And so, here I am again. Late with my updates, which sometimes happens. Where was I..

Last weekend I went to one of India's only vineyards. It was beautiful... and it still maintained its own India flavor. The wine had India flavor too (which sounds like it could be quite gross, but it was NOT)... and it was like nothing I've ever tasted.

Keep an eye out for Indian wine. Hot weather makes for good Shiraz.

On the way back the coolest thing that happened was that we saw two dudes on a motorcycle. One behind the other. And you know what? The guy on the back was holding a live goat in his lap. I looked at the goat.. and he looked back at me as if to say "I know... right?"

And that's all I have to say about that.

This week I've been helping to plan a success party for the film Raajneeti at a really swank 5-star hotel. I went with Karan to talk to some lighting guys, and I really enjoyed taking advantage of their thinking I was super important. So I would say things like "Yes, yes... I think a nice warm orange light would work here." And "No... no... no greens or reds. Let's stick to warmer colors like oranges and occasionally a blue.."

Ha. Hahaha. Ha.

(I was right, though. Green and red would have looked like Christmas. And tacky.)

And so, like a good little worker, I've been at work all week. Funny part is, one day I almost didn't get here because of the monsoons. In my head I was thinking, "Look guys, these happen every year. Stop acting like you're surprised it's raining, you've forgotten how to drive, and that the mud is like hot lava." No rikshaw driver wanted to do anything.

The rains are like 2 things:

1 - when that girl in Poltergeist says "They're heeeeeeerrrre..."

2 - that quote from Forrest Gump: "One day it started raining, and it didn't quit for four months. We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin' rain... and big ol' fat rain. Rain that flew in sideways. And sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath."

Welcome to Mumbai.

And finally, I just changed my plane ticket from Tuesday until the 1st of August. Which is good for me, and good for you too because now you'll have more of my thoughts and discussions to read as you're procrastinating at work. One can only read the MSN homepage so many times.

Tomorrow I have breakfast brunch at the Marriot (eggs benedict and bloody marys). We go see the Taj Mahal next week, and then I need to find a nice dress to wear to the Raajneeti success party. Jeans and a nice top probably won't do.

Not with the lighting we're planning!

More thoughts to come. My head is full of thoughts. Until then, be good. And pray for my grandmother. She's a beautiful and woman and she is the image of grace. She's not well at the moment, but I have a feeling she will be. She's tough as nails in addition to being beautiful and graceful.

All my love,

A.