As I mentioned yesterday we had a very nice dinner at Katie’s, a place recommended by locals. This restaurant was featured on the show “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” one of our daughter, Lindsay’s, favorites. On the episode they featured the Crawfish Beignet so of course we had to try it. For a main course Patrice ordered the Boudreaux Pizza and I had the Classic Lasagna (since when is classic lasagna made with pork?). They offered bread pudding for dessert but if you look at the our meals you will understand why we didn’t even consider ordering it.
This morning started with a little marijuana. Yes the 7:00 AM lecture was about marijuana usage in medicine. It was not a great lecture but the rest of the day was spectacular. I learned a bunch of helpful pearls to bring back to my practice. There was one session featuring 6 speakers. Each speaker was given the limitation of 20 slides for 20 seconds each. It forced them to prepare very focused lectures. Each talk was informative and entertaining. One of the doctors spoke about medical education in a talk entitled “Creativity Through Leonardo”. He had some very humorous and thought provoking quotes. For example: Woody Allen: “I took a speed reading course and then read War and Peace in 10 minutes. It’s about Russia”. Oscar Wilde: “Be yourself, everyone else is already taken”. Leonardo da Vinci: “Imagination is more important that knowledge” and “Invention arises directly from idleness.” The quotes were just a small part of this 6 minute 40 second presentation which earned him a standing ovation.
Tonight we attended the California Chapter Reception. In the past we have found these sessions to be a series of interesting chit chats sandwiched (sorry for the pun) around some very good (and free) food. Tonight was a bit different. The food was great but the chit chat was a bit salty. We spoke to one doctor from San Diego who told us about his horrible mother-in-law and how she had ice water coming from her veins. This was in response to “We are from Los Angeles”. Another doctor from San Diego, after learning that Patrice is a psychologist, grilled her for information about sociopaths. She is in the process of getting a divorce from a sociopath (the doctor not Patrice).
Tomorrow is the last day of the conference so I need to rest up. 7:00 AM seems to arrive earlier here than it does in LA.
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