Review: Leica X2

Leica X2: Front View

My SLR , Canon 450D, has become old. For 5 years it  has serviced me really good. It still functions well so no replacement was needed.

I wanted a general purpose camera to go along with SLR. Light weight with a small form-factor. For me image quality is really important. I brought few point-and-shoot cameras and was very disappointed with them. So I was searching for bit higher end mirror-less cameras. After months of research I finalized on Leica X2 - a hand “Made in Germany”  mirror-less camera.

Leica X2: Without Cap

If one word to describe this camera it would be “Beautiful”. It is mostly used for street photography as the lens is fixed to 24mm. People don't get intimidated like they do for SLR

Link to official website:

http://us.leica-camera.com/photography/compact_cameras/x2/

After using the camera for 3 months here is the review:

There are so many disturbing features:

1          Price: $2000. In this price you can get a medium format Canon or Nikon SLR body

2.       Fixed 24mm prime lens – But this is what you get for entry level Leica and this is not M9 ( Body itself will set you back by  $4500. Lenses can cost you up to $9000)

3.       Multi-point focus does not always work properly. At times the object you focus (auto) will be out of  focus! This is a big flaw!

4.       Simple thing like zooming on an existing photo during playback is not available! You have to remove the lens-cap  to see the photos! How dumb!

5.       At higher ISO ( anything above 6400) the noise is too much to bear!

6.       Low light performance is just “OK” for the price you pay.

7.       JPEG picture quality is miserable (as bad as any point and shoot)

8.       Leica is offering you just 16MP (but consider this M9 is just 18MP)

9.       The Leica EVF V2  viewfinder ( bought separately)  costs $500 ( more than most point and shoot cameras)

Leica X2: Rear View

You can live with those flaws if you see the pros:

1.       RAW Picture quality exceeds medium format camera ( compared it with Canon 5D). No doubt. For a camera this size it is really astonishing.

The APSC sensor is really good in this.

2.       It is light weight but feels sturdy. It comes in two colors silver and black. Silver gives it that classic look. It does not feel cheap like other “rival mirror less” cameras like Fuji X100 ( though Fuji  it costs $1000)

3.       A full charge will allow you around 400 RAW photos – But that is very common these days.

4.       Leica Glass: Elmarit 24 mm f/2.8 ASPH – the most prized thing – is no doubt one of the best I had. Extremely sharp pictures and vibrant colors. I feel saturation is bit bumped in X2.

5.       View Finder function is not available on any other camera  (AFAIK) . If you have time to focus this is the best way to focus on still objects.

6.       Can control Aperture, Exposure mode and shutter speeds just like M settings of SLR.

Leica RAW

Canon RAW

Leica JPEG

Is it value for money? Answer is NO. You pay for the red dot! Anyways value is what you perceive it is. Getting a Leica was a dream for me and it did meet my expectation.

I will rate it 4/5 just for image quality.

Happy Birthday Pralaynath Gendaswami!

Today is Pralaynath’s First  birthday (my bike Triumph Bonneville SE)

It was this month, last year that I went to Simi Valley to purchase my bike. My Joy knew no bounds and my wife’s sorrows just began!

I drove a motorcycle for first time from the dealer to my home. I told my wife to follow me in our car. To my surprise I felt I was going too fast!

All the winding roads seemed to be easy to me. I was the king of the road. Then, I realized there was a huge line of cars behind me and I clocked an average of 30 miles an hour! In India, I would have most probably got run over by cars and people would have sworn at me.

I have been regularly driving in India for past 10 years. It is very different experience driving a motorcycle in US. First of all if you say that you are riding a bike, it means you are riding a cycle and not a “Motorcycle” Unlike in India, motorcycles are driven by only few people. Mostly driving motorcycle is a manly middle aged fad! So if you see  mostly bald guys with big bikes don’t be alarmed!

Bikes are way smaller in India averaging 150cc. Here bikes range from 500cc up to 2000cc.

The biggest commercially available engine is Triumph Rocket III with 2l engine.

On the contrary to the popular “Indian”  perception, driving bike in US is safe. Unless I get squished by some drunk man or a non-drunk lady!In fact car drivers are bit scared of hitting motorcycle riders . There is a liability if you hit one! Driving between the cars is perfectly legal in US. This gives us good advantage while taking on the crowded freeways. (specially the notorious 101-405 junction where traffic jams at 1 in the night are common!)

