(This post was written by Miss Bolly and posted by Beth.)

[Aren’t cats inauspicious in India? - ed.]

There’s not much one can say to fault midwest hospitality. When my friends invited us over for a meatloaf dinner, Mini-Khan had a bit of a hard time grasping the concept of meat as loaf, but he did appreciate all the attention he got…especially from the cat:

More later!

(This post was written byGrrlpretty and posted by Beth.)
[Sounds like Grrlpretty is keeping Mini Khan really busy out in la-la land. She sent me these photos and captions to tide eager readers over until the end of their jam-packed weekend. - ed.]

The first is of lunch on his first day here as I took him to the office so he can get a taste of how a proletariat government worker lives. Since there is no Indian food around my office, I took him to a traditional with some tastes to remind him of home - Tamarindo (a juice made from tamarind), chilaquiles (chips soaked in green chili mole), and pickled carrots with spicy hot salsa.

We also took in a Mighty Ducks game. OK, so they are the Anaheim Ducks now, but the old name is still better because of the Hollywood connection…

(This post was written by Grrlpretty and posted by Beth.)

Yes, he arrived from Phoenix today, with a guest who I will now call Bipashu, and they immediately put on bathing suits and sunglasses and started checking out the surfboards. It is late and I have work to do before I go to sleep, so I put them in front of Mani Ratnam’s Bombay DVD before we make plans for the week…

Where o where could he be?

Note to the gossip rags: we don’t know who the girl is - she might be from either the southwestern or midwestern United States (though speaking as a midwesterner, we are all good girls and would never do something like go traveling with a foreign movie star to parts unknown) - but she was with him when Grrlpretty unpacked the box! Shocking!

(This post was written by Miss Bolly and posted by Beth.)

So, I was lucky this week to be able to go back to visit my alma mater, Grinnell College, in Iowa and of course Mini Khan came with me. He had heard me talk so much about my fantastic four years there (so much that he even had to tell me to shut up at one point, but in a very kind way) that he was very eager to see this place that was so great.

I had a very busy week while I was there. I even got to teach a belly dance workshop to some of my former students! Being back and teaching was like coming home. There is a huge crossover between belly dancing and Bollywood. Many belly dancers I know love to watch Bollywood movies and my students were very excited to see Mini Khan had graced our class with his presence. He even got to show off a few of his moves, although unfortunately I didn’t get any pictures. Afterwards some of my friends did want to pose with him.

We had a great time fooling around! More to come later…

(This post was written by Miss Bolly and posted by Beth.)

After staying with Beth and then heading out to see T-Hype in Nashville and then Ashley in Austin, Mini-Khan has finally arrived in Phoenix!

Even though we rushed off to make our dance class, Mini-Khan and I got stuck in one of Arizona’s freak monsoons. It was raining cats and dogs, and the traffic was going slow, so finally I just decided that instead we should just go to the gym, because it’s closer. So instead of dancing, MK and I did some pilates and weight lifting. He was very disappointed to miss my dance class, as was I, but I told him not to worry. I have many dance engagements coming up over the next week, so he’ll have plenty of chances to show off.

Still, I think he was glad to hit the gym after all those margaritas in Austin. And let me tell you, Mini-Khan is fit! I think he was bench pressing, like, five pounds, which has got to be twenty times his body weight. Of course, afterwords he was complaining of having strained something, so maybe he was just trying to show off for me.

Afterwards, we came back to the house and showered (no, not together! We’d only met a few hours before. Get your mind out of the gutter). MK insisted on changing into his mesh shirt, since he hadn’t been able to earlier. I debated the mesh shirt’s fashion merits with him, but he eventually won that argument by showing me the slide show of Alessandro Dell’Acqua’s show from New York’s Fashion Week yesterday.

“You see,” he told me with a quirk of his eyebrow, “Mesh shirts are coming back into style. Not that they ever went out.”

(This post was written by Ashley and posted by Beth.)

Mini Khan is in the shower right now so I have a few minutes to get this post up before we head over to Swad on North Lamar for some great samosas and thali dinners.

As I have mentioned, Mini Khan told me he had a surprise for me and my friend Neera. It turns out that after a few margaritas, Mini SRK fell in love with Austin and fell in love with his new red cowboy hat. Early Friday morning he fired up his mobile phone and contacted his people and ultimately made arrangements for a film crew to be readied on Saturday afternoon. It turns out that Mini SRK has a film that is actually in post production, but he has been having reservations about one of the dance scenes. Therefore, he decided to re-shoot the dance scene right here in Austin! What was even more exciting was that I (well, mini me….) FINALLY got to DANCE with (mini) Shah Rukh Khan!!!

This was a great surprise and I will remember it forever. I am sad that Mini Khan is leaving soon. It has been non-stop fun and surprises since he arrived on my doorstep! He is very excited about his next adventure in Phoenix, Arizona with his host, Miss Bolly.

(This post was written by Ashley and posted by Beth.)

Sorry I haven’t updated you sooner. It has been a whirlwind experience with Mini Khan visiting. Firstly, Mini SRK has apologized profusely for his antics the other night with regard to the margarita consumption. It’s partly my fault because I assumed he knew what a margarita was. It turns out he thought it was just a frozen nimbu pani served in a salt-rimmed glass. Of course, that’s exactly what a margarita is — except for the copious amounts of tequila that give the margarita its famous kick, so to speak.

I had to go to work on Friday but I had my friend Neera show Mini SRK around Austin. Mini SRK spent a lot of time on his mobile phone calling his manager and all of the other people who keep his schedules. Before Neera picked him up for his outing, he told me that he had a big surprise for both me and for Neera on Saturday. I could hardly wait for the surprise.

Friday was a very hot day, so Neera and Mini SRK opted to spend the afternoon at Barton Springs pool. Once again, the paparazzi followed Mini SRK and took a bunch of pictures that landed on the seedy website I mentioned in my previous post and as anticipated, there were all kinds of sordid accusations made by the tabloid reporters. It made me feel bad because Mini SRK didn’t have these problems in Illinois or in Tennessee, so I wondered why he was being stalked by photographers while he was visiting Texas? Well, I finally found out this afternoon, but I am going to keep you all waiting just a little longer as it was such a HUGE surprise! More to come….