"I don't know what it is, but I'd dip my roti in it."
There's really no way to say this without it sounding sad, but Chad is the first friend (from back home) that I've seen in over three and a half months. It's been awesome. After a somewhat frenzied entrance into Mumbai, we headed down to Colaba for a full-blown night on the town. We started off at a club called Karma and then headed over to Insomnia (which, as most of you know, is my favorite club in the city) for a taste of the glamorous side of Mumbai. As always, there was a great vibe, fantastic music (including my favorite new song, "Love Generation" which has become Chad's 'Song of India'), and lots and lots of dancing. The ride home was no less fun, with the three of us (Me, Chad, and our driver) rocking out to "My Love Is Your Love" and "Into The West" (for reals).
On Sunday, Chad wanted to see My Life. So, we started off by checking out the huge Catholic festival that is going on at Mount Mary next to the hotel and then cooled off in the AC at PATEL'S market. Next we navigated the clogged festival traffic to go to MOCHA for a few hours of catching up, coffee, and tapas. Then we walked along BANDSTAND, enjoying the ocean, before heading over to CARTER ROAD where we rented a few DVDs from MOVIE EMPIRE. We both got a gelato from AMORE before coming back to hotel.
For dinner, we started off with a glass of wine in the Lobby Bar and then headed up to Masala Bay for a multi-course Indian meal. As Indian food was sort of Chad and my "thing" back in LA (I told him that I was moving to India over dinner at Electric Lotus on 3rd), it was awesome to share a real Indian meal with him...in India. Kedar, my favorite chef, cooked an amazing meal for us with every type of fish, chicken, lamb, potato, and lentil dish you could imagine. Chad and I shared everything by passing the little dishes back and forth. Somehow (I'm really not sure how) the little dishes managed to always accumulate on my plate until next thing we knew...
Poor Chad.
After our huge dinner, we barely made it back up to my room. We tried to do some planning for next weekend's GOA trip, but pretty much just collapsed contentedly into bed. Chad left at 6am for his flight up to Delhi to see our friend Seth before he heads out to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. He'll come back to Mumbai on Thursday and we head down to Goa on Friday. I can't wait.
There's really no way to say this without it sounding sad, but Chad is the first friend (from back home) that I've seen in over three and a half months. It's been awesome. After a somewhat frenzied entrance into Mumbai, we headed down to Colaba for a full-blown night on the town. We started off at a club called Karma and then headed over to Insomnia (which, as most of you know, is my favorite club in the city) for a taste of the glamorous side of Mumbai. As always, there was a great vibe, fantastic music (including my favorite new song, "Love Generation" which has become Chad's 'Song of India'), and lots and lots of dancing. The ride home was no less fun, with the three of us (Me, Chad, and our driver) rocking out to "My Love Is Your Love" and "Into The West" (for reals).
On Sunday, Chad wanted to see My Life. So, we started off by checking out the huge Catholic festival that is going on at Mount Mary next to the hotel and then cooled off in the AC at PATEL'S market. Next we navigated the clogged festival traffic to go to MOCHA for a few hours of catching up, coffee, and tapas. Then we walked along BANDSTAND, enjoying the ocean, before heading over to CARTER ROAD where we rented a few DVDs from MOVIE EMPIRE. We both got a gelato from AMORE before coming back to hotel.
For dinner, we started off with a glass of wine in the Lobby Bar and then headed up to Masala Bay for a multi-course Indian meal. As Indian food was sort of Chad and my "thing" back in LA (I told him that I was moving to India over dinner at Electric Lotus on 3rd), it was awesome to share a real Indian meal with him...in India. Kedar, my favorite chef, cooked an amazing meal for us with every type of fish, chicken, lamb, potato, and lentil dish you could imagine. Chad and I shared everything by passing the little dishes back and forth. Somehow (I'm really not sure how) the little dishes managed to always accumulate on my plate until next thing we knew...
Poor Chad.After our huge dinner, we barely made it back up to my room. We tried to do some planning for next weekend's GOA trip, but pretty much just collapsed contentedly into bed. Chad left at 6am for his flight up to Delhi to see our friend Seth before he heads out to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. He'll come back to Mumbai on Thursday and we head down to Goa on Friday. I can't wait.
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