There are other few advantages too at many places parking for bikes is free! There you can save few bucks.Other thing that you will notice that there are no helmet locks! People just hang their helmets on the bikes and nobody will steal them. Not that people are honest...they just don't care!

Motorcycles are Chick magnet in India but here they  di*k magnet . Not a single lady has even glanced at me on my bike.I am mostly admired by balding old  guys and they always give me a thumbs up! This would really help gays to catch hold of a mate!

Bikes are not comfortable at all! You feel vibrations, dust goes in your mouth, you can smell foul odor and small temperature changes are exaggerated. Even though southern California has amongst the best weathers in the world for a motorcycle rider little change in weather effects a lot.
 My wife hates the bike, it has given her the burn marks on her legs and the wind simply disturbs her hair!

Highway riding: This is what had scared my wife the most. Driving at 45mph (60kmph) feels like you are driving at 100 miles/hr. The most I have clocked is 92Mph ( If you are police, I am lying!) even at this speed I have seen other motorcyclists zip past me.

Cost of owning a bike?

It cost me $11,000 plus a registration fee of $135 and insurance of $270 per year

My company pays me $2 for coming to office on bike so that offsets it ( in 15-20 years :D)
It has never given me more than 30 miles/gallon. So Prius which gives 45 in city beats me hands down

I am lucky to be in Southern California I stay just about 3 miles from Topanga Canyon road which connects Pacific Coast Highway. It is one of the most scenic drives and I go there often.

My dream is to travel from Europe to India on Pralaynath! Hope it comes True!

But have you ever tried eating tandoori chicken?

Recently I read an article on NPR about the attitudes of vegetarians towards people who eat non-vegetarian food.Vegans or the pseudo vegans (those who consume animal products like milk, cheese etc.) consider themselves to be on the moral high ground.They look down on non-vegetarians. Being Indian the case is special for me. India is a  where the percentage of vegetarian population is unusually high (It is around 30%  compared to 2-3% in other parts of the world). So bumping into one is not very uncommon.

  “Dude! you are eating shit! That piece of shit was living! Don’t you have a heart?"

I feel insulted. That is my food you are talking about! Anyways, even If I try to resuscitate the chicken would it come alive? My only reaction to this would be “But have you ever tried eating tandoori chicken?” and anyways the chicken has a heart too and its tasty…

Most of the people try to spread vegetarianism by showing you gruesome videos of cows, chickens and ducks being slaughtered in pool of blood.

YES! I GET IT! The videos that are shown people killing animals are gruesome…the sight of blood, the stink of flesh is awful. Did you ever try to think why it is that you feel it is gruesome? May be you are built that way! “But have you ever tried eating tandoori chicken?”

Even plants have life. Do you think god made them for your consumption? I don’t think so…..

When you are eating  bread you actually grind and eat the live embryos of wheat!

One bread will have about a million seeds! Killing one seed is better or million?

I eat bread too, “But have you ever tried eating tandoori chicken?”

Only explanation the vegetarians would give me is that the plants are made to be eaten! Gods have made plants so that you can eat. Even your shit would be vegetarian!

I say F#$k the science! What has science ever done for me? Who gives a damn about the canine you have? What about the milk you consume? Yes, god made cows for you so that you can drink its milk!

Some explanations are also humorous. “Vegetarians eat only parts of plants and not the full plant”

I could say the same thing “I eat only the leg piece” If you ever come across a chicken with one leg, most probably its me!  

Vegetarians would always give you examples of great people who are vegetarians. Albert Einstein, Pamela Anderson, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Hitler.

I can give you examples of great people who are non-vegetarians… "ME" !

Each of the groups below think they are morally superior to others:

Vegans – No milk, No cheese - Damn those fat a$$es!

Jains (A sect in Indian subcontinent)- No tomatoes, potatoes garlic or onions- Damn those Onion eaters!

Vegetarians- No animals, but animal products like milk, cheese is ok ! Damn those meat eaters!

Hindus – No cows because cow is god! Damn you beef eaters!

Muslims and Jews – No Pigs! Damn you Bacon eaters!

Christians – No humans, because humans are humans! F@$& you Cannibals!

Cannibals - "We don't discriminate" - Damn you all!

Would you care if somebody else eats you (assuming you are a human and not a chicken)? Hmm, I say I could care less, I am dead right? 

 

 Each of the  above groups would like to admit people from other group! But trust me if you think it is hard for a Veggie to convert to meat eater than you would be surprised! It is even harder for meat eater to become veggie!

