{"id":5883,"date":"2023-10-20T10:31:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T17:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/?p=5883"},"modified":"2023-10-24T07:33:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:33:55","slug":"stomping-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2023\/10\/20\/stomping-grounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Stomping Grounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>October has been another busy month of work travel. I was able to power through a new R01 submission, even while traveling to the Gene Therapy for Ophthalmic Disorders<\/a> summit in Boston. The short trip gave me a chance to revisit old stomping grounds like Hong Kong Eatery<\/a> in Chinatown, which had changed to a takeout format due to the pandemic. After my gene therapy workshop, I dined with my classmate Leo and his family at Pagu’s<\/a>, where the walk from my guest house<\/a> took me down memory lane (i.e. Mass Ave) through Back Bay, MIT, and Central Square. After stopping for ramen<\/a> in Coolidge Corner next day, I took a familiar stroll past Trader Joe’s<\/a> and Stop & Shop<\/a> to check on our Brookline condo on the way to Logan Airport<\/a> to scope out the fancy new Sapphire Lounge<\/a> before my flight home. Between clinic, grand rounds, and MD-PhD and fellowship interviews, I had little time to enjoy my Yolo Bypass<\/a> bat tour with Westley before heading next to NYC, where I spent more time with grant reviews than my parents, but at least shared some dim sum<\/a> and lobster noodles<\/a> at their favorite spots. I spent two lonely nights<\/a> in Newark for an ad board<\/a>, then returned to the city for the Retina Society<\/a> meeting. After my talk on myopic monkeys, Ala and Raj joined me for a stroll past Times Square for Kochi’s<\/a> Korean-themed tasting menu, which felt less satisfying than the South Indian fare at Semma<\/a> next evening, where the gunpowder dosa (yum!), goat biryani, and venison shank were far more deserving of their Michelin<\/a> star. The lavish event at the Temple of Dendur<\/a> brought back memories of my childhood visits to the Met<\/a> and reminded me how lucky I was growing up in the city. Back home, I avoided retinopathy from the solar eclipse<\/a>, and accompanied Westley to our annual Grandpa’s Barn<\/a> visit and Neighbors’ Night Out<\/a> before returning to the East Coast for the PED2 Study Section<\/a>. Despite being mostly stuck at the hotel<\/a>, I managed short excursions with colleagues for Jinya’s<\/a> tonkotsu ramen, Da Hong Pao’s<\/a> dim sum, Tortino’s<\/a> linguine, and Le Diplomate’s<\/a> escargot and onion soup. The whirlwind month of travel had me seeking reprieve at home with my family to adventure in Hyrule<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

October has been another busy month of work travel. I was able to power through a new R01 submission, even while traveling to the Gene Therapy for Ophthalmic Disorders summit in Boston. The short trip gave me a chance to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5883"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5901,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5883\/revisions\/5901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}