You might recall that I was exhausted last night at the end of the conference. It was a bit intense. I attended over 21 hours of lectures in 3 days. Most of the talks were very rewarding. Some of the speakers were informative and entertaining. For example one was talking about the hippocampus (part of the brain) and showed us the picture below.
Another lecturer was stressing the importance of being observant. He suggested that Ann Coulter being tall, lean, and having long thin fingers might have Marfan’s syndrome (don’t bother looking it up, it isn’t important). I was curious to know if she really did have the disease. For those of you not in medicine this problem can sometimes result in sudden death at a young age. This is what I found on answers.yahoo.com:
“She’s “Marfanoid,” meaning tall, dorky, and somewhat ugly of face, like Abe Lincoln in drag. But don’t get your hopes up, she won’t die from it.”
In addition to the great lectures the convention had a huge amount of exhibitors. A variety of booths displayed the latest in medical technology and medical treatments. There were a number of physician recruiters (great time to be a young physician) and people trying to get out information about disease entities that might not be very well known. One of those was a group representing the Relapsing Polychondritis sufferers. We stopped by and chatted for a while and tried to help them get some physicians interested in discussing RP. It was nice speaking with the volunteers (we all have a mutual friend, Nancy, in Los Angeles) but most of all it was great eating their chocolate treats.
With the annual meeting over I turned to Patrice to find us an activity for us to do and she did ………….. a Food Tour! We have had great times on food tours in Memphis, London, Nashville and Reykjavik. Today we added NOLA to our list. Unfortunately we were disappointed in today’s tour. We had tiny tastes of Gumbo and Jambalaya at our first stop.
I thought the Jambalaya was good but the Gumbo lacked flavor. The next stop we went to the Pepper Palace which specializes in hot sauce. Free samples were available to the public (we paid for this?).
Next we had a Praline which was good followed by Red Beans and Rice (a dish that is one of my favorites but this was just okay). Our last stop was for a Brisket Po Boy. I have to say this tour ranks last in my mind among the food tours we have taken. Number one remains Lance Silke’s “Tastin Round Town” [https://www.tastinroundtown.com/] Memphis BBQ tour.
We are resting back at the hotel now because tonight we are going out with friends to……………………………. dinner!
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