"Dry" Night

Last night was another dry (no alcohol) day, although we found out too late (this morning) that it was only dry in Bandra, the specific neighborhood of Mumbai that we live in. Today is actually dry everywhere in Mumbai—something about an election or something, but really, this happens all the time.

So last night we made dinner reservations at one of our favorite bars that also happens to serve really excellent continental cuisinse. I had 2 Bacardi breezers at the hotel before we let (hey, my minibar selection isn’t all that great), and took another one in a water bottle as a traveler. At the restaurant, we tried to convince them to serve us alcohol anyway, but the manager said the inspector had just been by 30 minues prior, and if he gets caught serving alcohol, he could lose his liquor license. Ok, that’s fair I suppose.

So, when asked for our drink order from the Mocktail menu, we ordered 4 OJ’s. How many times do you see 4 adults at a nice restaurant all ordering the same, very mixable, fruit juice? The guy totally knew we were going to spike our own drinks with some vodka we had also brought along….so about 10 minutes later he comes by to say he could provide us with some “Absolute Mocktails” and “Bombay Sapphire Mocktails” Uh-huh. I guess he figured that since we were going to drink anyway, he may as well try to make some money off of us. Two rounds later and after an excellent meal, we headed back to the hotel for a party in John’s room.

We busted out the iPods, and some previously purchased bottles to make some mixed drinks, and had our own little party for a few hours. All in all, it was a fun night!