 I do enjoy the occasional naked protesting by PeTA. That is the only time all the people would be willing to eat lettuce neatly covering the required organs.

This eternal fight between Vegans and Carnivores will continue till the end of time. 

Me writing anything or you reading anything won’t change anything, So just Let me be! 

This fight is very much like stupid religious leaders fighting among each other claiming that their religion is best…To all the religious leaders, shouldn't you be asking your self, “have you ever tried eating tandoori chicken?”

An Open Letter to my wife…..

<Normally, open letters are never read by the meant recipient. I am trying to change that. BTW this is not a cheesy love letter! >

May 16^th 2013 is our Second Marriage anniversary. Staying apart for two years after Marriage was not only difficult but also expensive. It was only in December that we actually started living together and that was the end of my bachelorhood. No more careless living for me!

Living with one of your friend is a good experience. But I forgot that a friend is different from a wife…….

We had a house of our own for first time and we decided to decorate it. Here comes the change. Obviously as a self-respecting woman like you have opinions about everything I do!  And supposedly my tastes are poor! 

Soon I learned how dirty I am, and raising the toilet seat is more important than using the toilet, itself! I also realized that one towel is  not enough to clean myself. I need one towel for my hair, one for my face and one for rest of my body.

As a married man you lose many freedoms. Freedom to fart freely and unhindered is the most I miss. (BTW women fart too!)

Marriage changes the type of movies you see. The definition of 'classics' for Girls are very different from 'classics' for men. I soon found out  ‘Sex and the City’ and  ‘Pretty Woman’ are classics and I should watch them without questioning any logic. And the movies I mostly see are noir and stupid!

Marriage also changed my perception towards television. 'The Bachelor', for me was just one of the stupid reality shows. But after seeing hot girls in skimpy bikinis fighting for a guy, really opened my eyes! Television is simply wonderful. I have faith in humanity now.

I thank my YOU for that!

I started liking ‘Runway’, ‘Flea Market Flip’, ‘Meet the Kardashians’ and ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’.

‘BBC World’, ‘National Geographic’, ‘Discovery Channel’ and ‘Top Gear’ are stupid and meaningless channels.
I also realize that I would not get to touch the remote control unless it is far, somewhere out of your reach !

Another thing that I lost was freedom to sleep in peace (no double entendre here!). I have to be a ninja even when I sleep. Knees in the ribcage, slap in my face are a common occurrence. I expect to be pushed off the bed anytime during the night.  Might be you have a anger in  back your mind and starve to take revenge!

I also realize that having you sitting besides me while I drive, is so important. Without your 'side-seat driving advise', I would be a dead driver. You are the one to keep me alive at every nook and corner of the dangerous streets (all the streets)!

I would also like to thank you for  bearing with my 'good' habbits:

- I realize at times I crack 'crude-non-veg' jokes which would offend any living person but 'once' you took it lightly.

 - I would also advice new grooms that jokes on in-laws are strict NO-NO.

-Snoring is inherent to male population. You are so lucky to experience it!

-Thanks for keeping up  with my spending habits. This explains why you are way richer than me!

- I also realize that I am intruding in your domain by cooking awesome food! Sorry for that!

- It took me two years to learn your last name! Sorry for that again but its not my fault!

Finally , I would not thank you for $2000 'Point and shoot' Camera, You know how crazy I am

Happy Second Anniversary!
~Adi 

Of Indian Police, Humiliation and The Butterfly Effect...

I always recollect how small things can change your perspective of life completely. Though the incident did not change anything for me except it took away my dignity, made me run like a mad guy at 1 am in the Night and made me sit in the police station whole day....and trust me it is not very comforting.
As any place in India, Infosys is a crowded place. 25,000 people working and commuting daily to outskirts of the city working for a single company in fact creates brotherhood.I stay 30 km (around 19 miles) from the place of my work in Hinjewadi. Commuting on daily basis was as hard as the work itself. The unruly traffic, summer heat of 40 °C (104°F) and horrendous carbon soot in the air makes smoking cigarette safer than breathing air . I am sure most of the people spent around 2 hours commuting back and forth to office. That translates to 10 hours of commute per week! You can clearly see the faces of workers marching to their desks, cursing them selves " One more day...and that's it...I am done with this company"


Recently (2007) our company had constructed a huge parking lot called MLPL Most of the people try to save Rs 50 ($1) parking fee by parking their car on the road just outside.
The company watchmen would come out with whistle blowing on top of their lungs "Fhurr..Fhurr"
"Do not park the car here saheb...It is prohibited!". In India is a country of divisions and sub divisions. Divisions are in the form of religions, castes, money, intelligence. A software engineer however worthless he/she may be, He/She is always at a higher strata than the watchman. The Software  Engineer, already frustrated by commuting, retaliates back by shouting "I AM PARKING HERE, DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO!" . The poor lower strata watchman watches haplessly.

