Today was a day full of conference talks. The male to female ratio in the room was incredulously high! I feel like I'm in the wrong building. All these suits, patting themselves on the back, calling themselves 'the most educated people of society'. What about rocket scientists?! Then one of the MDs used the phrase 'evidence based' and 'god' in the same sentence... He also asked all MDs in the room to greet a janitor because somehow, that's what 
defines you as a 'nice' person and physcians are also healers of society. After the conference Irene and I went to Andy's Jazz Club where our waitress was a Romanian named Adela from Targu Mures! We took a picture together and I busted out my Romanian. We listened to Matt Nelson Trio - very good; I got their CD and we had some very yummy dinner. We had then intended to go on the Ferris Wheel, but it closed at 8:00pm. B'oh! We'll aim for Friday.
I learned that the ferris wheel here is actually a replica of the 1st ferris wheel ever built, which was done here, in Chicago, in 1893. The idea came from George Washington Gale Ferris, a 32 year-old civil en
gineer. The ferris wheel was built to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. Later, in the park, I found someone who could help me out...
gineer. The ferris wheel was built to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. Later, in the park, I found someone who could help me out... Off to bed; tomorrow is another long day of conference talks followed by a poster session that goes late into the evening.
Cheerio!
Gabi
P.S. I met a really cute dog today that's a bearded Collie. His name was Ringo and he was 4 months old :)
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