Sunday, May 25, 2008

too much travel...

In last 11 days, I have been in 4 cities .... mostly for work ... phew !

I was in NYC to begin with - lounging around with some friends and having a fun time. As usual, I had to pack my bags for Monday morning; this time for Dallas. Dallas was unusually cloudy and rainy.

Second, I headed out to Chicago on Thurs for training on Fri. The W on Chicago Lake Shore Dr had an awesome view. The lounge had a city view rather than the lake shore view. However, that lust for the view during my stay was fulfilled by the lake view room!










Finally, heading out of for a run from W, I realised that the art form at the door was really cool - fairly functional as it leveraged the wind of the windy city !




You must check out this video of the same...which is fairly close to the view I had...


At the crack of the dawn, the sunshine woke me up and the view was gorgeous..
















The Wave lounge time was well spent there in my penthouse prior to me shifting to The Loop where I had a serendipitous meet with a fine young lady at a breakfast place of Hostel International. I caught up with my network down there over the weekend and spent the whole weekend almost in a non-productive way before heading out to Dallas.

Again, mid-week, I headed out to Denver for a less-than-24-hour trip. This time I explored Denver-night-life like I never did before. It was fun...that's all I can say. The next morning, I completed my meeting and headed back to Dallas. Fortunately, the Avis folks upgraded my PTCrusier to a modern pearl blue 08 Sebring convertible - sheer luxury ! Check out this video here:



Back in Dallas, I decided not to return to NYC for the weekend as too much travel can be disruptive for health. I plan to explore the show put up at JWM Turner here this weekend. My experience with Dallas night life has not been mixed and I will just sit back and study for the upcoming tests.

I need to rejuvenate prior to the next week's beginning to present the most productive me! I hope the Heavenly set of Westin helps me recoup soon.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

ufos

This is an interesting historic event - the National Archives related to UFOs exposed by UK .
National Archives of the UK government have all the records here.

Nick Pope, the former MOD officer, had revealed this 3 months ago. I happened to see it on Larry King Live today.




Even the Pope issued a comment - check here.

I was not a big fan about UFO stories. However, the Ministry of Defence of a leading developed nation has released a good amount of data . It would be interesting to check out how this saga unfolds.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

25 broadway in movies...

25 Broadway - I work here - or at least that's what my business card reads.

I just saw an interesting scene from a movie named Hitch. The clip showed exactly the same gate which I walk down sometimes. A misogynistic trader walks out of the building and Eva Mendes plays hard ball with him for some information. After Eva kicks him, his head is stuck in the bull's behind.

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

wanderlust...

I was in Denver in March, DC in April, Dallas in May ! Three D's with my Uncle D....

I visited my cousin sister in Arizona in Dec last year, my friends in California, Seattle, and Wisconsin during Jan-Feb this year, and finally, I will be headed to meet some in Chicago in May.

Besides, I have a plan to visit Mumbai and London in June-July.