So my story begins. It was in 2007, I parked my car outside of Infosys. I was "working" late till 9 pm and it was time to retire to home. I packed all my belongings and was ready to go. I then realized my electronic car key was not in my pockets! Damn! I might have lost outside Infosys. Since the place is unsecured I ran to see if my car is still there. With an electronic key it is so easy to locate a car and steal it. I heaved a sigh of relief to see my car still standing there in dark at the corner of the road. 
I had no option other than going back 30kms to home and 30 kms back and get my keys! It was almost about to be 10pm in the night and I had hunger pangs, but I ignored them!

I caught hold of a call center taxi driver and asked whether he can take me back to home and get the key. He demanded a hefty price of Rs. 300. At that time it was a lot of amount but I agreed to that, what option did I have? The driver's mouth was fully red with his 'Gutka' and the taxi's gutkha smell gave me a  nausea. My cell phone battery also started going down. Nokia 3530 was not a very good friend when you needed it!  All things DO come together!

So I took the key from my home and returned back to Infosys at around 1am in the morning. Hunger still in my stomach and a dead battery. While coming back it just came to my mind "what if somebody else found the key and took the car away?" I just laughed off this thought, this can never happen to me! .   

 The driver dropped me on the ill lit road. To my horror THE CAR WASN'T THERE! My nightmares had come true! Somebody had stolen my car...I went up and down the road at in the night like crazy!
For a middle class person like me the car meant a lot! Loosing it was not an option especially when the car was my dad's! I was almost in tears! Damn! I went inside Infosys to see if the car was towed. The security informed me that it was not and you are screwed! I searched everywhere and decided it was time to lodge a police complaint.

I went to Police station at the Hinjewadi corner. It was dimly light by a "zero" bulb. All of the Police were asleep in their  striped under garments, some on the ground, some in chairs.All of them snoring in different frequencies. I went to the one who was on the chair and spoke in Marathi. With sleepy eyes he said "Don't worry,go home, come tomorrow" and slept off. I woke him again and he grew irritated "Go home, your friend must have taken it". I dismissed him and insisted that they lodge a report. Indian police in general are scared of the so called "educated lot" for their good connections. He agreed and started scribbling on a small piece of scrap paper in his pocket. I recounted him everything and wondered if this is how they lodge a report. He said he will inform the control posts and told me to come tomorrow morning and slept off again.

I had no option but to take a cab back to home! It was 3 am in the morning and I was going back to home in tears, thinking of my stupidities! How can I be so careless? The cab driver was consoling me, "It is very common to have cars stolen in these parts...so don't worry...some terrorist must have taken it for a joy ride.."  I just hoped the terrorist was a suicide bomber and not a car bomber.
So after an ordeal of 7 hours, I reached home for the day at 4 am. Facing my parents was hard enough and ended up answering all sorts of nagging questions. Surely they must be thinking I am an ASS. I had my dinner even though my hunger was long gone! I decided to charge my dead cellphone as I continued my dinner. As soon as the cellphone charged I got an SMS sent at 10 pm from my friend in my project "KEY FOUND IN THE CREVICE OF YOUR CHAIR". Damn it! I immediately call him. He told me one of my project-mate had found the key and taken the car to his home! Who the HELL does that!?  All my nightmare happened just because my key slipped from my pocked and fell in my chair's crevice! I don't believe that!  And thus my nightmare ended....Well! Not just yet, I still had 10 more hours to endure the pain.

Next morning, I collected my car from the project mate and went to the police station to tell that everything is good and I got my car back.  He told me to sit in a dirty rickety chair. He refused to believe me. He told me "How can he just take somebody else's  car to his home?" His question was right but I had no answers. He told me to call my project mate to the police station. I didn't, I said it was silly mistake from my side. It soon became a tug-o-war between the police and me. He insisted that I call him and he would interrogate my project mate. Since the project mate was from Bihar  I totally protected him as I felt the police would harass him like shit! The police said that I need to talk to his boss.He kept me waiting for 4 more hours in the station. I saws cases of a drunk woman stabbing her husband, man stabbing his friend , thief getting stabbed by a crowed!  Today everybody was stabbing each other.....
I finally had to call my "connection" to get the things resolved.... I was free by 6pm.
The key in the chair's crevice had caused enough damage to my crevice!

