Great India Restaurant Brooklyn Center, MN

Today - Diana and I tried to be spontaneous - we picked a restaurant to go to right after our pilates class. (Diana's first one...yeh!!) Diana chose Great India because she had read a review about it in the City Pages.

So we drove to Brooklyn Center...and guessed which exit to take...then called the restauarant to ask for more specific directions. I felt a bit adventurous not having solid dinner reservations nor "to" and "reverse" directions from mapquest.

When we entered the dimly lit restaurant...we noticed we were the only ones there...how very romantic :) A nice quiet dinner with Diana...and it was good because I learned more about her and she gave me a brief synopsis of her family's story and how we ended up sitting in Brooklyn Center...talking about life over a glass of mango lassi.

I am a bit fascinated with writing and stories lately. Especially other people's stories and their points of view. I like saying something...making a statement...and being able to ask the person sitting in front of me exactly how my statement made them feel...what other stories my statements instigated in their minds...and most importantly, will they share them with me? Tell me...tell me...

I wonder what this new hunger is?

We ordered the Vegetable Dumpakht (Dumpakht is a method of cooking by which the cooking vessel is sealed with pastry) and the Baygoon Ka Goon (classic vegetarian dish in which whole eggplant is roasted and peeled, then pureed with fresh tomatoes, onions, herbs and spices). We didn't end up eating much of it because we were too entrenched in our conversations.

It's always so fun when you find new girlfriends and you click. Because...there are so many things you want to find out about each other....so many new giggles to old memories that are shared.

Who said that it's hard to find friends when you leave college again? That's not always true.