have a fantastic breakfast of toast, coffee, and girl talk.
speak at an orientation session for indian students getting ready to study abroad in the states.
talk about roomates, snow, and 'use your best judgement'.
listen to questions about pressure cookers, luggage, and picking up the bill.
get an unexpected bonus, then blow it, american style, playing consumer on the causeway.
drink chai inside a parsi baug, and eat grilled paneer on the street, then drink cold kingfisher while listening to rock of the early nineties.
wake up early and clean house. by yourself.
find a drycleaner. then find a tailor that directs you down an alley, around a corner, to a jean mender.
know that next week, the best blue jeans ever will be fixed.
buy the world calling card with the special american rate.
work at work.
explain to colleagues that yes, america was once under british rule as well.
join a gym on the way home.
take a train to the 'burbs for unlimited grilled skewers.
talk about what its like to live in india.
crave a good slice of watermelon... or, even better, a s'more.
eat gulab jamun instead.
and save the fireworks for next month.
*over two days
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