I don't why this episode happened? Was it malice, co-incidence, stupidity or sheer bad luck....
Best of the opinions state that it was combination of all FOUR!



 

 

Freedom to Defame? - Rok Sako toh Rok Lo!

(This article is not meant to be read by anybody and is private!)
In 2005, when I was a naiive kid, I dreamt big. I wanted to be a management guru, have a pony tail of my own. I wanted to get admitted to IIPM for its world class MBA, but all my dreams came crashing down when I was rejected from IIPM, the best B-grade school on earth. I went into depression. Maybe , I was the only candidate in the world to be rejected by IIPM. I would not be able to learn from my guru Mr. Prof. Arindhim Chaudhari.
But my thirst for knowledge did not reduce here. Like Eklavya, I continued to follow my guru whatever he did , right from directing "movies" to running "institutes".

IIPM Ad - Since when did India start having springs?

Recently I saw the NEWS that DOT had blocked 73 links critical of my guru. I feel its totally justified!

What is our country up-to? Can't a "honest-modern day-rich Robinhood"  make his living by fooling rich? There are loopholes in the law which rich and famous take advantage of. Why do you want to be unfair to only him?

What enraged me even more was the way CNN-IBN conducted interview of  my guru.They grilled my guru back and forth! I curse the host of the show!#$%@&!

What right they have to grill the guy black and blue...? Who cares about UGC recognition? Who cares about the jobs? NOT ME!

Sunny paaji pleej,  stop mee!!

Leaving everything aside, I was just going through one of the movie reviews to see what people say about "Rok Sako to Rok Lo", a movie which he directed and claimed that it can never be a flop.
It was his baby - his first movie as a director! And it is one of the greatest movies ever made! (tears rolling down my cheeks)

He even  rightly cursed "Bollywood" for lack of creativity. What has Bollywood produced till now?
 
The advertisements for the movie in the news papers would be large full page. They looked cheap even by 90's standards. The graphics were poor like most of his websites even today (2013). I realized why my guru would make his websites look cheap.Because his target audience is cheap! Great marketing philosophy! He might not have "world class professors" or even qualified professors for that matter but he surely has a team of talented web scouts to search articles about him and IIPM

Lovely nooo.....

I remember having seen this movie in 2004 without much expectations. It shook me mentally. I could not distinguish between effeminate Hero "Yash" and masculine heroine "Manjari" and the dancing dude "phantom" aka Sunny Deol. All the three looked same to me! what a melange! Critics said it was a copy of Amir Khan Movie 'Jo Jita Wohi Sikandar'! What bull crap conspirators!

Imdb in 2011 Snapshot -thanks to waybackmachine!

 I think few months ago (2012) my guru came to know of a website called IMDB, a place where movies are reviewed. His heart broke when he saw people rated his movies 2.7/10! How can a classic movie like Rok sako.... be rated 2.7?  The lowest amongst any movie. This was surely a conspiracy of other directors threatened by my Guru's Genius!

 I would have never in my life thought of it, my guru is so intelligent! He employed the cheapest labor you can get, after family, to take care of this skewed rating, his Students. To pass any exam in IIPM  you need to write a review of this movie in IMDB and give it 10 Stars, it rightfully deserves! 

Here is the link to the reviews: Rok Sako toh Rok Lo Reviews Imdb

I am happy to see that it has reached a rating of 5.7! Way to Go sir! If you do some detective work you can find that any reviewer who have given 10 stars to the move has reviewed only his movies! and there are atleast 100 of them! wow!

Imdb in 2013 Snapshot

If you follow the link you will realize his genius. 
 Imdb Reviewer profile

I am wondering, why all of a sudden my guru woke up after 8 years to do these tricks on imdb?

And where did these students find the copies of the movie - even pirates have not copied it!?
I am sick of searching copies on the internet, even the torrent of the movie is not available. I am sure it will be a cult classic on the lines of Gunda.Mark my words!


My advice to Mr Chaudhari:

1. Continue fooling people because rich people with dumb kids deserve to be fooled.
    If our politicians are doing it , why not you? In fact you should run for elections like your dad!

