New Delhi at First Blush

I found my way to the breakfast facility without difficulty with the Delhi Times and guide book in hand, thinking to get the lay of the land while S. had a continental breakfast in the room.  That’s just one of the small ways we accommodate one another while traveling.  The waiters were all in turbans and uniforms of the Raj and women in saris gave me the sense of being somewhere different.  The buffet did not.  Pretty standard stuff, but well done and extraordinary service in a lovely setting. As I was cutting into my two over easy I saw Ron Gidwitz from Chicago who had recently run and lost for the governorship of Illinois.  I’ve known Ron from our...