{"id":3622,"date":"2018-05-06T20:19:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T01:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=3622"},"modified":"2019-02-06T04:53:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T04:53:35","slug":"aloha-arvo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2018\/05\/06\/aloha-arvo\/","title":{"rendered":"Aloha ARVO"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>This year’s ARVO meeting<\/a> took place in Honolulu. And while there are worse places to spend 5 nights, it was not the same without my wife and son with me. My brother-in-law dropped me off at SMF at 5am last Saturday to make my early flight to SFO, where I shared breakfast<\/a> with my colleague Jack before connecting to HNL. An old friend picked me up for ramen<\/a> with his family, then dropped me off for an Allergan<\/a> ad board meeting that lasted until dinner time. Exhausted, I opted for ramen<\/a> again over a networking dinner before settling into my hotel<\/a>. I kept busy on Sunday attending talks and meeting collaborators, but ducked out for lunch at Marukame Udon<\/a>, where I enjoyed the cafeteria-style noodle shop experience and brought extras back to the hotel to supplement the offerings from our Chair’s reception and Genentech<\/a> investigator meeting. I had little time to practice my talk and EyeTube<\/a> filming on Monday morning, but was well-prepared for afternoon outings. For lunch, I took my med students to Maguro Bros<\/a>, which served solid, unassuming sashimi donburi and poke bowls from a dingy stand inside a Chinese supermarket. Dinner by contrast was a chic kaiseki feast at Nanzan Giro Giro<\/a> with my Duke friends that featured flamboyant waitors, designer stoneware, and a creative omakase menu of black cod, foie gras, and lots of dashi. I explored nearby Ala Moana Center<\/a> on the way back with my friend Paula for souvenirs<\/a>, including goodies for my kid and labmates. The next day was filled with more poster and paper sessions, training from Heidelberg<\/a>, surgical instrument shopping, Chinese food<\/a> with CAOS<\/a>, chats with Google<\/a>, and flavorful Manichi ramen<\/a>. I finally took a breather Wednesday morning with an early snorkel tour<\/a> at Hanauma Bay<\/a>, where the rocky corals were replete with tropical fish but left me pretty banged up. I returned to the convention center for more meetings in the afternoon, and caught up with friends over acai bowls<\/a> and oxtail pho<\/a>. On Thursday, I awoke to toasty malasadas from Leonard’s Bakery<\/a> and boring saimin from Zippy’s<\/a>, but nabbed a nice Zip Pack to-go for my flight back. After fending off questions from my resident’s presentation, I raced to the airport in time to get another souvenir for Westley before my flight. I ran into my friend Mike during the SFO layover, and discoursed about family and career over airport udon<\/a> before finally getting home around midnight. I had little chance to recover with an overbooked clinic on Friday and a COEH<\/a> Symposium talk on Saturday. This gave me barely enough time to prepare for an “infectious night of fun” at my house, where I invited lab folks to a game of Pandemic<\/a> followed by wings and burgers from Costco<\/a>. We didn’t have time for a screening of the movie Outbreak<\/a>, but I made sure the meats were cooked thoroughly to avoid an actual infectious outbreak, and everyone seemed to enjoy the festivities. With a new tank of propane and warmer weather approaching, I’ll be firing up the grill again soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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