Madhu Neotia chose Anaya Kutir to celebrate her 50th birthday where guests walked into a Mediterranean kind of setting. “We had this whole Middle Eastern look going on in Anaya Kutir with the cabanas and Arabic music and it carried on to the menu. The most fun moment was (husband) Harsh singing — from How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria from Sound of Music, where he replaced Maria with ‘Madhu’!” laughed the lady in blue. Salsa classes for couples by Aditya Upadhyay followed in the evening and then a Bengali dinner at Sonar Tori. At the photo booth, props like hats and moustaches were used to click pictures which were given away as souvenirs the next day after a night stay. But not before a Sunday morning football match — blame it on the Atletico de Kolkata co-owners — where even the ladies joined in! Madhu’s mantra for the coming year? “To let go of things stressing me and instead taking on responsibilities that will add value and meaning to my life.”