.........i emerge from my time machine in venice in the year... 2011

.........an istanbul courtyard in the middle of the british pavilion leads to more geo-temporal confusion

.........i run into haroon testing out his arsenale installation with a couple friends

.........a vaparetto strike sends francesco, stuart and me across town on foot, where we bump into everyone else on foot, which makes for very slow progress

.........after dinner, a vigorous smoking session

.........a "double" in the best (only) hotel available to francesco and me at the last minute

.........palazzo grassi

.........jeff koons does his car-salesman routine

.........priya and her pals offer me a lift on their boat

.........we head out on the open highway

.........liutaris and daniele at bar piccolo mondo

.........sarah on the wheels of silicon

.........lasers make every party a little more magic

.........wait, why'd the music stop?

.........daniele is one gold medalion short of disco stardom

.........some local color

.........hirschhorn's swiss pavilion

.........oscar props up his parapavilion

.........on a ferry to fantasy island

.........some fantasies do come true -- a seat at mark and garrick's table for the frieze dinner

.........anders and christy

.........flow prosecco, flow

.........claire tells garrick what she wants for christmas

.........this is pretty much where i lose my camera

.........a parting shot (with my cameraphone) of roman abramovich's dinghy