Celebrations Continue...

Even in the week following my official birthday week, friends in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area have arranged for the celebrations to continue! After a fairly frustrating week in which cell physiology filled most of my hours and all my brain cells, I caught a cold, and the skies above Baltimore offered nothing but gray and rain, the two celebrations of this past week were much of what kept me smiling. The first was a culinary adventure perhaps not to be duplicated:). Nate Maust, Beth Froelke, and Jason Norris treated me to Korean food at Nam Kung in central Baltimore. Some of the food was a bit less palatable than we'd hoped (though my dish was best), but the chocolate cheesecake with which we topped off the meal - thanks to my parents - obscured any strange tastes still hanging around. The second celebration became an experience of high style when Jonathan Lieberman took the helm. His - how shall I call them - "discerning" tastes took us to the Harbor Court Hotel on Baltimore's Inner Harbor, where Jonathan treated Jeannie Limpert and me to good wine, haute cuisine, and birthday dessert array for the table! Thanks again to Nate, Beth, Jason, Jonathan, and Jeannie for keeping me from celebrating my birthday in my apartment with a new binder of Metabolism notes!