{"id":6553,"date":"2025-02-18T00:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T07:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/?p=6553"},"modified":"2025-03-02T21:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T04:20:11","slug":"vail-video-games-valentines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2025\/02\/18\/vail-video-games-valentines\/","title":{"rendered":"Vail, Video Games, & Valentine’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Having spent my birthday in clinic all day, I postponed my celebration to enjoy wagyu shabu shabu<\/a> with family the next evening. We feasted<\/a> again the following week for a belated Chinese New Year celebration and to welcome my parents back to town. With childcare covered, I was off to Vail Vitrectomy<\/a> next morning, where I carpooled from Denver again with my friend Eric before settling into the same overpriced hotel<\/a>. I somehow managed to miss the fact that my talk conflicted with Westley’s 9th birthday, but I at least dropped in to record our birthday song despite a slight lag. Otherwise, my inability to ski left me plenty of time to review NIH<\/a> grants, even as our new administration left me wondering if study section was even going to happen. For food, I visited Sweet Basil<\/a> twice for their truffled French onion lasagna and porchetta panino for lunch, and caviar and lump crab taglioloni for dinner. I tried dining solo at Alpenrose<\/a>, but ran into company including the ophthalmic surgeon to Pope Francis, which made for interesting conversation given his recent health concerns. I returned home to embark on Black Myth Wukong<\/a>, where the boss fights, skill trees, and epic cinematography reminded us of Elden Ring<\/a>, Assassin’s Creed<\/a>, and Ghost of Tsushima<\/a>, all at the same time. Even Westley joined in the fun and defeated one of the bosses. At home, we finally got all the components to successfully reframe<\/a> our abalone shell art, and hired an electrician<\/a> to add a garage outlet. I caught up on second seasons of Pachinko<\/a> and Squid Games<\/a>, as well as the final season of Umbrella Academy<\/a>. I also finally finished applying water decals to my MG gundam<\/a>, and got some matte top coat<\/a> to seal them in. For Valentine’s Day, we checked out Frog & Slim’s<\/a> overpriced prix fixe menu before enjoying the world premier of Young Soon Hue’s Romeo & Juliet<\/a> with Melody at the Sacramento Ballet<\/a>. Having missed taking advantage of my parents’ last visit, we were glad to take some time for ourselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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