2012 The Year

Selected Highlights of 2012:

Concert - Bruce and the E-Street Band in Paris
Dutch Book - Geert Mak, Reizen zonder John inspired on Steinbeck's Travels with Charley
Disappointment - The Fall of Lance
Disappointment 2 - The continued struggle of Alcatel-Lucent
# 3 - not running the NYC Marathon after a great prep
Album- Wrecking Ball and Babel
Band - Mumford & Sons
Politician of the Year- Again Bill Clinton...main force for Obama
Best wine consumed - Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1999
Discovery - Chi Running
Discovery Trip - China...Wow...fast, faster, big, bigger, just amazing and a great trip and experience
Picture - Skyline of Shanghai...on your right   ......>>>>>>
Business Book - Switch by Chip and Dan Heath
Surprising Career Move - Jorrit joining Etihad in Abou Dhabi
Surprising University Move - Paul from Groningen to Leiden
Soap -  Modern Family
TV - Homeland
Bond of the Year - Skyfall (a really good one)
Don't get it - Moonrise Kingdom
Restaurant Discovery - Le Brillat
Food scene - the many kool restaurants in Sao Paulo
Park - Ibirapuera also in Sao Paulo
Sports - London Olympics, Bolt and my Golf Index to 19.2!