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\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>We returned to Chicago for this year’s AAO<\/a>, where I once again secured a room at the Hyatt<\/a> adjacent to McCormick Place<\/a> for maximal convenience. Upon landing, I opted for an Uber<\/a> over the sketchy walk to Chinatown for late night HK eats at Chi Cafe<\/a>. Having left my hat on the plane, I picked up a replacement at TJ Maxx<\/a> on the way to a Genentech<\/a> ad board next morning. Without a friend to join me for dinner afterwards, I requested a stuffed companion for solo hot pot at Haidilao<\/a>. On Friday, I bounced between the Retina<\/a> and Uveitis<\/a> subspecialty days, and gave my talk on gene therapy-associated inflammation to the more intimate uveitis crowd. Dinner at S.K.Y.<\/a> was sublime, with an unforgettable foie gras bibimbap that had me savoring the umami bomb the rest of the evening. I presented my second talk and OCT course on Saturday, with a lunch break in between over more hot pot<\/a> with my ex-fellows. The Arts in the Dark<\/a> parade that evening kept downtown traffic in gridlock, foiling my hopes of attending all three alumni receptions. I did a few interviews and a consulting gig before returning to O’Hare for dinner<\/a> and flight home. Melody and I returned from our respective meetings to find our house in chaos, with no internet and no microwave. I hurriedly purchased a replacement cable modem<\/a> and microwave<\/a> from Best Buy<\/a> on Monday, which helped me troubleshoot, identify, and replace the culprits – a failed power adapter for the modem and a burnt thermal fuse in the microwave. We celebrated my DIY repair successes over AYCE wagyu hot pot<\/a> with my parents, followed by more hot pot<\/a>, froyo<\/a>, and father-son time<\/a> before they returned home. With Chinese school<\/a> in full swing, we had little time to enjoy Pioneer’s Fall Festival<\/a>, as we acknowledge our waning free time together against mounting Westley activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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