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Our normal Tuesday night meeting with Seattle was canceled, so instead we saw the Black Eyed Peas. The band was to go on at 8, so we started out evening about 5:30 by meeting up with a friend, and then more friends, and then off across the traffic of Bangalore to get to the show. Total transit time was 2-3 hours, and that's without having to worry about parking.
Instead of our usual auto rickshaw ride inhaling dust and diesel with horns and bad mufflers everywhere, we passed the time in quiet, air conditioned comfort watching "Weeds" on DVD, drinking skunked Kingfisher, and lounging in air conditioning while Mr. Srinivas, the driver, handled traffic. Being drunk and watching TV in a small car is definitely weird and the best way to manage evening traffic in Bangalore.
Let's Get It Started
We lost our friends initially because I had to make a mad rush to the ladies' toilet, having had too much Kingfisher and too little of a bladder. [Note: concert port-a-potties are the same in India as the US, if not a little cleaner]. The concert was pretty good, though it was so packed up front that Liz and I chose to move out of the crowd to be able to dance more. Eventually, we were able to find them and enough space to dance. We could have gotten closer, but Fergie's outfits scared me too much.
After the concert, we partied at Pebble, met some more ex-pats, and generally made merry. It's kind of crappy that last call in Bangalore 11:30, but it mainly forces everything to start earlier. You get to party like it's the weekend but get in bed on time to be rested for work the next day. Genius!
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