For the uninitiated Sea Palace is a quaint little hotel with some famous landmarks around it...both historical and comparatively modern ones...situated about 4-5 buildings away from the Taj Mahal Hotel & the Gateway of India and the not so ancient Radio Club... Other famous places nearby are the Regal theatre and couple of famous pubs namely Cafe Mondegar & Leopold!
Thanks to the turn of events Sea Palace became our home (3 of my friends and myself) for a period of a month. We were all happy to have a rosy start to our stint in Mumbai...sea facing rooms (look out of the window and it looked like a mini Monaco, what with all the boats & the yachts) good service and to top it all just 15 mins away from work. And with IPL at its peak, we couldnt have asked for more.
Typical Day (@ Sea Palace)
A enthusiastic friend of mine went jogging in the early hours around the Colaba area...wondering whether we would be able to experience it again...We would get ready by 8.30am and meet at the breakfast table. Have the breakfast coupled with some news in the papers and some gossip and set out to catch a cab. And within 15 mins we would be in office. While we were going through the day's work, based on what the IPL itinerary we would plan the evening. The setting was fairly simple...all of us would congregate in my room to watch the match. Over the next two hours over some snacks & yummy food and interesting conversations we would watch the match. Hoping for an exciting finish some days we would split early thanks to the rather one sided sloppy affairs.
Every evening was planned to venture and experience the high life given we would have had to move out shortly... Bade Miyan, Cafe Mondegar's, Leopold, Sports Bar, Regal, Bombay Gymkhana, Not Just Jazz by the Bay!!!! In a short span we had together or alone visited all these places.
Weekends were as usual a bit slow and lazy...Spent almost the entire 2 days in my room...Having food...wathcing TV and napping...
All in all life was great...no qualms...no complaints...
Wish life could always be like that!!!
Thanks to the turn of events Sea Palace became our home (3 of my friends and myself) for a period of a month. We were all happy to have a rosy start to our stint in Mumbai...sea facing rooms (look out of the window and it looked like a mini Monaco, what with all the boats & the yachts) good service and to top it all just 15 mins away from work. And with IPL at its peak, we couldnt have asked for more.
Typical Day (@ Sea Palace)
A enthusiastic friend of mine went jogging in the early hours around the Colaba area...wondering whether we would be able to experience it again...We would get ready by 8.30am and meet at the breakfast table. Have the breakfast coupled with some news in the papers and some gossip and set out to catch a cab. And within 15 mins we would be in office. While we were going through the day's work, based on what the IPL itinerary we would plan the evening. The setting was fairly simple...all of us would congregate in my room to watch the match. Over the next two hours over some snacks & yummy food and interesting conversations we would watch the match. Hoping for an exciting finish some days we would split early thanks to the rather one sided sloppy affairs.
Every evening was planned to venture and experience the high life given we would have had to move out shortly... Bade Miyan, Cafe Mondegar's, Leopold, Sports Bar, Regal, Bombay Gymkhana, Not Just Jazz by the Bay!!!! In a short span we had together or alone visited all these places.
Weekends were as usual a bit slow and lazy...Spent almost the entire 2 days in my room...Having food...wathcing TV and napping...
All in all life was great...no qualms...no complaints...
Wish life could always be like that!!!
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