I first ran into Harvey in 1994. I had been transferred by Citibank to Dallas from Florida. That was April of 1994. A few months later, a few fresh Texas A&M folks joined our group. That is when I met Harvey first – August 1994 – in the Citibank campus in Westlake, Texas.

A couple of years later, I left Citibank for i2 and soon, Harvey came over too. Eventually, they moved to Austin and we to Atlanta.

While I had not seen Bing for probably 25 years, I did get to meet Harvey about 10 years back when a few ex-i2ers got together in Austin. (I was visiting then).

Harvey and Bing is visiting Atlanta and swung by yesterday. We had a great time talking about our old friends, the good old times and life as empty nesters now!

After finishing up dinner with the Ghoshal family, I still had a bit of time to surprise the birthday girl – Debjani. This morning, while driving to Atlanta airport, I had called to wish her and surreptitiously found out her evening plans. She was going to be with Subhasis at a place of her choosing – Escape 360 Cafe in McKinney.

And that is exactly where I found them!! Our excitement was enough that after the Cafe shut down, we sat outside till near midnight chatting about our old days and even older friends!!

Asok-da and Sumita-di were two of the very first Bengalis we had met when we moved to Dallas. It was during the 1996 Durga Puja – which was held in Grand Prairie. I had not seen them in quite some time. My last couple of attempts to meet them were thwarted by their own travel plans! This time though I was able to see them – nearly two decades later – in their house. HAd a marvelous time reminiscing the past!

On our usual stroll in the evening in downtown Alpharetta saw this Indian couple sitting on the side wall. Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be none other than the Raos. Came around and saw their mom and cousins were sitting there too!