Love means never having to say you're sari...

...and I will never apologize for my love of Indian culture. My favorite drink is Chai, my favorite movies include Davidas; Jodhaa Akbar; and B-L-A-C-K; I know that Aishwarya Rai is the most beautiful women in the world; and I'm on the look out for a single Hindu girl for my friend so that I can wear a sari to his wedding...by the way if you know anyone please let me know...or directly contact Chinmay Patel (you'll find him at Medical School and /or helping old people across the street, as he does everyday on his way to volunteer work).

And, I made my very own Potato and Pea Samosas!

Dough:
2c flour
6T water
4T oil

Filling:
2 medium russet potatoes
1 medium onion
1c green peas
7 shakes of garam marsala
5 shakes of chili powder
4 shakes of ginger powder
2 dashes of salt

Mix the dough ingredients and set aside.

Boil the potatoes, let them cool, then dice them into roughly 1/4 in cubes.

Chop and saute the onion. 

Mix the onion, potatoes, peas and all the spices in a large bowl. Sample the mixture until you get the spices just how you like them.

Press out a 3-4in circle of dough. Add 1-2T of filling to the center. Fold the dough over and pinch the ends to make a semicircle shape.

Fry the soon-to-be-samosas in an inch of vegetable oil. Roughly 2 minutes on each side.

And Voila! Beautiful golden brown homemade Samosas!!

Oh and this is Chinmay....

If music be the food of love...

We finally made it to the Dallas Symphony. Alex, Doug, his girlfriend, and I made out way downtown to pick up our tickets.

oops..we forgot to double-check that our seats were next to each other ::Hello Katie::

Try to find Doug.

We got to sit together! 

Excited for the performance!

The first half was good, Mozarts last great Concerto No. 25. The pianist was really into the performance. He had a towel on the piano to wiped his forehead after the complicated bits. At the end of the performance, he flapped his coat and abruptly got up. It was like, "oh..wha..oh..its over?..ok well ok."

Fear not, the love-birds were not parted for long, at intermission they moved to the two free seats next to us...And quickly proceeded to play on their phones..kids these days.

Katie just had oral surgery, and felt a little self-conscious about her smile..so I leveled the playing field.

During the intermission...and occasionally during the performances, it was highly entertaining to people-watch. Note to self: if I force a kid to sit through an hour of classical music, do not sit him where the entire audience can watch him fidget. Highly distracting, yet highly entertaining.

Stravinsky has got some serious game. 'The Rite of Spring' was an extremely well written piece, and the Dallas Symphony did it justice. The bassonist was incredible, I never knew a bassonist could be incredible.This particular musician had been the lead bassonist for twenty years!

Although there is no photographic evidence, I will admit that we ended our evening with wings at Hooters. Eh, I prefer Buffalo Wild Wings.