Anniversary

Today was a key milestone - 20th Wedding Anniversary.

It was office as usual for the day, including a meeting at 5:30 PM at the Grand Central Sheraton with a guest from Singapore.

There was not much choice except to meet my wife and kids at the Phoenix Mall in Lower Parel, about 20 minutes from the hotel. As I waded through the dense traffic of Parel, the first thought to cross my mind was “well, the traffic scene here seems to be slightly better than the Western Suburbs where there is just no traffic sense !”

We connected up at the Phoenix Mall, which stands on top of the mill lands of Mumbai. A swanky setup with leading brands, a supermarket, departmental stores, a bowling alley, several pubs, and a smattering of restaurants make up the mill space.

After a bit of self doubt, we chose the Spaghetti Kitchen, which initially looked like an Indian joint. And, as we entered, we learnt that the left side at the entrance is indeed an Indian style restaurant. The Italian food at the Spaghetti Kitchen was good, and the ambience was very good. Service deteriorated as they received more guests, but that is the way it is in India nowadays.

It was a nice evening, we walked around the courtyard a bit, and returned home.

Cheers

Vijay Srinivasan
17 April 2007
Mumbai