A Kick-A$$ Burger in India

After getting Jennie measured for her suits, we stopped off at the Imperial Hotel in Delhi for dinner. I think it's the nicest hotel I've ever been in, and I was shocked that they had a cooked-to-order beef burger with bacon and grilled onions in the restaurant!!! It might be the highlight of my entire month in India.


Courtney, this is for you - Jennie had the best croque madame she's ever had and thought about you every bite:

Jennie gets fitted for suits!

I took Jennie to pick out fabric for two suits at Gujralson's in Great India Place, and we went the following day back to Connaught Place to Vedi Tailor's for her to get measured. Below are a couple of pics from her exciting fabric-picking process!

Site Seeing in Delhi

On Jennie's first weekend in India, we rolled around all the big spots in Delhi with Deepak from work. Our trip included:

• Lotus Temple
• Qutub Minar
• India Gate
• Connaught Place
• Khan Market (to get beer)

Roses Everywhere!!

With help from the receptionist at work, I had flowers delivered to the office before I left to get Jennie from the airport. I asked what the Indian tradition for types/colors of flowers to give a loved one, and she said "without a doubt, red roses". It wasn't my first choice, but when in Rome (or India)...

I paid about $7 for 24 red roses!!! They dipped the tips of each rose in silver glitter...very different than a typical flower arrangement back home.

I had also called the hotel and requested that they bring flowers and chocolate to the room for when we got back from the airport. Nothing was here when we arrived, so I made a call to the hotel from our office the next morning. Jennie stayed at the room to recover from a long day of travel, and a lady showed up with....24 MORE red roses!! About 15 minutes later, the same lady showed up again with chocolates. Finally, after another 15 minutes, she showed up with a plate of fresh fruit...Jennie was a little blown away. :-) To top it off, when she went to work that first Monday, they gave her another 24 yellow roses!

CourseTrax 2 Celebration!

For the successful rollout of our CourseTrax rewrite, I took the team (in Matt's behalf) out to Pearl's Regency restaurant for lunch. There were 2 highlights to the meal: everyone ordered a mocktail (see fruity drinks complete with umbrellas below), and Maneesh basically force-fed Mayonk until he couldn't eat anymore. All and all, it was a very entertaining afternoon.

After Less Than 48 Hours...

Jennie is on Cipro and is concerned about leaving the hotel room. We're going to ATS village tonight for a dinner with Money Money, so it could be a very interesting evening before a long day at the office tomorrow!! This pic was taken before her downward slide began...

Monsoon Jennie has arrived!!!

Jennie is finally here!!! She arrived with no issues and is currently enjoying hanging out at the Radisson. :-) I'm sure this weekend will provide a lot of blogging material (her first trip into Delhi), so stay tuned!