner plans with 2 groups of people-- julia/lydia/ashlee (UNHCR/trafficking NGO/embassyintern) and with shakti/karthik. i was afraid one group was going to flake on me, so i covered my bases. i met the girls at a restaurant in defence colony, which was convenient bc shakti was in defence colony shopping, and karthik lives there. so after that dinner shakti and i went to karthik's where we decided to go to the Claridges to go to Dhaba, where we ate the BEST BAINGAN BHARTHA EVER. but then i had a paneer overload, which would be topped off the next day by more paneer. basically the staples of my diet over the weekend were sweet lassi (yogurt drink), chickpeas, paneer, chai, and alcohol. next to Dhaba in the hotel was this club that was PACKED> so we checked it out but it was so crowded we stayed for only 30 minutes. but there was a scottish bar tender. we had been invited to a farmhouse/pool party, but i am very glad we didn't go bc i have heard those can be quite sketchy...
sunday was again busy. in the morning a friend of a friend, chris, who is the doctor at the embassy called me for lunch. we went to Panjabi by Nature in Vasant Vihar. Again-- VERY GOOD. but no more panjabi food or paneer for me for a while. chris and her husband jim-- who have such a great attitude about India by the way-- gave me a ride home. when i got home, shakti called telling me to round up karthik to come to "the best party ever." to make a long story short, i ended up going back to vasant vihar around 4pm. this house was CRAZY! art, antiques, hollywood memorabilia, persian rugs everywhere. i mean it rivalled the rajput royalty in jodhpur. and the food was incredible, but i was so sick feeling (from all the paneer) that i only had mini-cinnabons and chocolate chip cookies (made by commissary ingredients, so you know how good they were).
so afterthis, we picked kelley up and the 4 of us went to ISKON, which was also packed. we saw the aarti which is always neat. then we went to sagar in def col for dinner, but i just had lassi (again). this morning my stomach still feels packed (i ate a lot of tollhouse cookies!).
so this weekend was non-stop, alot like the first year of college... i think i might be going shopping this evening, we'll see. despite doing so much this weekend, i didn't spend too much money bc a lot of my food and drinks and transport were free. and i didn't buy too many clothes (oh-- and i got an abida parveen CD).
must work, am trying to get out early today.
Friday night I ran 5 miles after work and kelley and I dropped our plan to go shopping. Her friend Tim came over and we chatted for a while about his recent travels across North India and back. Around 9 or 10pm or so, Shakti and karthik (shakti's friend, non-embassy) came over and we got ready to go to that embassy party at Decibel at Hotel Samrat. But first we had a gin & tonic each and watched Desperate Housewives. It was not too far from the previous evening's Sex & the City and Margeuritas.
Frinding a rickshaw at 11pm was difficult, but after 10 minutes of standing on the road someone picked us up and actually went by the meter. We got to Decebel and on the entry-level floor the only people there were the DCM (#2) and his wife having the times of their lives dancing. We went upstairs and the party was looking pretty slow. but eventually everyone moved to the dancefloor and we left around 2:30am, dropped home by someone's driver.
Saturday Kelley and I went shopping during the day. we went to GK-II and to Fab India. I got some "Indo-western" wear and soy milk. after that we went back to the house and I made dinner plans with 2 groups of people-- julia/lydia/ashlee (UNHCR/trafficking NGO/embassyintern) and with shakti/karthik. i was afraid one group was going to flake on me, so i covered my bases. i met the girls at a restaurant in defence colony, which was convenient bc shakti was in defence colony shopping, and karthik lives there. so after that dinner shakti and i went to karthik's where we decided to go to the Claridges to go to Dhaba, where we ate the BEST BAINGAN BHARTHA EVER. but then i had a paneer overload, which would be topped off the next day by more paneer. basically the staples of my diet over the weekend were sweet lassi (yogurt drink), chickpeas, paneer, chai, and alcohol. next to Dhaba in the hotel was this club that was PACKED> so we checked it out but it was so crowded we stayed for only 30 minutes. but there was a scottish bar tender. we had been invited to a farmhouse/pool party, but i am very glad we didn't go bc i have heard those can be quite sketchy...
sunday was again busy. in the morning a friend of a friend, chris, who is the doctor at the embassy called me for lunch. we went to Panjabi by Nature in Vasant Vihar. Again-- VERY GOOD. but no more panjabi food or paneer for me for a while. chris and her husband jim-- who have such a great attitude about India by the way-- gave me a ride home. when i got home, shakti called telling me to round up karthik to come to "the best party ever." to make a long story short, i ended up going back to vasant vihar around 4pm. this house was CRAZY! art, antiques, hollywood memorabilia, persian rugs everywhere. i mean it rivalled the rajput royalty in jodhpur. and the food was incredible, but i was so sick feeling (from all the paneer) that i only had mini-cinnabons and chocolate chip cookies (made by commissary ingredients, so you know how good they were).
so afterthis, we picked kelley up and the 4 of us went to ISKON, which was also packed. we saw the aarti which is always neat. then we went to sagar in def col for dinner, but i just had lassi (again). this morning my stomach still feels packed (i ate a lot of tollhouse cookies!).
so this weekend was non-stop, alot like the first year of college... i think i might be going shopping this evening, we'll see. despite doing so much this weekend, i didn't spend too much money bc a lot of my food and drinks and transport were free. and i didn't buy too many clothes (oh-- and i got an abida parveen CD).
must work, am trying to get out early today.
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