Month: February 2012
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Chronicles of the Mole Family, Chapter 7
As I may have mentioned previously, our house renovation is being done by Le and Sons. Mr. Le has been our contractor/handyman since we moved into our house in 1996. He has finished our basement and renovated our kitchen as well as done many fixit jobs over the years (since Jim Jim and I are…
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The Gastronaut’s Menu at the Inn at Little Washington
We introduced some good friends to one of our favorite restaurants, the Inn at Little Washington on Saturday night. The Inn is located in Washington, Virginia, about an hour and 15 minutes from our house. It was a beautiful afternoon to drive out to the Inn (sunny and in the 50s), and we were warmly…
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Chronicles of the Mole Family, Chapter 6
Woodpeckers! I actually couldn’t tell you the difference between a woodpecker and a red-crowned crane (or any other bird), but spring is almost here, which means the birds are returning, and one of the unintended consequences about our construction is that when you leave gaping holes in parts of your house, birds can fly in. …
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Restaurant Eve Tasting Menu
We had dinner with some good friends at Restaurant Eve in Alexandria, Virginia on Saturday night. We chose to do the chef’s choice 9 course tasting menu. Here are the 9+ dishes (there were some additions to the official 9 courses along the way): We started with the sashimi of steelhead trout with caramelized shallot…
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US-Japan Leadership Program Executive Committee Meeting
After attending the Epilepsy Pipeline conference for a day, I flew to Honolulu to attend the annual US-Japan Leadership Program Executive Committee meeting. Honolulu was, as it always seems to be, beautiful–80 degrees and sunny. The meeting was an extremely productive meeting. We have some marvelous Fellows-in-the-making for this year. And the energy at the…
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Epilepsy Pipeline Conference
I attended the 2012 Epilepsy Pipeline Conference in San Francisco held February 2-4 and sponsored by the Epilepsy Therapy Project. It’s a conference attended by venture capitalists, epileptologists and other medical professionals, and business people, all of whom are interested in new developments and research in the world of epilepsy. There were presentations about the…