Back from Gotham

New York

My Buddy, Creta
at the US Open

I returned yesterday from a whirlwind business trip to New York, working with Metro Sports Med in their main office in a nice area in Brooklyn called Park Slope.  My old friend (scratch that... and replace with "my friend I have known for a long time"), Creta Chandler, is now the COO for the company.  It was great seeing her. She has adapted to life in New York well, she looks great, and is generally kicking butt and taking names in her new position.

View from our seats at Arthur Ashe Court
US Tennis Center

I didn't have much time to really play tourist, but the owner of Metro Sports, Dr. Dave Menche, has great tickets to the US Open Tennis Tournament, and invited Creta and I to go on Thursday evening.  We took a train to Manhattan and transferred to the "7 Train" to Flushing.  The tennis center is right by Mets stadium and it is an awesome venue.  We watched both Roger Federer and Venus Williams play opponents I have never heard of at Arthur Ashe court.  Quite an experience, but I was so tired that night, we had to leave before the Venus Williams match was over.




Caprese Salad Appetizer
Italian Restaurant

Food

There are nice small restaurants with good food everywhere you turn in New York, and it is not necessarily expensive. We ate lunch at a couple of neighborhood restaurants in between the training sessions I was teaching:

Grilled Chicken and Flatbread
Turkish Restaurant










Back Home

Sporty
GLH

Before Pam got sick, I was going to take her to New York with me for her birthday, and we would have stayed a few extra days seeing the sights. We will have to do that later.

Pam had her Groshong Catheter placed at the hospital while I was in New York.  Her son Nate took her to the hospital and helped her out.

I didn't sleep much while I was over there, so I was pretty exhuasted last evening after Pam picked me up at the airport. So, we walked to a local restaurant for a nice dinner. I have been talking about what I call the "Goofy Little Hat" trend in fashion.  (I think they look Goofy on men, sorry, see Howie Mandel.)

 In fact, I have abbreviated it to GLH.  Well, now Pam has a whole collection of them, and she looks cute in them.  She wore one of her new GLHs to dinner.




Grilled Octopus
at Jamison in Portland

More Food

I don't mean to turn this into a food blog, but highly recommend the Jamison.  It is only half a block from our place.  Yum.

Austin

While I was away, Pam stayed with Alyssa and helping out with baby Austin.  She was in heaven... she really enjoyed being able to spend some quiet time with Alyssa and the baby.

The Beach

Today, we are heading to Manzanita and will come back on Tuesday.  Should be nice.

Back to Treatment

Still no final word on the treatment plan, waiting for more genetic tests on Pam's original blood sample to be analyzed.  She will start chemo again on September 10th as an outpatient on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule to keep the leukemia in remission in the meantime.

Thanks!

Thanks to Creta, Dr. Menche, and all of her team at Metro Sports Med. And a special thanks to Nate for helping out in my absence.  Much appreciated!