Above, Our table early on in the evening. Notice my buddy and Ducati Sales Rep Extraordinaire Jim, bottom left, is still vertical.



Above, Ducati Fashion show in progress. Very popular item with both men and women; unfortunately the camera had a snafu and I didn't get pics of the studly guys. My apologies to the ladies.

Above, the new M696 and the goddess of the show on her last turn. Pic got a little blurred to umm, save bandwidth? We chatted after the show, and she's a doctoral candidate in biochemical engineering at Bologna University, speaks 5 languages, turns World Superport qualifying lap times at Monza on her 1098S, and volunteers at the local orphanage helping destitute children.

Miss South Carolina, eat your heart out.



The girl climbing the silks above our Nuovo Mostro. For any guys that don't do dance stuff as it lowers their man score or whatever, you should check this out, its highly entertaining and you can enjoy the beauty of it while still pretending to only be interested in the more prurient aspects, thereby keeping your chauvinism intact. Blatant Comercial Plug Warning: By the way, there's a pretty good studio in our town called Canopy, they do regular shows.
Peanut, I bet you didn't see this one coming



Above, I take my turn flirting with the hostesses welcoming people to the shindig. She was a Nobel Laureate after being raised in the desert with no formal schooling, speaks 7 languages, and lives in Milan where she cares for her elderly neighbors in her block. No, you can't have her phone number.







Above, the new emerging fashion trends all start in Milan. Paris is so last month!



Above: I had heard there was a lot of street crime in Northern Italy. So, I had to have an escort most places I went...the girl on the left is an accomplished stunt women and bodyguard, and the winsome lass with the cross doubles as a mobile confessor. I cropped the picture, there was an entire army of them outside the frame. Grazie Mille Cristiano for being so concerned for my safety! The tall girl with the red umm belt was vigilant about making sure my pocket wasn't picked, I felt very secure.



Above, I describe the story of the bathrobe to the Young Republicans Leadership Council, today's students ARE tomorrow's leaders.

Then they cleared out the tables from the hall and we danced rather badly to the great delight of the Japanese contingent. They moved in and kicked our asses with their dance dance revolution practiced moves. I used their distraction to go and flirt with their very beautiful wifes and sweethearts. See ya suckers!

We ended up getting hearded onto the buses with very few casualties, getting off the bus may have been another matter as there were some that couldn't see very well and lost their cookies footing in the dim light.

Great Party Ducati, thanks for the big fun and we look forward to replicating it in miniature all over the world with the three new bikes, the M696, 848, and 1098R are sure to cause parties on roads all over the Southeast!

PB