I do not smoke at all but the evenings with Avi at the local cigar bar are always memorable. First, there are all the new folks I meet (last night met somebody who was born in Finland and another person – Robert – who is moving right next to where we lived in the Dallas area). Then there are the old folks – the owners, the barpersons – Susan, April, the cigar guy – Mason. It is always great to catch up with them.

And then after everybody leaves – the deep discussions and reflections on life we two do. Last night we were there till about 12:30 am before we slipped out from the outside gate. The previous time was about the Declaration of Independence. This time it was about relationships of human beings. We both agreed that we need to pick up from where we left next time we meet. It is too long a topic to finish in a day or two.

Great times!!

It was long time in the making. Finally caught up with the Das family. I recollect meeting them for the first time when Atanu was the invited artist to sing at my 50th birthday. That was about four and a half years back. Gita used to come to Chalupa – the local running group – but I think she dropped out and in any case, I started running at different times than the group.

Caught up on a lot of stuff in one evening! How is an evening with the Das-es, you ask? “Das” ist good!! 🙂

Needed to work a little late last night. In between did some chapters on random sampling methods (in stats) with Niki. Looks like she is taking a liking to statistics just like me. (I started studying statistics in my junior year to – but that was in 1983).

Anyways, after everything was over – joined Sharmila, Dipanjan and Parijat for a quick drink at the local pub.