it felt good to get out of the city even if it was only for a day when amit mayuri anushree and me got into the car on a drive where ella fitzgerald kept getting played even on shuffle mode. we got to alibaug ostensibly to take a look at the houses vandana is building in alibaug.
alibaug is really strange with tons of rich peoples' large designer estates in the middle of tiny villages that seem unaffected by them. vandanas contributions to the landscape were simple low rise, far flung homes with sloping roofs and laterite clad walls that stood amid the barrenness that summer brings to the area. samira's mad mariwala house was just next door with its metal barrel double heighted living room and its other whimsical eccentricities that may seem awkward to conventional eyes. i loved the ‘meditation room’ – the metal container from where you look upon the woods.
whats it with kihim beach? absolutely no places to eat. after attempting unsuccessfully to find a beach side restaurant we ended up at some place called ‘windmill’ for lunch, bumped into ameya from the first year, debated the relative merits of bar dancing (i was for it while anushree was against) and came back home after a detour that involved mayuri and me on a low hung branch over a flowing canal, amits incessant photography with nishesh's digital camera, cut watermelons and mirchi and salt on cucumber.
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