Delhicious.

"Just do it! We'll never see them again." Every time someone ues this as an excuse to do something ridiculous, it totally backfires.

Example: At Fabindia, a higher-end department-ish store, I was the only one with the balls to find someone to try on a shirt for Nirali's dad.

Me: "Excuse me, Bhaisaab, could you please--"
Man: "--try on this shirt because your boyfriend is my size?"
Me, embarrassedly: "Yes, Bhaisaab. Thank you."
Man: "I knew you weren't scoping me out for my looks."

It turns out that the gentleman who modeled the kurti for us works at the US embassy in the Economics Affairs department. Julia and I almost jizzed our pants in excitement when his wife asked Nirali to come over to the embassy for tea. But we'll never get to go with her =(

Later, we saw the couple at a cafe that blasted American hip-hop, which I crazy miss. As Julia said, "Who needs to go clubbing when you have Bread & More?"

We saw them again at Full Circle/ Cafe Turtle, a cute bookstore with a cuter coffee shop that Sudev recommended. Auntie really liked Nirali, so I hope they become BFF if I ever want to work at the embassy.

Anyway, we went to the Lodhi Gardens to just hang out where Julia gave a beggar boy a granola bar. As soon as he sat down to enjoy it, his family came up to us to beg some more. It's like, you can't even be nice to people because everyone else will see it and take advantage. It makes me feel less bad about it when that happens =/

Our whole group (minus Kristi who was throwing up) went to Big Chill at Khan Market for dinner. Sudev and Julia went back to Salim's to get the mutton, and I had to sit on a stoop and watch them eat it without me. I think that was the crankiest I have ever been on this trip, when I wasn't able to eat for 4 days straight and when I had to watch them eat in front of me.

For someone who lives to eat (and only travels to eat, not to see monuments), having a stomach bug for 4 days out of the 7 I had been in Delhi was the worst feeling ever. It wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't our last day in Delhi--I realized that I won't get Salim's mutton for at least two years, since I can't think of how I'm going to come back to Delhi before then.

This only strengthens my resolve to go back ASAP.