Family Dinners

The creme de la creme of cafe sociey gathered Saturday night at the Long Island abode of Sapna and Nitin. We were all there for dinner; held in honour of Ravina Kriplani and children Hamit, Yezzmina, and Maheer, who are on their annual pilgrimmage to Umrica. The crowd poured in, displaying the latest fashions in true Sindhi style, and of course, arrived fashionably late.

As the Veuve Cliquot flowed and we indulged in the ample spread (esp. those famous brownies), we were entertained by the breakdance stylings of local HOT-lanta-ite Shaan Wadhwani. There were cheers all around as he spun himself into a dizzying array of headstands and other moves for which I have no name! Brothers Jay and Neil were on hand as well to help warm up the crowd! As we chowed down, a game of Texas Hold 'Em was started, and this particular game ended with a few rounds of Blackjack (after which I am much richer in imaginary money).

Apres-dinner, Sapna treated us to an exclusive preview of Vintage '85 LISA Holi footage - we watched in amazement as we witnessed Vijay, Pankaj, Sharmila, Anil, and Nitin prancing around the stage in all their adolescent glory! Their kids stopped in their tracks and watched in wide-eyed wonderment - no doubt scarred for life from these images!

As the evening wrapped up, certain single members of the party (ahem!) grabbed all the leftovers they could and stumbled out happily into the night. Which reminds me: Shaan Neil and Jay - if your car smells suspiciously of Thai food...well, you know, one does tend to become a bit absent-minded after an evening of shots...you'll find the offending article at the back, behind the headrests. So Sorry!

Stylishly Yours,

Vikki Wadhwani.