It's Friday (TGIF) - a day late

It's been a long week...jet lagged, long and varied work hours, change in diet...I'm looking forward to the weekend. My friend/coworker Cheryl is off to Kerala to spend the weekend with some of her friends on a houseboat cruising the backwaters of the west coast of India. I was invited, but decided it would be good for my body, mind and soul to spend a relatively quiet weekend that did not involve trains, planes, or automobiles.
Looking back over the week, I have managed to have a couple of great meals in between work assignments.
Monday Night Cheryl and I went to Samarakand, which features northwest cuisine, with Allison, Jason and Samila. The three of them are from Australia, and work for HP. The food was great and we sampled tandoori grilled foods and curries from that region.

(L-R Samila, Jason, Cheryl, Allison, me)
Tuesday night was a celebration for Cheryl's team leads. They were recently promoted, so this dinner was in their honor. We had dinner at Ebony, as I mentioned here. We ate on the outdoor terrace, which was great since the weather has been so nice. The meal was great (again). We had a number of traditional foods,

and of course the traditional, celebratory Sula Champagne.
Here is Nisha, Joseph and Philia toasting their accomplishments.

And finally, me with the city lights in the background.