Life - and/or food

Fancy dinner party tonight. Well, not fancy per se. An associate of the boyfriend's, from rotary. She lives just south of 14th street. From Bengal province of India. Tried Bengalis food for the first time. A-maze-ing!!! There was a shrimp curry that was magnificent. And the cauliflower dish was way better than any we've made. Out of adventurousness I also tried an olive chutney. Unfortunately it gave such a sour taste to everything it touched that I didn't try it. When we got there I was shocked by the number of people. There was no way that we'd fit around the hostess's dining table. She ended up serving everything buffet-style which was nice because you weren't stuck with a specific conversation. Lots more international people. Armenians, Germans, Indians, and Thai. A few American tag-alongers. It was definitely a good time.