2. You need more colorful dresses...3-4 colors are just not enough for a "professor".
    Also let me know where you buy your spectacles from?

 Please don't call me ugly.... you Mo#$%r!

3. You need to make taller claims - start a parallel government - Think beyond just thinking!

4. You should starr in "Fair and lovely" commercials - along with SRK.

5. Write more "self-help" books , think beyond "chickens", think bigger , Count your "ostriches" before they hatch.

6. "9 P's" are not enough in this modern world we need more Pees. I think "24 P's" would suffice till  2014.

7 .Register as many domain names as you can. Right form fakeiipm.com, fraudiipm.com to  iipmyousuck.com so that those stupid bloggers cant take advantage of you.

8. Love you voice modulation! I know girly voice is not commanding during speeches !

9. When is 'Rok sako toh rok lo' part deux coming? - Eagerly waiting!

An Year gone By 2012 - No Rollercoaster this year!

At the stroke of Mid-night  of December the thirtyfirst,  when the world is sloshed with alcohol, debauchery, gluttony, I give my thoughts to thee….

New Years are just stupid milestones, everybody above 25 knows they are growing old! People just need reasons to celebrate…

The only thing I can say about this year is the “year that I got settled!”
Compared to last year’s roller-coaster this year was riding on a cushion of air! But what is life if it is monotonous ?

Jan-Feb: This year started with me being in Atlanta GA with my wife. It was not so cold but I knew I had a long journey. I would soon be staying with strangers and sleeping on floors in California.
New Job meant new work , newer friends, newer challenges. Some of them did work out well. “Keeping your head in sand and hoping something good will happen” did work for me.

Mar-Apr: Was a quiet spring time. Loneliness is not my cup of tea but I had to drink it and would continue drinking it….. Having an Apartment for yourself is good but…. After some point you need people.

May-June: There is no joy better than the joy of giving and meeting your loved ones…
Relationships are like weak threads and need to be strengthened ! Ego can make you go down so fast you won’t realize. And also you don’t get any younger, your birthdays are there to make you realize this! 

July-Aug: I realized that I still dream big and at times childish… thank god for that! Riding a motorbike in US was scary in the beginning! Driving on freeways at 90 miles/Hr.( 145km/hr.) is
Confidence comes only by experience. But fear of getting squished is always there.

Sept-Oct: I sometimes wonder how much money is enough money? The answer to this question lies in your mind! Mind it! I sometimes feel planning for the trip is more fun than the trip itself but if you are seeing strange lands it is completely different. This month laid the foundation for our future…at last we will be together.

November: This was the highlight-of-the-year month for me. Four months of meticulous planning unfolded here. So many things crammed in 3 weeks! Damn! I loved it!
Vacations for two people…Paris- my dream destination, Switzerland ,Italy, Diwali, stamping, Pune….Parents.. and above all my best friends…. Loved them all!
You never get bored with your best friends do you? 
I don’t believe that I became a house owner with loan for 15 years on my head! 

December: I felt the cold cloudy Los Angeles winter. Depressing at the best. But drove more than 2000 miles going in snow through 5 states.

Other than the said above:

1. This was the year of Memes!
2. Discovered that Windows Mobiles Suck! And Nokia screwed up and screwed me big time!
3. I would be spending most of my time on Facebook in coming future.
4. Investing in FB was a good decision :D
5. The Painter in me is still alive.
6. My French is not that bad.
7. Staying away from Amazon is not that hard!
8. Unlike last year I did not make any new friends!

Facts and figures for this year:

Places visited:
Mumbai, MH,
Pune, MH,
Seattle, WA,
Los Angeles CA,
San Francisco CA,
Breckenridge CO,
Atlanta GA,
Denver CO*3,
Moab UT,
Las Vegas NV*5,
Paris, il de France,
Milan Lombardy,
Venice,
Zurich,
Lucerne,
Vitznau,
Rigi,
Washington DC,
New York, NY,
Buffalo NY,
Baltimore, MD
New Jersey, NJ,
Philadelphia, PA
Sarasota FL.

Things got: 55” TV, Triumph Bonneville SE, House
Drove total of 60,000 miles in my car!

The End: Standing in Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas! Stomach burning with acidity! People dancing drunk like nuts! Indian single dudes wearing blazers waiting to hook up with some white chicks! I stood there with my wife looking at reflections of fireworks on glass buildings.....It was a good Year!